sony pictures motion picture group type division industry entertainment founded 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 as columbia tristar motion picture group hollywood los angeles california u.s. headquarters culver city california u.s. key people tom rothman chairman products motion pictures owner sony parent sony pictures entertainment divisions destination films stage 6 films affirm films website sonypictures.com the sony pictures motion picture group previously known as the columbia tristar motion picture group until 2013 is an american film group as the result of merging columbia pictures industries inc. and tristar pictures inc. in 1998 . 1 the company is a division of sony pictures . contents 1 history 2 film divisions 2.1 production and distribution deals 3 financers 4 film series 5 highest grossing films 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit the sony pictures motion picture group was launched in 1998 as the columbia tristar motion picture group as a current division of sony pictures entertainment owned by sony . it also has many of sony pictures s current motion picture divisions as part of it . its divisions at that time were columbia pictures tristar pictures triumph films sony pictures classics and sony pictures releasing . on december 8 1998 spe resurrected its former animation and television division screen gems as a film division of sony pictures entertainment s columbia tristar motion picture group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation . 2 in 2002 columbia tristar television was renamed as sony pictures television . the last two remaining companies with the columbia tristar brand in its name were columbia tristar home entertainment and the columbia tristar motion picture group . columbia tristar home entertainment became sony pictures home entertainment in 2004 and columbia tristar motion picture group became the only subsidiary of sony pictures entertainment that used the columbia tristar brand name in its name . in 2013 tristar productions was launched as a joint venture of sony pictures entertainment and thomas rothman . 3 4 in october 2013 sony pictures renamed its motion picture group as the sony pictures motion picture group . sony pictures animation and sony pictures imageworks were moved from sony pictures digital to its motion picture group . on june 2 2016 doug belgrad had announced to step down as president of the spmpg and will transition his role as producer at the studio . 5 belgrad was promoted as president of the spmpg back in 2014 . 5 film divisions edit studio units production distribution other columbia pictures tristar pictures sony pictures classics sony pictures animation screen gems tristar productions sony pictures imageworks sony pictures worldwide acquisitions sony pictures releasing sony pictures releasing international sony pictures home entertainment triumph films production and distribution deals edit cross creek pictures 6 2015 present marvel entertainment 1999 present co production only marvel studios 2015 present financers edit village roadshow pictures 2001 2014 present 7 lstar capital and citibank 8 2014 present cross creek pictures 2015 present film series edit title release date notes blondie 1938 1950 boston blackie 1941 1949 crime doctor 1943 1949 the whistler 1944 1948 rusty 1945 1949 jungle jim 1948 1956 ghostbusters 1984 present the karate kid 1984 present sniper 1993 present bad boys 1995 present anaconda 1997 present men in black 1997 present i know what you did last summer 1997 2006 starship troopers 1997 2012 wild things 1998 2010 urban legends 1998 2005 vampires 1998 2005 stuart little 1999 present resident evil 2002 present spider man 2002 present underworld 2003 present the grudge 2004 present boogeyman 2005 2008 hostel 2005 2011 open season 2006 present the smurfs 2011 present hotel transylvania 2012 present highest grossing films edit highest grossing films in north america rank title year domestic gross 1 spider man 2002 403 706 375 2 spider man 2 2004 373 585 825 3 spider man 3 2007 336 530 303 4 skyfall 2012 304 360 277 5 the amazing spider man 2012 262 030 663 6 men in black 1997 250 690 539 7 ghostbusters 1984 229 242 989 8 hancock 2008 227 946 274 9 the da vinci code 2006 217 536 138 10 terminator 2 judgment day 1991 204 843 345 11 the amazing spider man 2 2014 202 853 933 12 spectre 2015 200 074 609 13 22 jump street 2014 191 719 337 14 men in black ii 2002 190 418 803 15 hitch 2005 179 495 555 16 men in black 3 2012 179 020 854 17 tootsie 1982 177 200 000 18 the karate kid 2010 176 591 618 19 air force one 1997 172 956 409 20 hotel transylvania 2 2015 169 700 110 21 quantum of solace 2008 168 368 427 22 casino royale 2006 167 445 960 23 2012 2009 166 112 167 24 the pursuit of happyness 2006 163 566 459 25 big daddy 1999 163 479 795 highest grossing films worldwide rank title year worldwide gross 1 skyfall 2012 1 108 561 013 2 spider man 3 2007 890 871 626 3 spectre 2015 880 674 609 4 spider man 2002 821 708 551 5 spider man 2 2004 783 766 341 6 2012 2009 769 679 473 7 the da vinci code 2006 758 239 851 8 the amazing spider man 2012 757 930 663 9 the amazing spider man 2 2014 708 982 323 10 hancock 2008 624 386 746 11 men in black 3 2012 624 026 776 12 casino royale 2006 599 045 960 13 men in black 1997 589 390 539 14 quantum of solace 2008 586 090 727 15 the smurfs 2011 563 749 323 16 terminator 2 judgment day 1991 519 843 345 17 angels & demons 2009 485 930 816 18 hotel transylvania 2 2015 473 226 958 19 men in black ii 2002 441 818 803 20 godzilla 1998 379 014 294 21 hitch 2005 368 100 420 22 the karate kid 2010 359 126 022 23 hotel transylvania 2012 358 375 603 24 basic instinct 1992 352 927 224 25 the smurfs 2 2013 347 545 360 see also edit sony pictures worldwide acquisitions references edit sony hitches tristar to col variety march 31 1998 . los angeles times sony forms new movie division articles.latimes.com december 8 1998 retrieved on 4 april 2016 abrams rachel august 1 2013 . tom rothman in joint venture with sony to run tristar productions . variety . retrieved october 30 2014 . cieply michael august 1 2013 . sony hires rothman to head revived tristar unit . new york times . retrieved august 2 2013 . a b doug belgrad exits as president of sony pictures motion picture group latimes.com retrieved on june 3 2016 mike fleming jr. cross creek pictures moving to sony ; 3 year deal to co fi produce films from black mass and black swan maker . variety village roadshow inks co finance deal with sony pictures exclusive variety.com retrieved on 3 april 2016 fleming mike jr april 8 2014 . sony closes slate co fi deal with lone star capital citibank . deadline hollywood . retrieved october 31 2014 . external links edit official sony pictures website sony pictures movies sonypictures.net columbia pictures at the internet movie database columbia pictures corporation at the internet movie database tristar pictures at the internet movie database the history of a logo the lady with the torch v t e sony primary businesses sony corporation electronics & holding of the sony group sony entertainment sony interactive entertainment playstation sony pictures entertainment sony music entertainment sony atv music publishing sony financial holdings sony life sony bank sony assurance sony lifecare technologies and brands alpha betacam blu ray bravia cd cell cyber shot dash dream machine dvd felica handycam hdcam hdcam sr locationfree memory stick minidisc minidv mylo playstation reader s pdif sdds sxrd sony tablet transferjet triluminous display umd vaio video8 hi8 digital8 walkman walkman phones xdcam xperia xpl d hmz t1 historical products aibo cv 2000 dat betamax sony cli discman jumbotron lissa mavica news qualia rolly tr 55 trinitron u matic watchman wega electronics sony electronics us subsidiary sony mobile sony emcs corporation sony semiconductor corporation sony energy devices corporation sony creative software sony mobile display felica networks jv sony interactive entertainment sony interactive entertainment sie worldwide studios playstation gaikai sn systems cellius 49 % sony music columbia records rca records epic records sony music nashville arista nashville columbia nashville rca records nashville provident label group rca inspiration ultra records sony masterworks century media records legacy recordings red distribution black butter records ioda kemosabe records the orchard robbins entertainment syco music 50 % sony music australia sony music india sony music japan aniplex aniplex of america a 1 pictures sony music latin vevo v t e sony pictures entertainment sony pictures motion picture group columbia pictures tristar pictures tristar productions screen gems sony pictures classics sony pictures releasing sony pictures imageworks sony pictures animation sony pictures worldwide acquisitions destination films stage 6 films affirm films sony pictures home entertainment sony wonder sony pictures television u.s. production adelaide productions crackle culver entertainment embassy row tristar television international production 2waytraffic left bank pictures teleset u.s. networks sony movie channel gettv cine sony television joint ventures gsn 58 % at & t entertainment group gem 50 % nippon television network corporation ; pan regional feed only sony espn 50 % espn inc. international networks sony entertainment television asia baltic india germany russia canal sony sony channel asia sony channel south africa sony channel uk and ireland sony sci fi sony turbo gem vietnam one sab tv sony aath sony le plex sony max sony max 2 sony mix sony six sony pal sony pix sony wah sony pictures networks more than movies movies4men axn adria asia brazil europe india japan latin america pakistan portugal axn hd hd 1 axn black axn mystery axn sci fi axn spin axn white animax asia germany india japan pakistan south korea animax hd csc media group true crime true entertainment true movies 1 true movies 2 the vault chart show hits chart show tv flava scuzz starz tv kix pop tiny pop film1 film1 premiere film1 action film1 comedy & kids film1 spotlight film1 sundance channel viasat 3 viasat 6 sony pictures digital sony pictures mobile online distribution platforms crackle the minisode network other businesses sony pictures entertainment japan sony pictures family entertainment group sony pictures studios sony pictures consumer marketing madison gate records key personnel michael lynton tom rothman defunct merv griffin enterprises columbia pictures television columbia tristar television 3net discovery and imax animax eastern europe animax latin america animax portugal animax spain axn beyond axn crime axn movies axn israel betv locomotion movies4men 2 sony entertainment television southeast asia sony kix sony spin category commons wikinews online distribution platforms sony entertainment network playstation network playstation music playstation now playstation store playstation video playstation plus playstation vue playmemories online the minisode network crackle other businesses sony dadc so net corporation sony professional solutions sony biotechnology sony olympus medical solutions sony atv music publishing 50 % emi music publishing 19 % sony sendai sony sendai other assets sony corporation of america umbrella company in the us other subsidiaries list of acquisitions key personnel kazuo hirai masaru ibuka nobuyuki idei yasuo kuroki kunimasa suzuki hiroki totoki ken kutaragi michael lynton akio morita norio ohga howard stringer nicole seligman other history of sony sony toshiba ibm center of competence for the cell processor category commons wikinews retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sony pictures motion picture group & oldid 743771149 categories columbia tristarentertainment companies of the united statesfilm distributors of the united statesfilm production companies of the united statesentertainment companies based 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