Who owns Lionsgate Films?
Lionsgate Films is owned by Lionsgate (Canada, NYSE: LION).[1]
Evidence: Lionsgate Studios Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 May 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lionsgate Studios Corp. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Vancouver
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Vancouver
- Founded
- 1997
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Film studios
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: LION
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate made The Hunger Games, John Wick and the Saw pictures, and built its early reputation distributing films the major studios would not touch, including Fahrenheit 9/11 after Disney refused to release it. Its strategy of buying film libraries rather than building one slowly gave it a catalogue of more than twenty thousand titles, which is the bulk of what the company is worth.
Ownership timeline of Lionsgate Films
Where Lionsgate Films sits in Lionsgate
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Lionsgate
Lionsgate controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Summit Entertainment (1991)
Other brands in film studios, and who owns them
The 19 brands in film studios on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Disney, with 3; Lionsgate has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 20th Century Studios | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Columbia Pictures | Sony | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Toei | Toei | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Anime Limited | TOHO | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Astro Shaw | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Studiocanal | Canal+ | 🇫🇷 France |
| Cineplex Pictures | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Studio Dragon | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Lionsgate
Lionsgate is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: LION.
Lionsgate is the largest studio outside the major Hollywood groups, founded in Vancouver in 1997 and built by acquiring libraries rather than by growing one. It separated from the Starz cable business in 2025 to become a pure studio company.
🇨🇦 Lionsgate Films and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 178 brands that began in Canada. 45 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Lionsgate Films is not one of them.
- Canada's Wonderland — Six Flags 🇺🇸
- Cineplex — Cineplex 🇨🇦
- CuriousCast — Corus 🇨🇦
- Degrassi — WildBrain 🇨🇦
- IMAX — IMAX 🇨🇦
- Landmark Cinemas — Kinepolis 🇧🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lionsgate Films?
The parent company of Lionsgate Films is Lionsgate, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Lionsgate Films Canadian?
Yes. Lionsgate Films originated in Canada in 1997 and its owner, Lionsgate, is also headquartered in Canada.
Is Lionsgate Films still owned by Lionsgate?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Lionsgate Films is still owned by Lionsgate. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Lionsgate Studios Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 May 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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