Institution Research

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Institution Research

Twentieth Century Fox Film is one of the six major American film studios. The company was formed in 1935. Twentieth Century Fox distributes various commercially successful films such as Avatar, Stars Wars. The majority of popular films that they have created are comedy and family for example Alvin the Chipmunks, Diary of the Wimpy Kid. They prefer to make these film genre as it’s most profitable however when it comes to action movies they do have many successful films under their belt. As they are a large corporation they have made a worldwide gross of over $250,000 for many of their X-men films, this shows 20th century fox could be a good institution to use. 

Lionsgate is a Canadian-American film production and distribution studio and a division of Lions Gate Entertainment. It’s the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. They produce and distribute motion pictures, TV programming, home entertainment and family entertainment. Majority of their films are similar genre and the genres they produce/distribute are Drama, Action and Thriller. Liongate has some of the best horror films in the decade; these include Saw, The Last Exorcism, and My Bloody Valentine. Its first major box office was American Psycho; it earned $4,961,015 (USA) and £749,526 (UK) in the opening weekend. After researching action films from Lionsgate I have found that they have produced many successful action films like Crank and more impressively the hunger games film series so are definitely a potential institution we could go for.

Universal is another of the six major American film studios, the company was formed in 1912. Universal has distributed various commercially successful films such as Jurassic world, Despicable me and the Fast and furious film series which has grossed over $3 billion worldwide. The majority of popular films that they have created are action for example back to the future, gladiator and the fast and furious film series which is perfect for us as we are looking to create an action film trailer - something which they seem to specialise in. They prefer to make these film genre as it’s most profitable and when it comes to action movies they do have many successful films under their belt. As they are a large corporation they have made a worldwide gross of over $6.5 million for their most successful film - Jurassic world , this shows Universal could be a good institution to use. 

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly called Warner Bros., Warners, or simply WB) is an American entertainment company that produces film, television and music entertainment. As one of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner. It was formed in 1923 as is known for producing the harry potter film series as well as other sensational blockbusters such as American sniper, The Blind side, Inception, Gravity amongst other things. Therefore it is a serious possible candidate for use to use for our institution as it's most successful film is the two films from the dark knight trilogy that grossed over $5 each.