MPA Members

the MPAA members was a group of majors also called the Major Studios. they produce movies and then they continue or go out of business.

History
before the MPAA was launched in 1922, there were first "Little Four" film studios, Paramount Pictures, Brenon Pictures, Ukraine Pictures, and Triangle Pictures. in 1918, First National Pictures, Fox Film Corporation, and Goldwyn Pictures joined the majors. Triangle was renamed Robertson-Cole for the reason.

later, Warner Brothers joined the majors in 1923 and Loews merged with Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

after RKO was launched, The original members of the MPAA were the "Big Eight" film studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Loews Incorporated, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Pictures, Columbia Pictures, United Artists, and RKO Radio Pictures.

United Artists briefly resigned from the organization in 1956 over a ratings dispute, although they rejoined later in the decade. By 1966, Allied Artists Pictures had joined the original members. In the following decade, new members joining the MPAA included Avco Embassy in 1975 and Walt Disney Studios in 1979. The next year, Filmways became a MPAA member, but was later replaced in 1986 along with Avco Embassy when the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and Orion Pictures joined the MPAA roster.

In 1995 the MPAA members were: the Walt Disney Studios; Paramount Pictures; Universal Studios; Warner Bros; 20th Century Fox; MGM—which included United Artists after their 1981 merger—and Sony Pictures Entertainment, which included Columbia and TriStar Pictures after their acquisition in 1989. Turner Entertainment joined the MPAA in 1995, but was purchased in 1996 by Time Warner.

Vestron Pictures and Trimark Pictures both joined the members in 1990, but Live purchased Vestron in 1992 and became Artisan in 1998 and Lions Gate Entertainment purchased and renamed Trimark Pictures to Lions Gate Distribution America. DreamWorks SKG bought and folded Manhattan Pictures after the 9/11 Attacks and joined the members. in 2005, Viacom purchased DreamWorks.

between 2011 and 2018, the MPAA member companies are: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios LLC, and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.

since 2022, the return of the Big Eight were Hartnett Film Distributors, Pepsico Pictures Entertainment, Disney Corporation of America, TriStar Pictures Entertainment, Fox-Weinstein-Dimension, American Artists Pictures Corporation, DHX/UA Motion Pictures Group and Styhon Partners Entertainment.