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'''Paramount Pictures Corporation''' -- often just called "Paramount" -- is an American film production and distribution company. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is the oldest existing American film studio (though the predecessor of [[Universal]], the Independent Moving Pictures Company, predates it); Paramount is also the last major film studio still based in the Hollywood district of [[Los Angeles]] (again, Universal is in Universal City, which if incorporated into [[Los Angeles]] would become North Hollywood). Paramount has been consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios, most recently making [[Author's Saving Throw|a comeback]] as one of the backbones of Hollywood. Its [[Vanity Plate]] is <s>a</s> [[Iconic Logo|''the'' Mountain]].


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Formerly the distributor of [[DreamWorks]] releases, it still handles the films of [[Dreamworks Animation]], though this deal has broken.{{context|reason=Do they or don't they? Please clarify.}}
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Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is the oldest existing American film studio (though the predecessor of [[Universal]], the Independent Moving Pictures Company, predates it); Paramount is also the last major film studio still based in the Hollywood district of [[Los Angeles]] (again, Universal is in Universal City, which if incorporated into [[Los Angeles]] would become North Hollywood). Paramount has been consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios, most recently making [[Author's Saving Throw|a comeback]] as one of the backbones of Hollywood. Its [[Vanity Plate]] is <s>a</s> ''[[Iconic Logo|the]]'' [[Iconic Logo|Mountain]].


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Formerly the distributor of [[Dream Works]] releases, it still handles the films of [[Dreamworks Animation]], though this deal has broken.
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Notable Films Produced:
* ''[[Airplane!]]''
* ''[[Airplane!]]''
* ''Four Brothers''
* ''Four Brothers''
* ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]]''
* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]''
* ''[[Titanic]]'' (with ~20th Century Fox~ - although Fox was the primary producer of this film and has the rights outside North America)
* ''[[Titanic]]'' (with ~20th Century Fox~ - although Fox was the primary producer of this film and has the rights outside North America)
* ''[[Top Gun]]''
* ''[[Top Gun]]''
* [[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather Trilogy]]
* [[The Godfather|The Godfather Trilogy]]
* ''[[Grease]]''
* ''[[Grease]]''
* ''[[Friday the 13th (Film)|Friday the 13 th]]''
* ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]]''
* Distribution of the ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' movies (produced by [[George Lucas|Lucasfilm]])
* Distribution of the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' movies (produced by [[George Lucas|Lucasfilm]])
* [[The Movie|The]] [[Spongebob SquarePants]] [[The Movie|Movie]]
* ''[[The Movie|The]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] [[The Movie|Movie]]''
* The ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' movies
* The ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' movies
* ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
* ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
* ''[[Paper Moon]]''
* ''[[Paper Moon]]''
* ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (with [[Dream Works|DreamWorks]])
* ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (with [[DreamWorks]])
* ''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek]]''
* ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]''
* ''[[The Core]]''
* ''[[The Core]]''
* ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]'' (with [[Dream Works|DreamWorks]])
* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (with [[DreamWorks]])
* ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' (with [[Dream Works|DreamWorks]])
* ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' (with [[DreamWorks]])
* ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''
* ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]''
* ''[[Trading Places]]''
* ''[[Trading Places]]''
* The ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoons
* The ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoons
* ''[[Suspect Zero (Film)|Suspect Zero]]''
* ''[[Suspect Zero]]''
* ''[[Changing Lanes]]''
* ''[[Changing Lanes]]''
* ''[[Watchmen (Film)|Watchmen]]'' (with [[Warner Bros]] and [[Legendary Pictures]])
* ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' (with [[Warner Bros]] and [[Legendary Pictures]])
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]''
* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]''
* ''[[Rango]]''
* ''[[Rango]]''


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A century of amazing the world through film...and seeing stars above a mountain.

Paramount Pictures Corporation -- often just called "Paramount" -- is an American film production and distribution company. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is the oldest existing American film studio (though the predecessor of Universal, the Independent Moving Pictures Company, predates it); Paramount is also the last major film studio still based in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles (again, Universal is in Universal City, which if incorporated into Los Angeles would become North Hollywood). Paramount has been consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios, most recently making a comeback as one of the backbones of Hollywood. Its Vanity Plate is a the Mountain.

Formerly the distributor of DreamWorks releases, it still handles the films of Dreamworks Animation, though this deal has broken.[context?]

Notable Films Produced
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