Tuesday 19 March 2013

Institution Research major company - Universal studios

Universal Studios
  • They are owned by Comcas
  • Founded on April 30, 1912 (as Universal Film and Manufacturing Company) by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, and Jules Brulatour, it is the oldest movie studio in the United States of America.
  • A well established company releasing some of the top movies of all time 

Here is a table of Universal top 5 selling movies of all time 
RankMovie TitleStudioTotal Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersOpen
1E.T.: The Extra-TerrestrialUni.$359,197,0371,778$11,835,3891,1036/11/82
2Jurassic ParkUni.$357,067,9472,566$47,026,8282,4046/11/93
3Meet the FockersUni.$279,261,1603,554$46,120,9803,51812/22/04
4How the Grinch Stole ChristmasUni.$260,044,8253,256$55,082,3303,12711/17/00
5JawsUni.$260,000,000675$7,061,5134096/20/75







Here is a picture of the universal website as we can see that is has a very nice design and it is up-to-date with their most recent release. This show that they have a lot of money in order to keep the design slick and up-to-date.

They have Several Theme park across the world two of which are in America, here they market latest movies with theme park attractions such as the Jurassic park ride, the Simpson's simulator ride and the latest ride to be opened in Universal studios California the transformers ride which is also a simulator. there is also a studios tour where they show you around the filming lots.



































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