Motion Pictures CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 78. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Cinemark Holdings, Inc. at 923:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 255:1
- Average pay ratio
- 329:1
- Median CEO pay
- $6.7M
- Companies tracked
- 5
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Motion Pictures sits at #9 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #43 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (5 FY2025 filers, median 255:1 / $6.7M).
Ranked just above: Hotels & Lodging (281:1). Just below: Leather (204:1). Inside this SIC, Cinemark Holdings, Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 923:1.
- Median ratio
- 255:1
- #9 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $6.7M
- #43 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 5
- FY2025 SIC 78
Ratio bands inside Motion Pictures
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 5 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 78. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Motion Pictures vs all SIC-2 industries
Motion Pictures is #9 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (87th percentile). Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 255:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 78
FY2021–2025 cohort medians; changes compare adjacent years and are not inflation-adjusted.
- Latest median ratio
- 255:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -309:1
- from FY2024 564:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- -32%
- $6.7M latest
- Filer count YoY
- 0
- 5 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 900:1 | - | $5.7M | - | 4 |
| 2022 | 279:1 | -621:1 | $7.2M | +26% | 6 |
| 2023 | 416:1 | +138:1 | $8.8M | +23% | 5 |
| 2024 | 564:1 | +148:1 | $9.8M | +12% | 5 |
| 2025 | 255:1 | -309:1 | $6.7M | -32% | 5 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 78 (Motion Pictures), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Higher-third median pay ratio
Motion Pictures in the higher-ratio third
Motion Pictures sits in the top third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (255:1; #9 of 63). Motion Pictures (SIC 78) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 255:1 across 5 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $4.8M while the 75th earned $10.8M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (329:1) and median (255:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
7 Motion Pictures companies below ; each company page sets its filing against this median.
Companies in Motion Pictures (7 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amc Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1411579 | $11.4M | $12K | 974:1 | 2024 |
| 2 | Cinemark Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1385280 | $10.8M | $12K | 923:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Marcus Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 62234 | $4.8M | $15K | 330:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Netflix Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1065280 | $53.9M | $211K | 255:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC Latest filing FY2022 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1091907 | $105K | $105K | 80:1 | 2022 |
| 6 | FuboTV Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1484769 | $158K | $158K | 69:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Starz Entertainment Corp /cn/ SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 929351 | $6.7M | $100K | 67:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 2 of the 7 issuers above have no FY2025 filing on file, so their rows show their newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Motion Pictures benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
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