Film Studio Research

Gardner
Film
Studio
Lions
Gate

Date
establish
ed
July 3,
1997

Pixar

February
3, 1986

Disney

October
16, 1923

Univers April 10,

al
1912
Studios

Warner April 4,
Brother 1923
s

Katie

Location

Well known films

Who they work with

Recent successes

Headquarters:
Santa Monica,
California,
USA
Headquarters:
Emeryville,
California,
USA
Headquarters:
Burbank,
California,
USA
Headquarters:
Universal City,
California,
USA

*Kick ass
*Saw
*Juno
*The Hurt Locker
*The Incredibles
*Toy Story
*Monsters Inc
*Brave
*The Little Mermaid
*The Lion King
*Toy Story
*Aladdin
*Jurassic Park
*E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
*Jaws
*Fast and Furious Film
Series
*The Dark Knight Duo
*The Harry Potter Series
*I am legend
*Gravity

*IFC Films
*Miramax Films
*20th Century Fox
Films
*Walt Disney
Animation Studios
*THX
*Lucasfilm
*Pixar
*DreamWorks Pictures
*Walt Disney
Animation Studios
*DreamWorks Pictures
*Blumhouse
Productions
*Amblin
Entertainment
*New Line Cinema
*PolyGram
Entertainment
*Legendary Pictures

*Hunger Games Trilogy

(2008,2009, 2010), all together
made 780,316,001

Headquarters:
Burbank,
California,
USA

*Inside Out (2015) made

116,732,427

*Jurassic World (2015) made

430,571,732 (made with
Universal Studios)
*Jurassic World (2015) made
430,571,732 (made with
Disney)

*American Sniper (2014) made

231,473,971

Overall, I would prefer Universal Studios to distribute my film, as they have had obvious success when
releasing recent films, such as Jurassic World (which is a thriller). Also, they have access to other distributors,
such as Disney. Personally, I dont think Pixar and Disney would be a good fit, as their audiences tend to be
quite young and they usually make animated films. Lions Gate and Warner Brothers both make very successful

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Katie

series of films (such as Hunger games and Harry Potter), but Im unsure if my film will be part of a series, so I
think Universal Studios is the best studio to distribute my film.