Paramount needed the Marvel deal when it was signed because the studio had little of its own homegrown franchise product to lean on. Marvel and DreamWorks product got the studio through lean times. ... Paramount next week releases Paranormal Activity 2, and it owns worldwide distribution rights on sequels.

Does Paramount own Marvel?

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Paramount formerly owned the distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3 but sold them to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in October 2010. All live-action films distributed by Paramount Pictures based on Marvel Comics have been produced by Marvel Studios.

Why is Paramount on Avengers?

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Disney kept Paramount's logo on The Avengers to assuage fears about Disney interfering with the success of the earlier, Paramount-distributed, Marvel films. ... That film was distributed by Paramount Studios (since Marvel Studios was not big enough to distribute their own films).