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Production

Companies
Morgan Harris

DreamWorks
DreamWorks was founded in 1994 by Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David
Geffen.
In total DreamWorks has produced 31 films these include; Shrek, Madagascar and
The Croods.
Shrek is one of DreamWorks's biggest box office hits.
DreamWorks production company specializes in animation films.
In one year, three of DreamWorkss film earned a gross profit of $100 million.

Paramount
Paramount was founded in 1912 by, Jesse L. Lasky, William Wadsworth Hodkinson and
Adolph Zukor.
Paramount has made a total of 600 movies! (they earned $30,238.952,377 from these)
Paramount's top 3 box office hits are; Titanic (earning$600,788,188), Forest Gump
(earning$329,694,499) and Iron Man (earning$318,412,101).
Paramount specializes in comedy films, but also have a good reputation for crime/thriller.

Warner Bros
The Warner Brothers production company was founded in 1923 by four brothers; Sam
Warner, Albert Warner, Harry Warner and Jack L. Warner.
The Warner Bothers production company has produces/distributed 293 movies.]
Warner Brothers top three box office hits are; The dark Night (earning$533,345,358),
The Dark Night Rises (earning$448,139,099) and Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hollows part 2 (earning$381,011,219).
The Genre that WB specialize in is Action/Adventure.

Universal
Universal was founded in 1912 by; Carl Laemmle, Pat Powers, Mark Dintenfass, William
Swanson, David Horsley, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel and Jules Brulatour.
Universal has distrubuted about 250 movies, and they are still creating more!
Universals top 3 box office hits are Jurrassic world (earning$652,198,011), Despicable
me 2 (earning$368,061,265) and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (earning$359,197,037).
Universal specializes in comedy films.

MIRAMAX

Miramax was founded in 1979 by Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein.


Miramax specialise in drama movies. However this may have changed over the years
as they are now becoming a more popular company used to produce films.
Their top 3 box office hits are; Chigago (earning$170,687,518), Scary Movie
(earning$157,019,771) and Good will hunting (earning$138,443,435).

Columbia
Columbia production company was founded in 1924 by; Joe Brandt, Jack Cohn and Harry
Cohn.
Columbia pictures have produced about 52 movies in total. (figures have probably risen)
Their top 3 box office hits are; Spider-man 1 (earning$403,706,375), Spider-man 2
(earning$373,585,825) and Spider-man 3 (earning$336,530,303).
The genre that Columbia is most known for and specialize in is action/adventure.

Blumhouse
Blumhouse was founded in 2000 By Jason Blum.
Blumhouse has distributed about 34 movies (figures may have risen) and this may be because
it is quite a recent production company.
The genre Blumhouse specializes in are thrillers/horrors etc., as connoted from the colors and
style of the logo.
Their top 3 box office hits are; The Lazarus Effect (earning$25,801,047), Insidious Chapter 3
(earning$52,218,558) and The Gallows (earning$22,764,410).

What company would I choose?


I would choose Blumhouse production company because they specialize in the
genre of thrillers and horror, and my opening sequence will be a psychological
thriller and so I feel that this company will be perfect for my film. Also this compan
y has made some brilliant films for example Insidious and I know that the films
they produce are very popular and will make good profit.

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