Sony Motion Picture Head Tom Rothman to Receive PGA Milestone Award

Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman will be honored with the 2017 Producers Guild of American Milestone Award.

Rothman, who has been at the top of the studio since February 2015, will take the prize January 28 at a ceremony in Beverly Hills.

“Our industry has benefited immensely from Tom’s instincts, tenacity and vision,” said PGA Chairs Donald De Line and Amy Pascal, who has an overall deal with Sony.

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“From his championing of independent storytellers early in his career to his nurturing of studio films on an epic scale, Tom’s passion for movies has been one of the unstoppable creative engines of our business,” they added in a joint statement.

Rothman said the award is “the highest honor of my professional life and I am humbled and grateful to be included among such august company. Coming from the outstanding organization that is the PGA, it is indeed praise from high quarters.”

Rothman’s upcoming releases include the Ang Lee film “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and the Jennifer Lawrence-Chris Pratt space romance “Passengers.”

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“I have no current plans to do so, but I could now die happy,” Rothman added.

Past milestone award winners include Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Sherry Lansing, Ron Meyer, Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Alan Horn, Bob Iger, and most recently former 20th Century Fox CEO Jim Gianopulos.

36 Movies That Have Grossed $1 Billion Worldwide (Photos)

Billion-dollar movies aren't as rare as they used to be. Still, there aren't that many of them. See them all here:
Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox
"Incredibles 2" -- $1.00 billion and counting (Disney-Pixar, 2018)
"The Dark Knight" -- $1.00 billion (Warner Bros., 2008)
Warner Bros.
"Finding Dory" -- $1.02 billion (Disney-Pixar, 2016)

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Disney-Pixar
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" -- $1.02 billion (Warner Bros., 2012)
Warner Bros./New Line
"Zootopia" -- $1.02 billion (Disney, 2016)

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Disney Animation Studios
"Alice in Wonderland" -- $1.03 billion (Disney, 2010)
Disney
"Despicable Me 3" -- $1.03 billion (Universal, 2017)
"Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" -- $1.03 billion (20th Century Fox)
Fox/Lucasfilm
"Jurassic Park" -- $1.03 billion (Universal, 1993)
Universal
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" -- $1.05 billion (Disney, 2011)
Disney
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" -- $1.05 billion (Disney/Lucasfilm, 2016)
Disney
"Toy Story 3" -- $1.06 billion (Disney, 2010)
Disney/Pixar
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" -- $1.07 billion (Disney, 2006)
Disney
"The Dark Knight Rises" -- $1.08 billion (Warner Bros., 2012)
Warner Bros.
"Transformers: Age of Extinction" -- $1.10 billion (Paramount, 2014)
Paramount
"Skyfall" -- $1.11 billion (Sony, 2012)

Sony
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" -- $1.12 billion (New Line, 2003)
New Line
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" -- $1.12 billion (Paramount, 2011)
Paramount
"Captain America: Civil War" -- $1.15 billion (Disney, 2016)
Disney
"Minions" -- $1.16 billion (Universal, 2015)
Universal
"Iron Man 3" -- $1.22 billion (Disney, 2013)
Disney/Marvel
"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" -- $1.23 billion (Universal, 2018)
"Beauty and the Beast" -- $1.26 billion (Disney, 2017)
"The Fate of the Furious" -- $1.26 billion (Universal, 2017)

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"Frozen" -- $1.28 billion (Disney, 2013)

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Walt Disney Animation
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" -- $1.33 billion (Disney/Lucasfilm, 2017)
"Black Panther" -- $1.33 billion (Disney/Marvel Studios, 2018)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" -- $1.34 billion (Warner Bros., 2011)
Warner Bros.
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" -- $1.41 billion (Disney/Marvel Studios, 2015)
Disney/Marvel
"Furious 7" -- $1.52 billion (Universal, 2015)
Universal
"Marvel's The Avengers" -- $1.52 billion (Disney/Marvel Studios, 2012)
Disney/Marvel
"Jurassic World" -- $1.67 billion (Universal, 2015)
Universal
"Avengers: Infinity War" -- $2.04 billion (Disney/Marvel Studios, 2018)
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" -- $2.07 billion (Disney, 2015)
Disney/Lucasfilm
"Titanic" -- $2.19 billion (Paramount, 1997)
Paramount
"Avatar" -- $2.79 billion (20th Century Fox, 2009)

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20th Century Fox