History Creator / Paramount

Paramount has been consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios, but more recently it's had to stage [[AuthorsSavingThrow a comeback]] as one of the backbones of Hollywood, a status it's held since [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood the Golden Age]] as one of the original "Big Five." Paramount's currently trying to retain its position in the modern "Big Five"[[note]]The other four are Universal, Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/ColumbiaPictures, and Creator/{{Disney}}.[[/note]] against the rise of young Turk Creator/{{Lionsgate}}. Its VanityPlate is a mountain, reportedly originally based on Utah's Ben Lomond Mountain, surrounded by an arc of 22 equilateral stars.

Beginning in 2011, the studio went through its most [[AudienceAlienatingEra difficult period]] since the [[UsefulNotes/FallOfTheStudioSystem aftermath]] of the ''Paramount'' case, with the majority of its releases either garnering mediocre-to-negative reception or flopping massively at the box office. The period has seen the aforementioned departures of [=DreamWorks=] Animation and Marvel Studios, many of their IP-driven fare, most notably the ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' film series, under-performing with each film, and turmoil at Viacom nearly leading to a sale of Paramount in 2016. By 2017, the studio had fallen behind Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, a '''mini-major''', in terms of box office market share. In the wake of the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusPandemic, Paramount sold numerous 2020 titles (including ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'' and ''Film/Coming2America'') to streaming services to keep afloat. By then, it was ranked dead last among major studios in box office share for eight years straight.

* ''Film/{{Wings|1927}}'' (1927) -- winner of the first UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture

* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': Paramount Pictures distributed [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatOttoMessmer the earliest cartoons]] from [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation 1919 to 1921]].

In 2014, Paramount became the first studio to [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-paramount-digital-20140117,0,5245137.story#axzz2qijmdr3r drop 35-millimeter film and distribute its releases exclusively on digital format.]] A year later however, they [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/7982243/kodak-secures-film-supply-agreements-with-movie-studios reversed this decision.]]

In 2021, Paramount converted CBS All Access into a new streaming service, Creator/ParamountPlus. They also worked out a deal with Creator/MGMPlus, who handles first-run cable/streaming distribution of Paramount films through 2023, that would allow the studio to launch some of its new releases on Paramount+ 45 days after theatrical release.

In 2022, Paramount experienced a major commercial resurgence, as six of its films (''Film/{{Scream|2022}}'', ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'', ''[[Series/{{Jackass}} Jackass Forever]]'', ''Film/TheLostCity'', ''Film/{{Smile|2022}}'', and ''Film/TopGunMaverick'') went right to the top of the domestic and international box office charts upon release, with ''Top Gun: Maverick'' in particular becoming the studio's first in nearly a decade to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (2023)

* ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' (2020; with Creator/{{Sega}})[[note]]This was originally a Creator/ColumbiaPictures production, but Sony refused to pay up. The film's move to Paramount was fitting due to it and Sega once having been sister companies under Gulf+Western.[[/note]]
* ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'' (2022; with Creator/{{Sega}})

* ''Film/AQuietPlacePartII'' (2021)

* ''Film/{{Flight}}'' (2012)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFonzAndTheHappyDaysGang'' (1980-81, with Creator/HannaBarbera) now owned by Creator/WarnerBros

* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (1976-83)

* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' (1978-82)

* ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' (1957)

** ''Film/{{Zoolander 2}}'' (2016)

* ''Film/FortyEightHrs'' (1982)

** ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' (1993)

* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''

* ''Film/TheBradyBunch'' (1995)

** ''Film/CharlottesWeb'' (2006)

* ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' (2008)

** ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'' (2006; was planned to have North American distribution, but sold these rights to WB after ''Flags of Our Fathers'' failed at the box office, so Paramount's involvement was reduced to studio credit only through [=DreamWorks=])

** ''Film/JackReacherNeverGoBack'' (2016)

* ''Series/{{Jackass}}: The Movie'' (2003)

** ''Film/AlongCameASpider'' (2001)

** ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife'' (2003)

** ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMightyMovie'' (2023)

* ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|1989}}'' (1989)

** ''Film/AQuietPlacePartII'' (2021)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' (1998)

** ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'' (2022; with Creator/{{Sega}})

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' (2004)

* ''WesternAnimation/TadTheLostExplorer'' (2012)

* ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2014}}'' (2014)

** ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' (2022)

** ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids'' (1972-73; a spin-off of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'')

** ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' (1993-2004)

** ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (1976-83)
** ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' (1978-82)
** ''WesternAnimation/TheFonzAndTheHappyDaysGang'' (1980-81, with Creator/HannaBarbera) now owned by Creator/WarnerBros

** ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (2003-present)

** ''WesternAnimation/TheOddballCouple'' (1975)

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* ''Film/{{Narc}}'' (2002; with Creator/LionsGate)

* ''Film/{{Seconds}}'' (1966)

->'''Screenwriter''': That sounds like great news. Why is that unfortunate?\\
->'''Agent''': Paramount is my dog.

'''Agent''': I have bad news about your script. I thought it was great; unfortunately, Paramount loved it.\\
'''Screenwriter''': That sounds like great news. Why is that unfortunate?\\
'''Agent''': Paramount is my dog.