Paramount Pictures Corporation
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Company Overview
| Company: | Paramount Pictures Corporation |
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| Industry: | Motion Picture Production & Distribution |
| Website: | http://www.paramount.com |
When entertainment is paramount, many people turn to Paramount Pictures Corporation. A subsidiary of media firm Viacom, the company produces and distributes films through Paramount Pictures (Iron Man) and Paramount Vantage ("Arctic Tale"). It maintains the Paramount Pictures library of some 3,500 films, including classic hits from the Star Trek, Godfather, and "Indiana Jones" series, and releases about a dozen new titles annually. Paramount Pictures distributes movies on video and DVD through Paramount Home Entertainment. The studio ceased to own former subsidiary DreamWorks in 2008. Paramount was founded as Famous Players Film Company by Adolph Zukor in 1912; it was acquired by Viacom in 1994.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 5,205.6 (2007) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 28.5 (2007) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 () |
| Number of Employees | 0 (0) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (0) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |