Lionsgate Films

Lionsgate Films
Formerly
Company typeDivision
IndustryFilm
Founded
  • June 15, 1962 (1962-06-15) (as Cinépix)
  • January 13, 1998 (1998-01-13) (as Lionsgate Films)
Founders
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Joe Drake
  • (film group chairman)
  • Adam Fogelson
  • (vice chair)
ProductsMotion pictures
ServicesFilm distribution
Parent
DivisionsLionsgate Premiere
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.lionsgate.com/movies/

Lionsgate Films, previously spelled as Lions Gate and formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties, is a Canadian-American film production and distribution company founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on June 15, 1962. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, it is owned by Lionsgate Studios since May 14, 2024.

Lionsgate is the second-largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. The studio focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film franchises, including Saw, The Hunger Games, Rambo, Divergent, The Punisher, John Wick, Madea, Blair Witch, Now You See Me, Hostel, The Expendables, Sinister, The Twilight Saga, Step Up, and Den of Thieves.