Lionsgate Films (stylized as Lions Gate Films prior to 2005) is an entertainment company founded in Canada and domiciled in the United States. Well-known for producing the Saw, Hostel, The Hunger Games, and John Wick series, it has also produced such films as The Forbidden Kingdom, The Spirit, American Psycho, The Day After Tomorrow, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Final, La La Land, Knives Out, and the Cube and Divergent series. It is considered the largest mini-major studio in the United States.
Lions Gate was originally founded in Vancouver from the ashes of defunct Canadian distributor Cinepix Film Properties by investor Frank Giustra, who named the company after the Lions Gate Bridge. In 2000, the studio acquired Trimark Pictures (formerly Vidmark). It expanded by 2004, acquiring Artisan Entertainment note and with it the libraries of Vestron Video and the home video rights to the Carolco Pictures library. After pulling their contracts from Showtime in 2009, Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount formed ePix, a premium network that's smaller in scale than its competition.
During the 2000s, the company had financial issues due to a number of flops and a few hostile takeover attempts by famed corporate raider Carl Icahn (who has a history of buying floundering businesses and making things worse than before). Since then, however, the company's fortunes had bounced back considerably; Icahn dumped his one-third stake in Lionsgate in August, 2011 for $7 a share, a significant haircut after what turned out to be the roaring success of The Hunger Games, which has the makings of a Cash Cow Franchise with as many as three sequels coming in the next three years. In January 2012, Lionsgate acquired Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the Twilight film franchise, for $412.5 million. Thanks to Paramount's current Dork Age, Lionsgate actually managed to surpass it a few times during The New '10s (specifically, in 2013, 2017, and 2019) in terms of yearly box office intake.
2016 saw them acquiring rival premium TV network Starz, and their boatload of networks and properties (including Anchor Bay Entertainment and the back catalog of Film Roman), from John Malone for $4.4 billion. Lionsgate would ultimately sell their stake in Epix to MGM, who would assume full ownership of the network after also buying Viacom's stake. Lionsgate's pay TV rights are tangled up: they own Starz, but Lionsgate itself still licensed its first-run films to Epix through their 2019 slate; they then began outputting content through Hulu from 2020-2021, before finally uniting with their new corporate sibling beginning with their 2022 films.note
Films produced or distributed by Lionsgate (including films originally from Vidmark/Trimark, Live/Artisan and Vestron)
- 100 Girls (2000)
- 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (2015)
- 12 Strong (2018; international distribution)
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) (2007)
- 3 from Hell (2019)
- Abduction (2011)
- Absolon (2003)
- Acrimony (2018)
- Affliction (1997)
- The Age of Adaline (2015)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
- All Eyez on Me (2017)
- All Is Lost (2013)
- Alone in the Dark (2005)
- Alpha and Omega (2010)
- American Assassin (2017)
- American Pastoral (2016)
- American Psycho (2000)
- American Ultra (2015)
- Ammonite (2020; UK distribution)
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
- Anna (2019; distribution outside France)
- Antebellum (2020)
- Arbitrage (2012)
- Ballerina (2016; with Gaumont, acquired from The Weinstein Company following a scandal which ultimately took that company down)
- Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
- The Bank Job (2008)
- Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
- Barbie (2001-06; inherited from Artisan via FHE; rights since obtained by Universal)
- Barefoot (2014)
- Battle for Terra (2007)
- The Bay (2012)
- Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
- Beyond the Sea (2004; US distribution)
- The Big Sick (2017)
- The Big Wedding (2013)
- The Blair Witch Project (1999; originally distributed by Artisan Entertainment)
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000; ditto)
- Blair Witch (2016)
- Blind Horizon (2003)
- Blindspotting (2018)
- Blitz (2011)
- Bloody Mallory (2002)
- Bombshell (2019)
- Borderland (2007)
- Borderlands (TBA)
- Bratz (2007)
- Brooklyn (2015; distribution in UK and Ireland)
- Brothers (2009)
- Buffalo '66 (1998)
- Bug! (2006)
- Bully (2001)
- Burning Bright (2010)
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- Cabin Fever (2002) and its sequel (2009)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
- Captivity (2007)
- Casa de mi Padre (2012)
- The Cat's Meow (2001)
- Chaos Walking (2021)
- The Choice (2016)
- Cold Pursuit (2019; US distribution)
- Colette (2018)
- The Commuter (2018)
- Conan the Barbarian (2011)
- The Condemned (2007)
- Confidence (2003)
- The Con is On (2018)
- The Conspirator (2010)
- The Cooler (2003)
- The Cove (2009)
- Crank (2006) and its sequel (2009)
- Crash (2004)
- Cube (1997; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
- Cube Zero (2004)
- Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
- Dark Asylum (2001)
- Dark Harvest (2004)
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
- Daybreakers (2009; US distribution)
- Dead End (2003)
- Deadfall (1993; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- Deepwater Horizon (2016)
- Delta Farce (2007)
- The Dentist (1996; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- The Devil's Double (2011)
- The Devil's Rejects (2005)
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
- The Dinner Game (1998)
- Dirty Dancing (1987; originally distributed by Vestron Pictures) and its prequel (2004)
- Dirty Grandpa (2016)
- Divergent (2014) and its sequels (2015-16)
- Dogma (1999; theatrical distribution only)
- Dogville (2003)
- Down a Dark Hall (2018)
- Dracula 3000 (2004)
- Draft Day (2014)
- Dredd (2012)
- Dr. T & the Women (2000; originally distributed by Artisan Entertainment)
- The Duff (2015)
- Employee of the Month (2006)
- The Empty Mirror (1996)
- Ender's Game (2013)
- Escape Room (2017)
- Everything Must Go (2010)
- Exception to the Rule (1997; originally distributed by Artisan Entertainment)
- The Expendables (2010)
- The Expendables 2 (2012)
- The Expendables 3 (2014)
- The Eye (2008)
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
- The Family That Preys (2008)
- Fatale (2020)
- The Father (2020; UK distribution)
- Fear 1990 (1990; produced by Vestron Pictures; premiered in the US on Showtime)
- Fierce People (2005)
- Fighting with My Family (2019; UK distribution)
- The Final Cut (2004)
- Fire with Fire (2012)
- Flight 7500 (2014)
- The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
- Force of Nature (2020)
- For Colored Girls (2010)
- Frailty (2001)
- Frank and Jesse (1994; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- Friends with Kids (2011)
- The Frozen Ground (2013)
- The Gallows Act II (2019)
- Gallowwalkers (2012)
- Gamer (2009)
- Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
- The Glass Castle (2017)
- Gods and Monsters (1998)
- Godsend (2004)
- Gods of Egypt (2016)
- Going Overboard (1989; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- Good Luck Chuck (2007)
- The Grey Zone (2001)
- Grizzly Man (2005)
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016; distribution in the US and UK)
- Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft (2013)
- Happily N'Ever After (2006) and its sequel (2009)
- Hard Candy (2005)
- The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) and its sequel (2013)
- Hellboy (2019)
- Hell Fest (2018)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Hellbenders (2012)
- Hellraiser: Judgement (2018)
- Hirokin: The Last Samurai (2012)
- The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
- Horsemen (2009)
- The Hostel series (2005, 2007; first two films only. The third was distributed by Sony)
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- House of 1000 Corpses (2003; produced by Universal but sold to Lionsgate)
- House of the Dead (2003; originally distributed by Artisan Entertainment)
- Hulk Vs. (2009)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014-15; Parts 1 and 2)
- I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
- I, Frankenstein (2014; US distribution)
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
- Imperium (2016)
- Iron Man (2008; non-US distribution only)
- Jexi (2019)
- The John Wick series
- John Wick (2014)
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- Killers (2010)
- Kin (2018)
- Knives Out (2019)
- La La Land (2016)
- The Last Exorcism (2010)
- Last Flag Flying (2017)
- Last Knights (2015)
- Last Night (1998)
- The Last Stand (2013)
- The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
- Leprechaun (1993; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- Leprechaun 2 (1994; ditto)
- Leprechaun 3 (1995; ditto)
- Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997; ditto)
- Leprechaun in the Hood (2000; ditto)
- Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
- Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
- Leprechaun Returns (2018)
- The Les Boys series (1997-98, 2001, 2005; first four films only; fifth film distributed by eOne Canada, mostly in Quebec)
- The Limehouse Golem (2016)
- Lion of Oz (2000)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
- LOL (2012)
- Long Shot (2019)
- Lord of War (2005)
- Lost and Delirious (2001; US distribution)
- Love and Death on Long Island (1997; U.S. distribution)
- Love & Mercy (2014)
- Love, Rosie (2014; UK distribution)
- Love the Coopers (2015)
- Lucky Day (2019)
- Machine Gun Preacher (2011; international distribution)
- Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
- Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
- Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
- Made In Italy (2020)
- Maggie (2015)
- Man-Thing (2005)
- Margin Call (2011)
- May (2002)
- Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
- The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
- Midway (2019)
- Minotaur (2006)
- Moonfall (2022)
- Monster Man (2003)
- Monster's Ball (2001)
- Mortdecai (2015)
- Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
- Mud (2012)
- My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
- My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)
- My Days of Mercy (2017; US distribution)
- My Little Pony: The Movie (2017; with Allspark Pictures)
- Narc (2002; with Paramount)
- Nerve (2016)
- New in Town (2009)
- The Next Three Days (2010)
- Ninja (2009)
- Norm of the North (2016)
- Now You See Me (2013)
- Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- "O" (2001)
- On Chesil Beach (2017; UK distribution)
- One for the Money (2012)
- Open Water (2003)
- Parents (1989)
- Patriots Day (2016; with CBS Films)
- The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020; UK distribution)
- π (1998)
- The Pillow Book (1996)
- Pompeii (2014; distribution outside US and Germany)
- The Possession (2012)
- Power Rangers (2017; with Saban Brands)
- Precious (2009)
- Primal (2019)
- The Prince (2014)
- The Prince & Me (2004)
- The Punisher (2004; U.S. distribution; with Columbia Pictures)
- Punisher: War Zone (2008)
- The Quiet Ones (2014)
- The Rambo series (Lionsgate holds the home video rights to the first three films via Artisan, under license from StudioCanal {current owners of the Carolco Pictures library)
- Rambo IV (2008)
- Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
- Rapture-Palooza (2013)
- Red 2 (2013)
- The Red Violin (1998)
- Religulous (2008)
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
- Ripper: Letter from Hell (2001)
- Robin Hood (2018)
- Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006)
- Rock Dog (2016)
- The Rules of Attraction (2002; US distribution)
- Run (2020)
- Safe (2012)
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
- Savior (1998)
- The Saw series
- Sawney: Flesh of Man (2012; US distribution only)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
- Secretary (2002)
- See No Evil (2006)
- Serial Killing 4 Dummys (1999)
- The Shack (2017)
- Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
- Shattered Glass (2003)
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015; Distribution in the USA, with StudioCanal (UK distributor) and Aardman Animations)
- Sicario (2015)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
- Sicko (2007)
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
- A Simple Favor (2018)
- Sinister (2012)
- Sing Street (2016)
- The Slaughter (2006)
- Snuff Movie (2005)
- Solace (2015)
- The Spirit (2008)
- The Spy Next Door (2009)
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
- Stag (1997)
- Survivor (2015; UK distribution)
- Swimming with Sharks (1994; originally distributed by Trimark Pictures)
- Tamara (2005)
- Tart (2001)
- Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
- Leatherface (2017)
- Their Finest (2016)
- Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)
- Toolbox Murders (2004)
- Trees Lounge (1996)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Part 2 (2012)
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
- Undead (2003)
- Vice (2015)
- The Voices (2014)
- W. (2008)
- Waiting... (2005)
- War (2007)
- Warrior (2011)
- The Wash (2001)
- The Way of the Gun (2000)
- A Wedding (1978)
- What's Cooking? (2000)
- What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
- What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
- Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
- Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
- Winchester (2018; with CBS Films)
- Wonderland (2003)
- Wrath of Man (2021; distribution in the UK and Ireland)
- The Wrong Guy (1997)
- You're Next (2011)
TV series produced or distributed by Lionsgate
- 1-800-Missing (2003-06)
- ALF (1986-90; syndication rights)
- American Gods (2017-19, 2021)
- Anger Management (2012-14)
- Ascension (2014)
- Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015-2018)
- Blindspotting (2021-present)
- Blue Mountain State (2010-11)
- Boss (2011-12)
- Bratz (2005-06, 2008)
- Casual (2015-18)
- Chasing Life (2014-15)
- The Dead Zone (2002-07)
- Dear White People (2017-19, 2021)
- Dimension 404 (2017)
- The Dresden Files (2007)
- Fear Itself (2008)
- 5ive Days to Midnight (2004)
- The Freak Brothers (2021) with WTG Enterprises and Starburns Industries
- Ghosts (2021-present; with BBC and CBS)
- Graves (2016-17)
- Greenleaf (2016-20)
- Heels (2021-present)
- Hidden Palms (2007)
- Higher Ground (2000)
- Home Economics (2021-present; with ABC)
- Jeremiah (2002-04)
- The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (2018)
- The Kill Point (2007)
- The Lost Room (2006)
- Love Life (2020-present)
- MacGyver (2016-21)
- Mad Men (2007-15)
- Manhattan (2014-15)
- Mysterious Ways (2000-02)
- Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (2020-21)
- Nashville (2012-18; co-production with ABC Studios)
- Nurse Jackie (2009-15)
- Orange Is the New Black (2013-19)
- Robotech (1985; previously licensed by ADV Films and, before that, Streamline Pictures and future Lionsgate subsidiary Family Home Entertainment)
- Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988)
- The Rook (2019)
- The Royals (2015-18)
- Running Wilde (2010-11)
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982-83)
- Speed Racer (1967-68; held home video rights until Speed Racer Enterprises' license reverted back to Tatsunoko and is now licensed in North America by Funimation)
- Speed Racer: The Next Generation (2008-09, 2011-13)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-96; under license from Fred Wolf Films; rights to the franchise now held by Viacom. As such, Lionsgate has to credit Viacom International in the legal info on the DVD releases)
- Tracker (2001-02)
- Weeds (2005-12)
- Wildfire (2005-08)
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020-21)
Video games developed by Lionsgate Games
- Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted (2019)
- John Wick Hex (2019)
- Power Rangers: Legacy Wars (2017)
Assets owned by Lionsgate:
- Film Roman (pre-2015 library)
- Manga Entertainment (US branch only; UK branch owned by Funimation)
- Starz
- Summit Entertainment
- The Weinstein Company (the Lionsgate logo has replaced TWC's logo on later releases)
