Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is a U.S.–based film and television production company, part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which in turn is part of Japanese electronics giant Sony.

The Torch Lady in the color version of the Columbia Pictures logo, used in the late 50s and early 60s..

The predecessor of Columbia Pictures, CBC Film Sales Corporation, was founded in 1919 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt. The company's reputation was so low that some joked that "CBC" stood for "Corned Beef and Cabbage." Many of the studio's early productions were low-budget affairs; the start-up CBC leased space in a poverty row studio on Hollywood's Gower Street. Brandt was company president and handled sales, marketing and distribution from New York along with Jack Cohn, while Harry Cohn ran production in Hollywood.

2000s- some of the films distributed by columbia pichures...

-Charlie's Angels (2000, based on 1970s television series)
-Spider-Man (2002)
-Stuart Little 2 (2002)
-Gothika (2003, with Warner Bros.)
-Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, international distribution only)
-Spider-Man 2 (2004)
-The Grudge (2004)
-Are We There Yet? (2005) (co-production with Revolution Studios)
-The Longest Yard (2005) (co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, remake of -1974 Paramount Pictures film)
-Guess Who (2005, remake of 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) (co-production with Regency Enterprises)
-The Legend of Zorro (2005) (co-production with Spyglass Entertainment and Amblin Entertainment)
-Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
-Zathura (2005)
-Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) (co-production with Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Nickelodeon Movies, remake of 1968 United Artists film)
-Christmas with the Kranks (2005) (co-production with Revolution Studios)
-The Pink Panther (2006, distribution only) (with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
-The Da Vinci Code (2006) (co-production with Imagine Entertainment)
Monster House (2006) (co-production with ImageMovers and Amblin Entertainment)
-Casino Royale (2006) (co-production with Eon Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
-Spider-Man 3 (2007) (co-production with Marvel Entertainment)