Cinema International Corporation
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Cinema International Corporation was a major international film distribution company formed by the joint venture of major Hollywood studios to handle the overseas release of their movies in the 1970s and early 1980s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cinema International Corporation canonical | 9 |
| CIC (Cinema International Corporation) | 1 |
| International Cinema Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2232480 — 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: Cinema International Corporation Context triple: [Car Wash, distributor, Cinema International Corporation]
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A.
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Cinerama Releasing Corporation was an American film distribution company active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for handling a wide range of independent and international releases.
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B.
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Cinecom Entertainment Group was an American independent film distribution company known for releasing acclaimed art-house and foreign films during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
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D.
Palomar Pictures International
Palomar Pictures International was an American film production company active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for producing several notable Hollywood features.
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E.
Embassy Pictures
Embassy Pictures was an American independent film production and distribution company known for releasing influential and offbeat films from the 1950s through the 1970s.
- 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: Cinema International Corporation Target entity description: Cinema International Corporation was a major international film distribution company formed by the joint venture of major Hollywood studios to handle the overseas release of their movies in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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A.
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Cinerama Releasing Corporation was an American film distribution company active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for handling a wide range of independent and international releases.
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B.
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Cinecom Entertainment Group was an American independent film distribution company known for releasing acclaimed art-house and foreign films during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
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D.
Palomar Pictures International
Palomar Pictures International was an American film production company active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for producing several notable Hollywood features.
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E.
Embassy Pictures
Embassy Pictures was an American independent film production and distribution company known for releasing influential and offbeat films from the 1950s through the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film distribution company
ⓘ
joint venture ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
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early 1980s ⓘ |
| businessModel | jointly owned distribution network ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| distributionChannel | cinema ⓘ |
| distributionFocus | theatrical feature films ⓘ |
| formedAsJointVentureOf |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| handlesDistributionFor |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (outside North America)
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Paramount Pictures films (outside North America) ⓘ Universal Pictures films (outside North America) ⓘ |
| industry | film distribution ⓘ |
| marketFocus |
non-Canadian markets
ⓘ
non-US markets ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a precursor to United International Pictures
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consolidating overseas distribution for multiple Hollywood studios ⓘ |
| operatingArea | international ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOfSuccessor |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (via joint venture)
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures (via joint venture) ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Pictures
Universal Pictures (via joint venture) ⓘ
linked to:
Universal Pictures
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| predecessor |
separate overseas distribution operations of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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separate overseas distribution operations of Paramount Pictures ⓘ separate overseas distribution operations of Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| purpose | overseas distribution of films ⓘ |
| reasonForChange | reorganization of international distribution into United International Pictures ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | United International Pictures ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cinema International Corporation Description of subject: Cinema International Corporation was a major international film distribution company formed by the joint venture of major Hollywood studios to handle the overseas release of their movies in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cinema International Corporation
subject linked to:
animated film "Watership Down"
linked to: Cinema International Corporation
subject linked to:
The Deadly Bees (1966 film)