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- Annual revenue (2005): $2.9 billion
- Founder: Adolph Zukor
- Year established: 1912
- Industry: Motion pictures
- Phone: (323) 956-5000
- HQ: Los Angeles, CA
- Chairman/CEO: Brad Grey
- CFO: Mark Badagliacca
- COO: Frederick D. Huntsberry
- Parent Company: Viacom
- Over 1,000 films, including: Titanic, the Indiana Jones series, Braveheart, Forrest Gump, The Ten Commandments, and The Godfather films
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Key Dates
- 1912: Zukor founds Famous Players Film Company to distribute Queen Elizabeth
- 1916: Famous Players merges with Jesse L. Laskey Company, production and distribution companies combine into Paramount Pictures
- 1926: Paramount moves into new Hollywood studio
- 1966: Acquired by Gulf+Western Industries
- 1994: Merges with Viacom
- 1997: Titanic becomes highest-grossing film of all time
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Failed Financing Deal
According to reports on July 15, 2008, Paramount dropped out of a $450 million deal with Germany's Deutsche Bank. The failure of a deal that would have provided 25 percent of the studio's budget was seen as a symptom of the U.S. credit crunch that began in 2007.The New York Times: Paramount Drops Out of Financing Deal (July 15 2008)
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Paramount Pictures Questions
What is this a picture of? 4 AnswersI can't see anything but a broken link. However, I'm psychic, or would be if there was such a thing. I visualize an orange Badger Midget race car from Wisconsi... read more
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Grammar: Attached is the pictures or Attached are the pictures? 3 AnswersUse "is" for singular nouns and "are" for plural nouns. The noun in your sentence is "pictures" which is plural (more than one picture), so you would use "are"... read more
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Leaked UK Government Plan to Protect Copyright with Militias
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Leaked UK Government Plan to Protect Copyright with Militias
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Movie News: Marlon Wayans Replaces Eddie Murphy in Richard Pryor Biopic (VIDEO)
[...] for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Prods. and Sony Pictures. The project has been written and will be directed [...] originally attached to star in the project, but he dropped out over conflicts with Paramount Pictures, which was previously on board to finance [...]audiegrl | http://www.reddit.com/ Original | Permalink (November 20, 2009 10:30 AM) -
Alice in Wonderland Tree Totally Looks Like Sleepy Hollow Tree
On behalf of Tom Burton, Paramount Pictures, and Walt Disney Pictures I would like to assure everyone that any resemblance was unintentional. We sincerely apologize if any offense was made, and assure the public [...]TheObject | http://totallylookslike.com/ Original | Permalink (November 19, 2009 07:33 PM) -
[...] , as a VIP guest, The Product Guy was invited to an exclusive cross-country private screening of Paramount Pictures’ film “Up in the Air,” starring George Clooney, on American Airlines. And, out of [...]EXCLUSIVE: The Product Guy "Up in the Air" | http://kailoon.com/ Original | Permalink (November 19, 2009 03:23 AM)
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Leaked UK Government Plan to Protect Copyright with Militias
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