Editing Pathé (section)

{{short description|French media production and theatre businesses}}
{{about|the French film company|their music business|Pathé Records|other uses|Pathe (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Pathé SAS
| logo = Pathe logo.svg
| logo_size = 250
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1896|09|28|df=y}}
| founder = [[Charles Pathé]]<br>Émile Pathé<br> Théophile Pathé<br> Jacques Pathé
| hq_location = 2 Rue Lamennais 75008
| hq_location_city = [[Paris]]
| hq_location_country = France
| logo_caption = Logo used since 1999
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| industry = [[Entertainment]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| revenue = {{profit}} €903 million (2017)<ref name=AR-2017>http://2017.pathe.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Pathe-year_book-2017.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
| owner = [[Jérôme Seydoux]]<br />Eduardo Malone<br />[[CMA CGM]] (20%)
| key_people = [[Jérôme Seydoux]] (chairman)<br>Eduardo Malone (Vice-president)
| num_employees = 4,210 (2017)<ref name="AR-2017" />
| subsid = Pathé Films<br />Pathé Séries<br />[[Pathé Cinémas]]<br />Fondation Pathé<br />Vendôme Production<br />Pricel
| website = [https://pathe.com/ pathe.com]
}}
'''Pathé SAS'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legal notice |url=https://www.pathe.com/en/legal-notice/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Pathé |language=en-US}}</ref> ({{IPA|fr|pate|lang}}; styled as '''PATHÉ!''') is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary [[Pathé Cinémas]] and television networks across Europe.   

It is the name of a network of French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of [[phonograph record]]s. In 1908, Pathé invented the [[newsreel]] that was shown in cinemas before a feature film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/blog/history/|title=History of British Pathé|website=[[Pathé News|British Pathé]]|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205112006/https://www.britishpathe.com/blog/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pathé is the second-oldest operating film company, behind [[Gaumont (company)|Gaumont]], which was established in 1895.{{TOC limit|limit=2}}