Columbia Pictures Group, Inc., one of Hollywood's major studios, is the flagship company of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. for the production and distribution of films, and is responsible for the worldwide sales, distribution and promotion of film products
Columbian Pictures Inc. is the flagship film production and sales company of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., which sells, distributes and promotes film products in the United States and 67 countries and territories around the world. Sony Pictures Entertainment's history in the film industry can be traced back to the founding of Columbia Pictures in 1924. Currently, Columbia Pictures produces more than 30 films a year, with recent products including the Spider-Man series, Mouse Kids, Thunderbolt, Kung Fu, The Da Vinci Code, and the first 007 film series, 007 v Casino Royale, among other well-known films.
Columbia Pictures has built itself into one of Hollywood's premier studios over the past eight decades, with a library of more than 5,000 classics, including 12 Academy Award winners. In 2005, Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired MGM Pictures, another major Hollywood studio, for $4.8 billion, further establishing Columbia Pictures Inc. as a leader in Hollywood and the global film entertainment industry.
In 1995, the company set up a representative office in Beijing, China, becoming the first multinational film and television company among the eight major Hollywood film companies to enter the Chinese film market and cooperate with Chinese film companies. In addition to introducing and promoting excellent Hollywood film works in China, the company is also actively engaged in cooperative filming and overseas distribution and promotion of Chinese films. In recent years, the company has continuously invested in the shooting and distribution of more than 20 Chinese-language films, including the critically acclaimed films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Big Names", "Kung Fu" and "Yangtze River No. 7", making fruitful efforts for Chinese films to enter the mainstream market of world films.
