Lesson 4-Film Institutions

Which Hollywood studios are known as the 'Majors'?  List them and for each find their trademark logo and add it to your post.  Then find out the following for each major:

1. When was the studio founded?
2. What corporation is it part of today?
3. What have been some of the studio's most successful films?
4. What were the studio's most successful films in 2015?  http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2014
5. How did the major studios perform against each other? http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/?view=company&view2=yearly&yr=2015&p=.htm

       Majors

Walt Disney pictures (owned by The Walt Disney company)

Warner bro. pictures (owned by Time Waner)



   20th Century Fox (owned by 21st Century Fox)

   Colombia pictures (owned by Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group)

Paramount pictures (owned by Motion Picture Association of America)



Universal pictures (owned by Comcas)



When was they founded?

• Walt Disney- Founded on 16th October 1923
• Warner Bros Pictures- Founded on 4th April 1923
• 20th Century Fox- Founded in 1949
• Colombia Pictures- Founded on 19th June 1918
• Paramount Pictures- Founded on 08th May 1912
• Universal Pictures- Founded on 30th April 1912



What have been some of the studio's most successful films?

• Walt Disney- 'Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens' (2015), 'Avengers' (2012) and' The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' (2006).
• Warner Bros-  'The dark knight' (2008), 'The dark knight rises' (2012) and 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone' (1999).
• 20th Century Fox-'Avatar' (2009), 'Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace' (1999), and 'Independence Day' (1996).
• Colombia Pictures-'Spider-man' (2002), 'Spider-man 2' (2004) and 'Men in black' (1997).
• Paramount Pictures-'Titanic' (1997), 'Transformers - Revenge of the fallen' (2009) and 'Transformers - Dark of the moon' (2011).
• Universal Pictures-'Jurassic World' (2015), 'E.T.' (1982) and 'Jurassic Park' (1993).

What were the studio's most successful films in 2015?

• Walt Disney- Star Wars: Force Awakens and Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Warner Bros- San Andreas and Mad Max: Fury Road
• 20th Century Fox- The Martian
• Colombia Pictures- Spectre
• Paramount Pictures- Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
• Universal Pictures-Jurassic world and Furious 7

How did the major studios perform against each other (2015 total gross)?

1.Universal Studios-$2,444.9 billion

2. Disney (Buena Vista)- $2,280.2 billion

3.Warner bros-$1,603.1 billion

4. 20th Century Fox-$1,302.9 billion

5. Columbia Pictures- $966.3 million

6. Paramount Pictures-$674.7 million