Quinn's Further Research Into Action Film Production Companies

There are many production companies who either specialize in action films, or have released many famous action movies, the three production films I am going to focus on are: Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures, and talk about the history of them producing movies.

Firstly I am looking at Columbia Pictures, they started producing films in 1924 and have produced 100's since, they do not just keep to one genre as they have produced a variety of films, although most of the films they produce are comedy's and of course action. Since 1989 they have been owned by Sony, this means that since then they have been producing more and more blockbuster movies, and because of their ownership by Sony, they often produce intellectual properties owned by Sony, such is the case in The Amazing Spiderman franchise. They have also produced movies related to other forms of media such as the Street Fighter movie, which is usually associated with video-games. They have produced a number of well-known action movies, as early as 1984 they were producing movies that people love even now, such as The Karate Kid, moving towards the present Columbia Pictures have produced many well-known films, producing all of the 3 most recent James Bond movies starring Daniel Craig, and remakes of classic films RoboCop and Total Recall.

The next producer I am looking at is Paramount Pictures, founded in 1912 Paramount has had lots of box-office success, as far back as 1972 they were making action films that will be remembered for years, The Godfather is a key example of this grossing over 134 million dollars, and to this day holding joint position for best film of all time according to IMDB. Again in 1986 they were making staggering amounts from box office when Top Gun was released, making over 353 million dollars internationally. More recent action movie successes include three of the most popular marvel superhero films including Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger, together grossing over 700 million dollars.

-Quinn Nolan