Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (or Lionsgate) is a Canadian–American entertainment company. The company was formed on July 3, 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia , and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. As of November 2013, it is the most commercially successful mini major film and television distribution company in North America and the seventh most profitable movie studio. Lionsgate Films is not to be confused with Robert Altman's former company, Lion's Gate Films, although both names refer to the same Vancouver landmark, the Lions Gate Bridge.