The Movie Database Support

Hi, can someone please help me understand why "Columbia Pictures" cannot be retrieved by ID via the company details API?

This is just an example, but there are others too. So, when calling

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/company/5?api_key=[api_key]

I get

{
    "success": false,
    "status_code": 6,
    "status_message": "Invalid id: The pre-requisite id is invalid or not found."
}

But this production company does appear on movies, so if I call for e.g.

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/634649?api_key=[api_key]

then I do see

{
    ...
    "title": "Spider-Man: No Way Home",
    "production_companies": [
        ...
        {
            "id": 5,
            "name": "Columbia Pictures",
            ...
        }
    ],
...
}

Is it possible that this production company was deleted, but remains mentioned in some movies? Is there a way to more directly check for such a scenario?

Or is it an issue with the company details API?

I'd like to mention that I've also checked the daily id exports and it's not missing in there.

Possibly related to https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/65de0266eea34d017db29975

Thanks!

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