Major Film Institutions

Films! Who doesn't love them. what ever genre you're into watching, you're bound to come across one of these 'six majors':



1) Warner Bros. Entertainment 

Founded in 1923.
Subsidiaries: Castle Rock, HBO Films, New Line Cinema, Turner Entertainment. 
Warner Bros. Is an American entertainment company that produces film, television and music entertainment. Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. made a massive US$ 12 billion (2013)
The Dark Knight has been Warner Bros. most successful film ever made, making a total Box office Gross of $533,345,358

2) Disney 

Founded in 1923. 
Subsidiaries: Walt Disney pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd LLC, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios.
The Studios generated an estimated income of $1.549 billion during the 2014 fiscal year. The studio entertainment business alone (live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays) brought in $5.83 billion in 2012.  
The Avengers (2012) is Walt Disney's most profitable Movie – Worldwide gross: $1.51 billion


3) Universal Studios
Founded 1912.
Is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Made a revenue of US$4.239 billion (2011).
Jurassic Park is Universals top grossing movie – Worldwide Gross: $1,029,153,882

4) Columbia Pictures

Founded in 1924.
 Columbia pictures is an American film production and distribution studio of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film studios in the world, a member of the so-called 'Big Six'.
Spider-Man is Columbia Pictures largest grossing movie at $403,706,375


5) 20th Century Fox
 Founded in 1935. 
20th Century Fox is an American film studio, distributor and one of the six major American film studios. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio used to be a subsidiary of News Corporation, but is now a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
Subsidiaries: Blue Sky Studios,Fox Star Studios (India), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,21st Century Pictures, Fox Television Studios, 20th Television, 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century Fox Japan, Fox Studios Australia, TSG Entertainment
Avatar is 20th Century Fox largest grossing movie at $749,766,139

6) Paramount Pictures
Founded: 1912
Subsidiaries: Melange Pictures, LLC.
Revenue: $3.7 billion (2014)
Paramount is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Titanic is Paramount Pictures largest grossing movie ever at $600,788,188