Film production and distribution research

Dreamworks Studios

DreamWorks was founded 12 October, 1994DreamWorks was founded 12 October, 1994 in Universal City, California. DreamWorks has three founders; Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenburg and David Geffen. DreamWorks has six current divisions: DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Live Theatrical Productions, DreamWorks Movie Networks, DWKids.com, DreamWorks Television and DreamWorks Home Entertainment. DreamWorks both produce and distribute films, and produced three Oscar winning films: American Beauty, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. DreamWorks highest grossing film is currently Transformers: Dark Side Of The Moon. DreamWorks are famed for releasing family/animation films.

20^th Century Fox

Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck founded 20^th Century Fox May 31st, 1935. It is currently situated in the Century City area of Los Angeles. 20th Century Fox is a subsidiary of News Corporation, owned by Rupert Murdoch. 20th Century Fox also produces and distributes films. They have an association with producing and distributing sci-fi films. They produced Avatar and Star Wars. Avatar was 20th Century Fox's highest grossing film and also the highest grossing film of all time. 

Working Title

Two producers founded working Title: Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe.  The headquarters of Working Title are located in London, United Kingdom. Working title is a subsidiary of Universal that produces films mainly in the UK. Working Title is mainly focused on production but also distributes, they are renowned for producing light-hearted comedies. Their highest grossing film is Bridget Jones’ Diary, making over 280 million pounds.

Universal Studios

Carl Laemmie, Pat Powers, Mark Dintenfass, William Swanson, David Horsley, Adam Kessel, Charles Baumann and Jules Brulatour founded Universal Pictures on the 30th April 1912. The headquarters of Universal Studios are located in Universal City, California. Universal Studios are a division of NBCUniversal and a subsidiary of Comcast. Universal is a production and distribution companies that focuses on producing comedies and establishes franchises from films.

Lionsgate Films

Lionsgate was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 12, 1998 and now headquartered Santa Monica, California, United States.  Lionsgate’s founder is Frank Giustra. Lionsgate is a distributing company. They began a trend of distributing films that were deemed too controversial for other American institutes. The studio’s highest grossing film was The Hunger Games. Lionsgate is also famed for rarely co-producing films with other major studios.