movie studio

NOUN

place where movies are made

Synonyms

WEAK

animation studio back lot dream factory film studio location lot motion-picture studio sound stage

Example Sentences

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Amazon may be known for e-commerce and cloud computing, but its movie studio MGM has just scored its own win.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Critics of a deal with Netflix voiced concern that the storied movie studio would be lost to the Silicon Valley streaming titan, paving the way for the depletion of cinema.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

In East Corinth: For “Beetlejuice,” the movie studio built the facade of a house where Michael Keaton’s character had to evict the newlydeads played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Federal Communications Commission, including its Chairman Brendan Carr, approves the Ellison firm Skydance as the new owner of Paramount, which includes CBS, MTV, Comedy Central and the Paramount Pictures movie studio.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

It was almost identical to the one back at the movie studio but with two big differences: It was outside, and it started twenty feet off the ground.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti