The Asylum

American film studio and distributor
Organization film_studio Q1459090
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The Asylum

Summary

The Asylum is a film studio[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film_studio entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (852 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Asylum's field of work was direct-to-video[3].
  • The Asylum's field of work was Z movie[4].
  • The Asylum's field of work was mockbuster[5].
  • The Asylum is in the country of United States[6].
  • The Asylum's instance of is recorded as film studio[7].
  • The Asylum's instance of is recorded as film distributor[8].
  • The Asylum's instance of is recorded as film production company[9].
  • The Asylum's founder is recorded as David Michael Latt[10].
  • The Asylum's founder is recorded as David Rimawi[11].
  • The Asylum's headquarters location is recorded as Hollywood[12].
  • The Asylum's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles[13].
  • The Asylum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2011168941[14].
  • The Asylum's IMDb ID is recorded as co0042909[15].
  • The Asylum's Commons category is recorded as The Asylum[16].
  • The Asylum's distribution format is recorded as direct-to-video[17].
  • The Asylum's industry is recorded as cinematography[18].
  • +1997-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Asylum[19].
  • The Asylum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c7b4y[20].
  • The Asylum's location of formation is recorded as Hollywood[21].
  • The Asylum's official website is recorded as http://theasylum.cc/[22].
  • The Asylum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Asylum films[23].
  • The Asylum's different from is recorded as Q122452587[24].
  • The Asylum's X is recorded as theasylumcc[25].
  • The Asylum's Instagram username is recorded as theasylumcc[26].
  • The Asylum's Facebook username is recorded as AsylumFilms[27].

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Founding

Founders include David Michael Latt[10] and David Rimawi[11]. +1997-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Asylum[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as Hollywood[21].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hollywood[12], a neighborhood[28], in United States[29] and Los Angeles[13], a charter city[30], in United States[31], founded in 1781[32].

Industry

The Asylum's industry is recorded as cinematography[18]. Fields of work include direct-to-video[3], a product distribution method[33]; Z movie[4], a film genre[34]; and mockbuster[5], a film genre[35].

Why It Matters

The Asylum ranks in the top 3% of film_studio entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (852 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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