Institutional Research

Warner Bros.

Warner Brothers was founded in 1923by the four brothers that are Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner. As an American entertainment company, film studio and film distributor, it is one of the six biggest major American film studios. Headquartered in Burbank, California, It all started when the brothers found a projector and started playing to mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Now the company have a library consisting of more than 79,000 hours of programming, including nearly 7,500 feature films and 4,500 television programs. Some of these films include, The Harry Potter Series, The Dark Knight, American Sniper, Inception, and Gravity.

Lionsgate

Founded in 3 July 1997 by Franks Giustra, Lionsgate is known for some huge names in the film industry such as La La Land, The Twilight Series, The Hunger Games Series and America Psycho. Formally known as Cinepix founded in 1962, Giustra bought out the film production company and made it the household name that it is today. With it's headquarters based in California, United States, it is now run by  Jon Feltheimer and Tom Ortenberg after Giustra left the firm in 2000. Having 719 people work for the production company, Lionsgate is now worth a huge $842 million.

Universal

Universal was 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. Carl Laemmle become president of the company in the July of 1912 and then bought out all the shares in the company. On 15th of July 1964Universal opened Universal Studios Hollywood as their first theme park and it was a hit. Still open today, it is one of the biggest theme parks in America. It was last reported in 2012 that the revenue for Universal is $4.239 billion. Universal gives it's name to many famous films such as Despicable Me, Fast and Furious, Jurassic Park and Word, and E.T.