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|name = Paramount Pictures Corporation|logo = [[File:Paramount Pictures logo (2013).jpg|250px]]|caption = |type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Viacom]]|foundation = 1912 (as [[Famous Players Film Company]])<br>1914 (as Paramount Pictures)|founders = [[Adolph Zukor]]<br />[[Jesse L. Lasky]] [[W. W. Hodkinson]]|location_city = [[Hollywood, California]]|location_country = <br />United States|locations = |area_served = Worldwide|key_people =[[Brad Grey]]<br /><small>(Chairman and CEO)</small><br />[[Rob Moore (executive)|Rob Moore]]<br /><small>(Vice Chairman)</small><br />Frederick D. Huntsberry<br /><small>(COO)</small><br />Mark Badagliacca<br /><small>(CFO)</small>

[[Adam Goodman]]<ref>[http://www.paramount.com/inside-studio/studio/executives/meet-executives/adam-goodman Adam Goodman - Paramount Pictures Profile]</ref><br /><small>President of Paramount Film Group</small>|industry = Film|products = Motion pictures|services = |revenue = {{profit}} $1.2 billion (2011)|operating_income = {{profit}} $300 million (2011)|net_income = |aum = |assets = |equity = |owner = [[Famous Players-Lasky|Famous Players-Lasky Corporation]]<br><small>({{Start date|1916}}–{{End date|1927}})</small><br>Independent<br><small>({{Start date|1927}}–{{End date|1966}})</small><br>[[Gulf and Western Industries|Gulf+Western]]<br><small>({{Start date|1966}}–{{End date|1989}})</small><br>[[Gulf and Western Industries|Paramount Communications Inc.]]<br><small>({{Start date|1989}}–{{End date|1995}})</small><br />[[Viacom (original)]] <small>({{Start date|1994}}–{{End date|2005}})</small><br>[[Viacom]] (new) <small>({{Start date|2006}}–present)</small><ref group=note>During this period, two companies named Viacom have owned Paramount. The original owned the studio until 2006, when the new Viacom (spun off from the old one, which was renamed [[CBS Corporation]]) assumed ownership of Paramount.</ref>|num_employees = |parent = |divisions = Current:'''<br>[[Paramount Home Media Distribution]]<br>Insurge Pictures<br>Paramount Famous Productions<br>[[Paramount Vantage]]<br>[[Paramount Animation]]<br>[[Paramount Television]]<br>'''Former:'''<br>[[Famous Studios]]<br>[[Paramount Parks]]<br>[[Paramount Stations Group]]|subsid = |homepage = {{URL|www.paramount.com}}|footnotes = |intl = }} hheeeyy ggguuuurrrrllll

'''Paramount Pictures Corporation''' (commonly known as '''Paramount Pictures''' or simply '''Paramount''') is a film and television production/distribution studio, consistently ranked as one of the largest (top-grossing) film studios. It is a subsidiary of [[United States|U.S.]] [[media conglomerate]] [[Viacom]], Paramount is a member of the [[Motion Picture Association of America]] (MPAA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Motion Picture Association of America – About Us|url=http://www.mpaa.org/about|publisher=MPAA|accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref> It has distributed various commercially successful film series, such as ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'', ''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]'' (2008–11), ''[[Indiana Jones (franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' (1981–2008), ''[[The Godfather (film series)|The Godfather]]'', ''[[Star Trek (film franchise)|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Jack Ryan (film series)|Jack Ryan]]'', ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'', ''[[The Bad News Bears]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills Cop (franchise)|Beverly Hills Cop]]'', ''[["Crocodile" Dundee]]'', ''[[Paranormal Activity (film series)|Paranormal Activity]]'', and ''[[G.I. Joe]]''.