Universal Pictures, also known as Universal Studios or Universal, is an American[1] film production studio and broadcasting system founded in 1912.[1] They're mostly recognized for their movies from themselves and their subsidiaries, such as Jurassic Park,[2] Back to the Future,[3] ET: The Extra Terrestrial,[4] JAWS,[5] etc. Universal is also well known for creating multiple theme parks in different countries, such as California,[6] Orlando,[7] Japan,[8] Beijing,[9] and Singapore.[10] They're currently owned by Comcast, through it's division NBCUniversal.[1]
Universal created their YouTube channel on June 19, 2006, where they'll upload movie trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes for their upcoming movies, along with movies from other companies like Illumination.[11]
Notable franchises[]
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Jurassic Park
- Back to the Future
- JAWS
- The Fast and the Furious
- Universal Monsters
- King Kong
- Unbreakable
- Psycho
- The Purge
- Dumb and Dumber
- American Pie
- Dr. Suess films
- Insidious
Other channels[]
- Universal Pictures UK - British English
- Universal Pictures Australia - Australian English
- Universal Pictures Canada - Canadian English, Canadian French
- Universal Pictures NZ - New Zealand English, Maori
- Universal Pictures France - French
- Universal Pictures BE - Flemish Dutch, Wallonian French
- Universal Pictures Germany - German
- Universal Pictures Latam - Latin American Spanish
- Universal Pictures México - Mexican Spanish
- Universal Pictures Brasil - Brazilian Portuguese
- Universal Pictures International Italy - Italian
- Universal Pictures Russia - Russian
- Universal Spain - Castilian Spanish
- Universal Pictures Portugal - European Portuguese
- Universal Pictures Nederland - Dutch
- Universal Pictures Middle East - Arabic
- ユニバーサル・ピクチャーズ公式 - Japanese
- 유니버설 픽쳐스 - Korean
- 環球影片 官方頻道 - Taiwanese Mandarin
- Universal Pictures HK - Cantonese
- UIP Thailand - Thai
- UIP Movies Indonesia - Indonesian
- United International Pictures Malaysia - Malay
- Universal Pictures Philippines - Filipino
- Universal Pictures India - Hindi
Trivia[]
- Universal is currently the oldest surviving film studio, being 110 years old.[1]
- They were previously owned by MCA (now Universal City Studios Inc.),[12] until NBC and Universal merged to form NBCUniversal in 2009.[13] The company was later acquired by Comcast in January 2011.[13]
- Universal planned to create a shared film universe called the "Dark Universe", but after the failure of The Mummy (2017), they cancelled the project.[14]
- Their highest-grossing film is Jurassic World.[15]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.universalpictures.com/about
- ↑ https://www.jurassicworld.com/
- ↑ https://www.backtothefuture.com/
- ↑ https://www.universalpictures.co.uk/micro/et
- ↑ https://www.universalpictures.co.uk/micro/jaws
- ↑ https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us
- ↑ https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us
- ↑ https://www.usj.co.jp/web/en/us
- ↑ https://www.universalbeijingresort.com/en
- ↑ https://www.rwsentosa.com/en/attractions/universal-studios-singapore
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@UniversalPictures/videos
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050601020244/http://www.universalpictures.com/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://www.nbcuniversal.com/history
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/movies/the-invisible-man-universal.html
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062097177/