The company's global headquarters at 10 Universal City Plaza in Universal City, California
Trade name
Universal Pictures
Formerly
List
Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1912–1923)
Universal Pictures Corporation (1923–1936)
Universal Productions, Inc. (1936–1937)
Universal Pictures Company, Inc. (1937–1963)
Universal Pictures, Inc. (1963–1964)
Universal City Studios, Inc. (1964–1996)
Universal Studios Inc. (1996–2014)
Company type
Division
Industry
Film
Predecessor
Independent Moving Pictures
Founded
April 30, 1912; 111 years ago (1912-04-30)
Founders
Carl Laemmle
Pat Powers
David Horsley
William Swanson
Mark Dintenfass
Charles Baumann
Robert H. Cochrane
Adam Kessel
Jules Brulatour
Headquarters
10 Universal City Plaza,
Universal City, California
,
U.S.
Number of locations
3
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Donna Langley (Chairwoman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group) Peter Cramer (president)
Products
Motion pictures
Revenue
US$11.622 billion (2022)
Parent
NBCUniversal
Divisions
Focus Features
Illumination
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Subsidiaries
Amblin Partners (minority)
Carnival Films
DreamWorks Animation
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
OTL Releasing
Rede Telecine (12.5%)
United International Pictures (50%)
Working Title Films
Website
universalpictures.com
universalstudios.com
Footnotes / references [1][2][3]
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film production and distribution company, a division of Universal Studios, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.
Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest in the world after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film.
The most commercially successful film franchises from Universal include Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park, and Despicable Me. Additionally, the studio's library includes many individual films such as Jaws and E.T. the Extraterrestrial, both of which became the highest-grossing films of all time during their initial releases. Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and was one of the "Little Three" majors during Hollywood's golden age.[4]
Evolution of Comcast NBCUniversal
1912
Universal Pictures is founded
1926
NBC is founded
1928
Universal Cartoon Studios (later known as Universal Animation Studios) is founded
1943
MCA Inc. establishes Revue Studios (later Universal Television)
1953
NBC begins first compatible color broadcasts, preceding other networks by nine years
1956
NBC's first peacock logo debuts
1963
American Cable Systems is founded
1964
Universal Studios Hollywood opens
1967
NBC broadcasts the first Super Bowl
1968
American Cable Systems rebrands to Comcast
1972
Comcast began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
1975
Universal releases Jaws
1980
PolyGram renames Casablanca Record & Filmworks to PolyGram Pictures
1982
Universal releases E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
1984
Walter Lantz Productions is sold to Universal
1985
Universal releases Back to the Future
1986
General Electric buys RCA for $6.4 billion, including NBC and a stake in A&E
1989
NBC relaunches Tempo Television as CNBC
1990
Universal Studios Florida opens Law & Order premieres on NBC Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting merge to form British Sky Broadcasting Universal Cartoon Studios (later Universal Animation Studios) is established
1993
Universal releases Jurassic Park
1994
DreamWorks Animation is founded
1996
NBC and Microsoft launch MSNBC
1997
Barry Diller purchases Universal's domestic television assets
1998
Seagram acquires PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Universal Television is renamed Studios USA Television
1999
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment is folded into Universal Pictures Universal Studios Florida expands to become Universal Orlando Resort
2001
Grand opening of Universal Studios Japan Universal releases The Fast and the Furious Vivendi purchases Studios USA
2002
NBC acquires Telemundo and Bravo Studios USA assets are folded into Universal Focus Features is formed Comcast acquires AT&T Broadband for $44.5 billion
2003
Universal becomes the first studio with five summer releases breaking the $100 million mark
2004
GE and Vivendi merge NBC and Universal into NBCUniversal
2005
The Office premieres on NBC Comcast sets up a joint-venture with PBS, Sesame Workshop & HIT Entertainment to form PBS Kids Sprout Comcast & Time Warner Cable jointly acquire Adelphia Cable assets for $17.6 billion
2006
USA Network begins 13-year streak as #1 cable network in total viewers
2007
Illumination is founded
2010
Universal releases Illumination's first film Despicable Me
2011
Vivendi divested in NBCU; Comcast buys 51% of NBCU from GE, turning it into a limited liability company NBCUniversal Archives is founded
2012
Universal celebrates its 100th anniversary NBCUniversal divests its A&E Networks minority stake
2013
Comcast buys GE's remaining 49% of NBCU Comcast/NBCU assumes full ownership of Sprout
2014
Comcast attempts to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion NBCUniversal reaches a new long-term deal with WWE
2016
NBCU acquires DreamWorks Animation
2017
Sprout relaunches as Universal Kids
2018
Comcast acquires Sky after a heated bidding war with 21st Century Fox
2019
NBCU acquires Cineo Lighting
2020
NBCU launches Peacock
2021
Grand opening of Universal Beijing Resort
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes Illumination's highest-grossing film
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