Lionsgate

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (or Lionsgate) is a Canadian-American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 3, 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. As of November 2013, it is the most commercially successful mini major film and television Distribution Company in North America and the seventh most profitable movie studio.

Lionsgate was formed in 1977 by Frank Giustra and Avi Federgreen with a $16 million investment another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities’ executives such as Paterson.