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MGM produced more than 100 feature films in its first two years. In 1925, MGM released the extravagant and successful Ben-Hur, taking a $4.7 million profit that year, its first full year. [27] Also in 1925, MGM, Paramount Pictures and UFA formed a joint German distributor, Parufamet. [28]
(The logo's design was based on that of MGM's print logo, which had been introduced in 1980.) The following year, a new "MGM/UA Communications Co." logo was introduced, and would precede both the MGM and UA logos until it was dropped in 1990. However, both logos would maintain the byline "An MGM/UA Communications Company" until 1992.
November 19, 1916; 108 years ago () Founders: Samuel Goldfish Edgar Selwyn Archibald Selwyn: Defunct: April 17, 1924; 100 years ago () Fate: Merged with the Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Productions, Inc. to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Successors: Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Amazon MGM Studios Library: Warner Bros.
In March 2024, beginning with the Prime Video release of the remake of Road House, Amazon MGM Studios kicked off the centennial anniversary celebration of the founding of MGM with a "100 Years" logo variant appearing on all films produced and released by the studio throughout the year. In April 2024, Amazon MGM, in collaboration with Fandango ...
The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released (or scheduled to be released) in the 2020s. This does not include select titles produced solely by Amazon MGM Studios following their 2022 acquisition of the studio and their own rebrand in 2023 despite them using the 2021 MGM logo in the films themselves.
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This list does not include films from United Artists before it merged with MGM (except for co-productions), or other studios that MGM acquired (such as Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and Cannon Films). MGM's pre-May 1986 library is currently owned by Warner Bros. through Turner Entertainment Co.
Metro Pictures was founded as a film distribution company in February 1915 by a number of "exchange men" (exchanges were distribution centers run by Hollywood studios that rented films to movie houses [2]) with Richard A. Rowland as president, George Grombacher as vice-president and Louis B. Mayer as secretary. [3]