Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the aforementioned company.
Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City.[citation needed] In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004.
Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and was one of the "Little Three" majors during Hollywood's golden age.
== Franchises ==
* Universal Monsters/Dark Universe
* The Mummy
* Woody Woodpecker
* Rocky & Bullwinkle
* Jaws
* The Blues Brothers
* Halloween
* The Thing
* Terminator
* Back to the Future
* An American Tail
* Child's Play / Chucky
* Jurassic Park
* The Flintstones
* Babe
* Casper
* Apollo films
* Twister
* Men in Black
* Dr. Seuss films
* Fast & Furious
* Shrek
* Bourne
* Hulk
* Madagascar
* Curious George
* Transformers
* Kung Fu Panda
* How to Train Your Dragon
* Despicable Me
* Megamind
* Ted
* The Secret Life of Pets
* Trolls
* Sing
* The Bad Guys
* The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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