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[[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 = }}

'''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]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (film series)|G.I. Joe]]''.

In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first big Hollywood studio to distribute all its films in digital-form only.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/19/paramount-all-digital-movie-distribution/ |title=Paramount now releases movies only in digital form |author=Jon Fingas |date=January 19, 2014}}</ref>