Pathe is a privately owned company headquartered in France. Founded in 1896, it employs approximately 510 people. The company specializes in Movies and Sound Recording. Operating as Pathé SAS via its primary multi-regional platform pathe.com, the enterprise is a vertically integrated mass media and film conglomerate. Originally founded in May 1896 by brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile, and Jacques Pathé as Pathé Frères, it stands as the second-oldest operating film company in the world (trailing Gaumont) and historically commanded nearly half of the global cinematic marketplace prior to World War I. Today, under the principal ownership and executive control of the Seydoux family (via the Chargeurs group), Pathe operates as France's number-one independent film studio and a cinema exhibition network in continental Europe. The group controls an intellectual property library comprising over 1,700 feature films, anchored by works like Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard, the Astérix & Obélix series, The Three Musketeers duology, CODA, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, and The Count of Monte Cristo.
On July 29, 2026, Pathé acquired a 50% stake in Benelux film distributor The Searchers, forming a strategic partnership to expand its film distribution activities into the Netherlands and Belgium. This move extends Pathé's presence beyond its existing exhibition focus in the Benelux region, where its subsidiaries Pathé Belgium and Pathé Netherlands operate approximately 40 cinemas with nearly 300 screens, leveraging its successful distribution models in France and Switzerland. Previously, on July 28, Pathé scheduled additional screenings for its film "The Odyssey" after a high-quality leaked version on X garnered 2.1 million views in 2.5 hours before its removal. Earlier the same day, Pathé Arnhem was noted as the Netherlands' first fully digital cinema, utilizing a complete digital signage solution upon its construction, as part of Pathé's ongoing initiative since 2015 to reinvent the cinema experience beyond traditional visual merchandising. This follows Pathé's July 22 announcement of plans to transform the Disney Village Cinema, with work set to begin by the end of summer. The renovation aims to introduce a new cinema experience by 2027, featuring a redesigned façade, fully renovated auditoriums with recliner seats, a Pathé Café, a Häagen-Dazs corner, and a Pathé Games area.
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