Sony Fact Sheet

Database: Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Movies

Record Name Year Studio Release Date Movie
Sweet and Lowdown 1999 Sony Pictures Classics Dec 03, 1999 Sweet and Lowdown
Pollock 2001 Sony Pictures Classics Feb 16, 2001 Pollock
Men in Black II 2002 Sony Pictures Jul 03, 2002 Men in Black II

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Camcorder 1982 Japan Asia Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Sony Corp.
Compact disc (CD) 1980 The Netherlands, Japan Asia and Europe Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Philips Electronics, Sony Corp.
Personal Stereo 1979 Japan Asia Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Sony Corp.
VCR 1969 Japan Asia Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Sony Corp.

Database: Best Selling Video Game Systems

Record Name Company Console Year Released Type Sales (to 2007) Source
Sony PlayStation 2 Sony PlayStation 2 2000 Tabletop 120000000 Wikipedia
Sony PlayStation Sony PlayStation 1994 Tabletop 102490000 Wikipedia
Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Portable 2004 Portable 14490000 Wikipedia
Sony PlayStation 3 Sony PlayStation 3 2006 Tabletop 5590000 Wikipedia

Database: List of largest world corporations by market capitalization

Record Name Company Country Industry Market Value (March 2007, USD million) Revenue (2006 USD billion) Source
Market capitalization for Sony Sony Japan Consumer electronics 50,868 63.6 (~) Wikipedia - Financial Times

Database: Digital Camera Equipment Manufacturer List

Record Name Company Website / Email Phone
SONY Sony Sony.com 800-222-7669

Database: Worlds Largest Economic Entities (2000)

Record Name Country or Corporation Year GDP / sales ($million) Source
GDP Sales for Sony (2000) Sony 2000 60,052.70 Institute for Policy Studies (Report on the Top 200 corporations)

Database: 2007 United States Movie Grosses

Record Name Studio Year Movie Title Total Gross Theaters Opening Gross Opening Theaters
2007 Movie Gross for Spider-Man 3 Sony 2007 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303 4,324 $151,116,516 4,252
2007 Movie Gross for Superbad Sony 2007 Superbad $121,463,226 3,069 $33,052,411 2,948
2007 Movie Gross for Ghost Rider Sony 2007 Ghost Rider $115,802,596 3,620 $45,388,836 3,619
2007 Movie Gross for Surf's Up Sony 2007 Surf's Up $58,867,694 3,531 $17,640,249 3,528
2007 Movie Gross for Premonition Sony 2007 Premonition $47,852,604 2,831 $17,558,689 2,831
2007 Movie Gross for 30 Days of Night Sony 2007 30 Days of Night $39,568,996 2,859 $15,951,902 2,855
2007 Movie Gross for We Own the Night Sony 2007 We Own the Night $28,563,179 2,402 $10,826,287 2,362
2007 Movie Gross for Reign Over Me Sony 2007 Reign Over Me $19,661,987 1,747 $7,460,690 1,671
2007 Movie Gross for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Sony 2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story $18,317,151 2,650 $4,174,383 2,650
2007 Movie Gross for Catch and Release Sony 2007 Catch and Release $15,539,051 1,622 $7,658,898 1,622

Database: Top United States Grossing Movies

Record Name Movie Studio Year Total Revenue
Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing International 2007 $336,530,303
Tootsie Tootsie Sony Pictures Releasing 1982 $177,200,000
Air Force One Air Force One Sony Pictures Releasing, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International 1997 $172,956,409
Casino Royale Casino Royale Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing International 2006 $167,445,960
The Pursuit of Happyness The Pursuit of Happyness Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing International 2006 $163,566,459

Database: LCD Computer Projectors

Record Name Brand Resolution Model Model Hardware Type Weight Brightness Pixels
Sony VPL-PX35 Used Sony XGA VPL-PX35 Used LCD Projector 16.3 lbs. 2600 ANSI Lumens 1024 x 768

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