Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film studio and a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Viacom. Founded in 1912 as Famous Players Film Company, it quickly became one of the major Hollywood studios, a position it retains to this day. Its signature franchises are Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, and Transformers.

Among giant monster fans, Paramount is known for producing the 1976 King Kong remake, releasing the Toho films formerly owned by UPA on VHS and LaserDisc in the United States, and distributing every entry in the Cloverfield franchise.

Selected Films

• King Kong (1976) - Production Company (with Dino De Laurentiis Corporation), Distributor
• Cloverfield (2008) - Production Company (with Bad Robot), Distributor
• 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - Production Company (with Bad Robot), Distributor
• The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) - Production Company (with Bad Robot), Distributor (China)

Selected Video Releases

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1954) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
• Rodan (1956) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) - VHS (1989, 1994) and LaserDisc (1995)
• Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965) - VHS (1988, 1994) and LaserDisc (1995)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
• Godzilla's Revenge (1969) - VHS (1992) and LaserDisc (1994)
• Lake of Dracula (1971) - VHS (1994)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) - VHS (1994)
• Evil of Dracula (1974) - VHS (1994)
• ESPY (1974) - VHS (1994)
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) - VHS (1989 and 1995) and LaserDisc (1995)