Movie studio

A movie studio is a business organization which produce?s, sells and promotes movies.

Major movie studios in 2001 include: (any mergers here?)

• [Disney-MGM Studios]?
• [Columbia Pictures]?
• [Universal Pictures]?
• Fox Film Corporation
• [Warner Bros. Pictures]?
• [Paramount Pictures]?

The [movie industry]? is rather big. In 1998, there were 1.5 billion movie attendances in the United States. Worldwide gross revenues generated by motion pictures in all territories and media (including music and ancillaries) amounted to over $40 billion.