Lionsgate
E75454
Lionsgate is a major North American entertainment company and film studio known for producing and distributing a wide range of popular movies and television series.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T499301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionsgate Context triple: [The Railway Man, productionCompany, Lionsgate]
-
A.
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is a major American film production and distribution company known for franchises like The Lord of the Rings and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
-
B.
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures is a historic American film studio that rose to prominence during Hollywood’s Golden Age and became one of the industry’s leading producers and distributors of motion pictures.
-
C.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio, one of Hollywood's oldest and most prominent, known for releasing a wide range of blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies.
-
D.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures is a major American film studio and distributor known for producing and releasing numerous influential Hollywood movies across multiple genres.
-
E.
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International is a global film distribution company historically associated with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for releasing many of its movies in international markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionsgate Target entity description: Lionsgate is a major North American entertainment company and film studio known for producing and distributing a wide range of popular movies and television series.
-
A.
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is a major American film production and distribution company known for franchises like The Lord of the Rings and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
-
B.
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures is a historic American film studio that rose to prominence during Hollywood’s Golden Age and became one of the industry’s leading producers and distributors of motion pictures.
-
C.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio, one of Hollywood's oldest and most prominent, known for releasing a wide range of blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies.
-
D.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures is a major American film studio and distributor known for producing and releasing numerous influential Hollywood movies across multiple genres.
-
E.
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International is a global film distribution company historically associated with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for releasing many of its movies in international markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment company
ⓘ
film studio ⓘ media conglomerate ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionChannel |
digital streaming
ⓘ
home entertainment ⓘ television syndication ⓘ theatrical distribution ⓘ |
| formerName |
Lionsgate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lions Gate Entertainment
|
| foundedBy | Frank Giustra ⓘ |
| genreSpecialty |
action films
ⓘ
horror films ⓘ independent films ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Lionsgate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Lionsgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lionsgate Premiere
|
| hasSubsidiary |
Lionsgate
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lionsgate Television
Pantelion Films ⓘ Roadside Attractions ⓘ Starz Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Starz
Summit Entertainment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Monica, California, United States
ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
ⓘ
film distribution ⓘ film production ⓘ television distribution ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAcquisition |
acquisition of Starz in 2016
ⓘ
acquisition of Summit Entertainment in 2012 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
John Wick film series
ⓘ
Mad Men ⓘ Nashville (TV series) ⓘ Orange Is the New Black ⓘ Saw ⓘ
surface form:
Saw film series
The Expendables ⓘ
surface form:
The Expendables film series
The Hunger Games ⓘ
surface form:
The Hunger Games film series
The Twilight Saga film series ⓘ
surface form:
Twilight film series
Weeds ⓘ
surface form:
Weeds (TV series)
|
| region | North America ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
LGF.A
ⓘ
LGF.A ⓘ
surface form:
LGF.B
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lionsgate Description of subject: Lionsgate is a major North American entertainment company and film studio known for producing and distributing a wide range of popular movies and television series.
Referenced by (374)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Braindead
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
subject surface form:
3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)
subject surface form:
3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate UK
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate UK
subject surface form:
Warrior (2011 film)
subject surface form:
Warrior (2011 film)
subject surface form:
Warrior (2011 film)
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate Films
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate UK
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Films
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Films
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Films
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Films
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Films
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate Films
this entity surface form:
Lions Gate Films
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate (home media)
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate UK
subject surface form:
Power Book II: Ghost
this entity surface form:
Lionsgate Television