Canadian-American entertainment company
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
, also known as
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation
and
doing business as
Lionsgate
, is a Canadian-American
entertainment
company. Founded in
Canada
, it was formed by
Frank Giustra
on July 10, 1997, domiciled in
Vancouver
,
British Columbia
. It is currently headquartered in
Santa Monica, California
.
Up until 2024, Lionsgate owned film and TV businesses under its own umbrella. They have since been spun off into
Lionsgate Studios Corp
, which Lionsgate owns 87%.
History
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Formation and early history
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Lionsgate was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra, whose $16 million investment was augmented by $40 million from investors including Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as
G. Scott Paterson
.
[3]
Giustra had recently retired as CEO from Yorkton, an investment bank, and Paterson was then president. Giustra then merged Lionsgate with
Toronto Stock Exchange
-listed Beringer Gold Corp. (founded in 1986) to take the company public. Beringer's mining assets were soon sold off.
[4]
[5]
[6]
Lionsgate then began a series of acquisitions to get into the film industry. The company bought a number of small production facilities and distributors, starting with
Montreal
-based
Cinepix Film Properties
(renamed as Lions Gate Films) and
North Shore Studios
(renamed Lions Gate Studios) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mandalay Television was acquired by Lionsgate from
Peter Guber
for a 4% Lionsgate stake.
In 1998, Lionsgate helped Guber form
Mandalay Pictures
with a 45% investment in Mandalay. Lionsgate followed that up with a June purchase of International Movie Group, Inc. (IMG), a bankrupt film distributor previously invested in by Guber and Yorktown Securities, for its film library. IMG's CEO Peter Strauss became President of Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. (LGE), the American parent company for Lionsgate's U.S. interests.
[5]
The Lions Gate Media subsidiary was also formed to produce for television.
[5]
Completing its first year of operation, Lionsgate had a revenue of $42.2 million with a loss of $397,000. The company share price dropped to a low of $1.40. This limited the corporation's ability to make acquisitions via stock swaps. Lionsgate instead made its next acquisition of Termite Art Productions, a reality-based television production company, for $2.75 million by issuing three convertible promissory notes. Giustra had the shareholders vote to move the company's public listing from the Toronto Stock Exchange to the
American Stock Exchange
, along with a two-for-one stock consolidation to qualify, for greater exposure that might boost share value.
[5]
In January 1999, Roman Doroniuk was named president and chief operating officers of Lionsgate, which led to the corporation's financial operations being moved in April to Doroniuk's offices in
Toronto
,
Ontario
while corporate headquarters remained in
Vancouver
, British Columbia. Lionsgate created US based Avalanche Films and acquired half of
Sterling Home Entertainment
, both in video sales. Again, Lionsgate registered losses in its second year of $9.3 million on revenues of $78.3 million with most of the losses from its stake in Mandalay Pictures. Thus in the summer, Lionsgate placed its studios up for sale with no buyers. TV operations were changed to non-network hourlong series over riskier network shows and ended its relationship with Mandalay Television. The corporation sought out more capital and cash with a filing of a preliminary prospectus for the sale of preferred stock and common stock
warrants
and a $13.4 million line of credit.
[5]
Expansion
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Additional acquisition funding arrived in January 2000 as a $33.1 million investment from an investor group that included
Paul Allen
, former
Sony Pictures
executive
Jon Feltheimer
, German broadcasting company Tele-Munchen, and
SBS Broadcasting
SA. This led to Feltheimer taking over as CEO from Giustra thus the passed over Doroniuk left the company. Feltheimer increased film making including several $1 million films at Avalanche. However, Federgreen still remains one of the major owners of the company and is extremely involved in the making of all their major movies. In June, Lionsgate acquired
Trimark Holdings, Inc.
for approximately $50 million in stock and cash including taking on $36 million in debt.
[5]
Lionsgate continued making acquisitions during the decade to boost distribution and its film library. On December 15, 2003, Lionsgate acquired
Artisan Entertainment
for $220 million.
[7]
In 2004, Erik Nelson reacquired Termite Art and renamed it to Creative Differences.
[8]
Lionsgate partnered with Panamax Films in 2005 to make movies for the Latino market which only produced two films.
[9]
On April 13, 2005, Lionsgate spun off its Canadian distribution unit into a new distribution unit called
Maple Pictures
under the direction of two former Lionsgate executives, Brad Pelman and Laurie May.
[10]
[11]
[12]
On August 1, 2005, Lions Gate Entertainment acquired the entire library of Modern Entertainment, the U.S. film division of the
Swedish
television company
Modern Times Group
.
[13]
[14]
On October 17, 2005, Lionsgate acquired UK company
Redbus Film Distribution
for $35 million
[15]
[16]
[17]
and became
Lionsgate UK
on February 23, 2006.
[18]
[19]
On March 15, 2006, Lionsgate sold Lionsgate Studios to Bosa Development Corporation.
[20]
On July 12, Lionsgate purchased
Debmar-Mercury
, an independent television distributor, which has continued operations as a Lionsgate subsidiary.
[21]
The company agreed in August to lease term with
New Mexico
State Land Office and the city of Rio Rancho for a new 52.8 acres studio near Rio Rancho's under construction city center and arena.
[22]
On July 26, 2007, Lionsgate bought a partial stake in independent film distribution company
Roadside Attractions
.
[23]
Lionsgate started up Lionsgate Music by June 2007.
[24]
On September 10, 2007, Lionsgate bought
Mandate Pictures
for $56.3 million, $44.3 million in cash and $12 million in stock, and taking on $6.6 million of Mandate's debt. Mandate Chief Executive Joe Drake returned to the company as co-chief operating officer of its film unit.
[25]
By July 2008, Lionsgate has not made any progress on building its new film studio in Rio Rancho or on setting up the corporation to run the studio per its agreement with New Mexico.
[26]
In November, Lionsgate Music established a joint venture with music publishing company
Wind-up Records
.
[27]
In January 2009, Lionsgate purchased
TV Guide Network
and
TVGuide.com
from
Rovi
for $255 million cash.
[28]
In May 2009, Lionsgate sold a 49% stake in
TV Guide Network
and website to
One Equity Partners
under pressure from shareholder
Carl Icahn
.
[29]
Lionsgate cut back its slate of films per year by four in February 2009. In April,
Relativity Media
signed with Lionsgate for a 5 picture per year multi-year film distribution.
[30]
In August, Lionsgate signed with
Redbox
for a five-year same day release deal worth $158 million.
[31]
Lionsgate, along with
MGM
and
Paramount Pictures
/
Viacom
, was also a co-owner of
Epix
, a pay TV movie channel which debuted on October 30.
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2010s
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On September 13, 2010, Lionsgate and
Televisa
formed a
joint venture
,
Pantelion Films
, to produce for the next five years eight to 10 films a year targeted for the U.S. Latin American market.
[9]
Lionsgate sold off its Canadian distribution unit,
Maple Pictures
, in September 2011 to
Alliance Films
.
[34]
Lionsgate announced on January 13, 2012, that it had acquired
Summit Entertainment
, producers and distributors of the
Twilight Saga
films, for $412.5 million.
[35]
The two companies have planned on merging since 2008.
[36]
On October 6, 2012, Lions Gate Entertainment announced that Brian Goldsmith became the co-COO of the company and joining co-COO Steve Beeks.
[37]
On November 18, 2012, Lionsgate announced it has passed over the $1 billion mark for the first time with the success of
The Hunger Games
and
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 2
.
[38]
On December 23, 2013, Lionsgate announced they have crossed over $1 billion domestically and internationally for the second year in a row with the success of
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
,
Now You See Me
,
Instructions Not Included
, and
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
.
[39]
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On April 14, 2014,
Comcast
acquired the remaining stakes in
Fearnet
from Lionsgate and
Sony Pictures Entertainment
.
[41]
On April 21, 2014, Lionsgate announced that they will merge its movie marketing operations.
[42]
A few days later, on April 30, Lionsgate announced that the studios will expand into the gaming development.
[43]
In 2015, Lionsgate took over the distribution functions for
CBS Films
, the film division of
CBS Corporation
.
[44]
On February 11, 2015,
John C. Malone
swapped a 4.5% stake with 14.5% of the voting power in
Starz Inc.
for 3.4% of Lionsgate's shares while joining the company's board of directors.
[45]
[46]
Fourteen days later, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht hinted a possible merger with Lionsgate.
[47]
On April 1, 2015, according to
Deadline
, Lionsgate announced it has created its new label,
Lionsgate Premiere
. This new label will handle up to 15 releases a year, targeting young audiences at theaters and digital outlets. The new label, part of the company's diversification effort, will incorporate Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment titles (including the
Step Up
film series and the
Red
film series) and then specialize in "innovative multiplatform and other release strategies" to reach "affinity audiences with branded content and targeted marketing." Marketing and Research SVP Jean McDowell will handle marketing, with distribution to be run by Adam Sorensen, who currently manages Western Sales.
[48]
On November 10, 2015, Malone's two other companies,
Liberty Global
and
Discovery, Inc.
(now
Warner Bros. Discovery
), made a joint investment of $195?400 million in Lionsgate and acquired a 3.4% stake in the company.
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Then on June 30, 2016, Lionsgate agreed to acquire
Starz Inc.
for $4.4 billion in cash and stock.
[54]
As of December 2016, it became the parent company of Starz Inc.
[55]
On November 12, 2015, Lionsgate created a partnership with
Armenian American
television producer
Craig Piligian
when the studio acquired more than 50% of his
Pilgrim Studios
company worth $200 million. Piligian retained his position as CEO of the company while Pilgrim will continue to operate independently under Piligian.
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The deal made Lionsgate a major unscripted player.
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On July 13, 2016, Lionsgate acquired a minority stake in British unscripted television production startup company Primal Media. It was launched by Matt Steiner and Adam Wood, who originally launched Gogglebox Entertainment that was acquired by
Sony Pictures Television
.
[59]
AT&T
also owns an approximately 2% stake in Lionsgate.
[60]
On December 15, 2017, the weekly US financial newspaper
Barron's
revealed that Malone was selling nearly 108,000 class B shares in Lionsgate for $3.2 million, or $29.63 each, from December 4 to 13. Malone now owns directly and indirectly 6 million nonvoting class B shares, as well as beneficially about 6 million class A shares, which carry one vote each.
[61]
Following the
Weinstein effect
, Lionsgate was listed as one of 22 potential buyers interested in acquiring
The Weinstein Company
.
[62]
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In 2018, Lionsgate's newly launched digital content unit, Studio L, announced its first slate.
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In October 2018, Agapy Kapouranis replaced Peter Iacono as president of international television and digital distribution.
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2018?2023: Acquisition targets
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In January 2018, it was reported that Lionsgate was being subject to a
bidding war
for a possible acquisition, with
Amazon.com
(which went on to acquire
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
in 2022),
Comcast
,
Sony Pictures
,
Verizon Communications
,
CBS Corporation
, and
Viacom
(with CBS and Viacom
remerging
into
ViacomCBS
in 2019; now known as Paramount Global as of 2022) having made offers.
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At the time, Lionsgate Vice Chairman
Michael Burns
stated in an interview with
CNBC
that Lionsgate was mostly interested in merging with CBS and Viacom.
[68]
Viacom and Lionsgate were both interested in acquiring
The Weinstein Company
.
[62]
On February 27, 2018, a month after the bidding war announcement,
Variety
reported in a detailed article that toy manufacturing company
Hasbro
(which had collaborated with the company in the 2017 film
My Little Pony: The Movie
via its
Allspark Pictures
theatrical film financing unit which is in turn owned by its
Allspark
division) came close to also acquiring Lionsgate, but the deal fell through. Hasbro would later go on to acquire
Entertainment One
on December 30, 2019.
[69]
On October 3, 2019, Malone completed the sale of his stake in the studio.
[70]
In April 2021, Lionsgate's Starz division filed an injunction in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico against
The Walt Disney Company
over the use of the
Star+
brand in Latin America.
[71]
The two companies would reach a settlement in August that same year.
[72]
In July 2021, Lionsgate purchased an 18.9 percent equity stake in
Spyglass Media Group
and acquired the catalogue of
The Weinstein Company
from Spyglass.
[73]
Entertainment One acquistion and split from studios
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From January 2023, Lionsgate entered a movie distribution deal with Cineplex Pictures, a subsidiary of Toronto-based
Cineplex Entertainment
which will see the release of selected Lionsgate titles in Canada.
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In July 2023,
Deadline
reported that Lionsgate was a frontrunner to acquire Entertainment One from Hasbro.
[75]
In August 2023, Lionsgate announced it would acquire the motion picture and television assets of Entertainment One from Hasbro for $500 million. Included among the assets are the trademarks of
Maple Pictures
, which Lionsgate divested to
Alliance Films
in 2011. The studio is expected to also pay $375 million in cash and $125 million in production financing loans related to the purchase.
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The acquisition was completed on December 27, 2023.
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In December 2023, Lionsgate revealed its plan to split its film and television assets with Starz following the completion of the company's acquisition of eOne. The company's Studios division will merge with Screaming Eagle Corp., a
special-purpose acquisition company
led by Eli Baker, to form a separate publicly traded company,
Lionsgate Studios Corp
. The transaction sets a $4.6-billion value on Lionsgate Studios and the deal was closed on May 7, 2024. The company was launched on May 14, 2024 and it has been trading on
Nasdaq
via the stock symbol LION. Lionsgate will remain the controlling shareholder owning around 87 percent of Lionsgate Studios following the split until the end of the year.
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Divisions and Units
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Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games
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Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games is the
video game
development division of Lionsgate.
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It was founded in April 2014 and is headed by
Nerdist Industries
co-founder Peter Levin. This division is dedicated to producing and distributing multiplatform games based on Lionsgate franchises, and investing in digital businesses. One of these franchises was
Blair Witch
, with Lionsgate Games publishing a
Blair Witch
game in 2019.
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Lionsgate Entertainment World
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Lionsgate Entertainment World
is an indoor interactive experience centre based on Lionsgate's blockbuster film franchises, such as
The Hunger Games
,
The Divergent Series
and
Now You See Me
, opened on
Hengqin, Zhuhai
, China in the first half of 2019. The Lionsgate project is an investment by Hong Kong conglomerate
Lai Sun Group
and designed and produced by
Thinkwell Group
.
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Celestial Tiger Entertainment
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In 2008, Liongate formed
Celestial Tiger Entertainment
(CTE) with
Saban Capital Group
and
Celestial Pictures
. CTE oversees the distribution rights of Lionsgate properties in
Greater China
and
Southeast Asia
.
Distribution
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The distribution of selected recent non-in-house films for pay-per-view and on-demand are under the supervision of
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
via
Universal Pictures
(Universal formerly held home video and television rights to many of the early Lionsgate films), while all others (particularly the in-house films) are distributed for both cable and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
, under
MGM Television
, are also distributed in international cable, digital and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division.
TV and Streaming
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Liongate's main outlet is
Starz
, a
premium
cable
&
satellite
television network
and
streaming service
that also includes sister channels
Starz Encore
and
MoviePlex
.
In addition to the "Sphere" family of channels ("MovieSphere by Lionsgate", "OuterSphere by Lionsgate", "HerSphere by Lionsgate"), Lionsgate also operates other streaming services and
FAST channels
through various partnerships. In a joint venture with
Ebony Media Group
, the company programs the "Ebony TV by Lionsgate" channel.
In 2015, Lionsgate formed a joint venture with
Tribeca Enterprises
to launch the "Tribeca Shortlist" streaming service and "Tribeca Channel" FAST channel.
In 2017, Lionsgate partnered with comedian
Kevin Hart
to launch the
LOL Network
.
In 2023, Lionsgate,
Warner Bros. Discovery
, and
Gray Television
formed
Free TV Networks
.
Assets
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Wholly-owned
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- Lionsgate Global Franchise Management
- Lionsgate Music
- Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games
- Starz Inc.
- FAST channels
- MovieSphere by Lionsgate
- OuterSphere by Lionsgate
- HerSphere by Lionsgate
Joint ventures
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Former assets
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Several assets were spun-off in 2024 to form
Lionsgate Studios Corp.
, of which Lionsgate remains as its majority shareholder.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group
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- Lionsgate Films
- Summit Entertainment
- eOne Films
- Spyglass Media Group
(18.9% with
Lantern Entertainment
,
Warner Bros. Pictures
,
Cineworld
and Eagle Pictures)
- Pantelion Films
(50% with
TelevisaUnivision
)
- Roadside Attractions
(43%)
- Grindstone Entertainment Group
- Studio L
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- Good Universe
[87]
- Globalgate Entertainment (joint venture with
Televisa Cine
(Mexico),
Tobis Film
(Germany),
Nordisk Film
(Denmark), TME Films (Turkey),
TF1 Studio
(France),
Lotte Entertainment
(South Korea), Belga Films (Belgium),
PKDN Films
(Japan),
Paris Filmes
(Brazil),
Viva Films
(Philippines), Falcon Pictures (Indonesia),
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Cine Colombia (Colombia) and
Rai Cinema
(Italy))
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Lionsgate Television, Inc.
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Pre-Lionsgate Studios split
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Corporate governance
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Board of Directors as of July 2021:
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Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Mark Rachesky
, M.D., founder and president of MHR Fund Management
Directors
- Michael Burns
, vice-chairman of Lionsgate
- Mignon Clyburn, president of MLC Strategies
- Gordon Crawford, former Capital Research executive
- Jon Feltheimer
, CEO of Lionsgate
- Emily Fine, executive at MHR Fund Management
- Michael Fries
, CEO and vice-chairman of
Liberty Global
- Susan McCaw
, president of SRM Capital
- Yvette Ostolaza, partner at
Sidley Austin
- Daryl Simm, chairman and CEO of
Omnicom
Media
- Hardwick Simmons, former chairman and CEO of
Nasdaq
See also
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