Universal Pictures

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American company film distributor film studio major film studio

Universal Pictures is a major American film production and distribution studio, one of Hollywood's oldest and most prominent, known for releasing a wide range of blockbuster and critically acclaimed movies.

Aliases (10)

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment ×4
Universal International Studios ×2
Universal Pictures International ×2
Universal Studios ×2
Universal Pictures (USA theatrical) ×1
Universal Pictures (some territories) ×1
Universal Pictures Corporation ×1
Universal Pictures films ×1
Universal Pictures specialty division ×1
Universal Studios, Inc. ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company → film distributor → film studio → major film studio →
alsoKnownAs	Universal Pictures Corporation → Universal Studios →
associatedThemePark	Universal Orlando Resort → Universal Studios Hollywood → Universal Studios Japan → Universal Studios Singapore →
country	United States →
distributes	DreamWorks Animation films (selected periods) → feature films worldwide →
division	Focus Features → Universal Pictures Home Entertainment → Universal Pictures International →
foundedBy	Carl Laemmle →
foundingDate	1912 →
foundingLocation	New York, United States →
headquartersLocation	Los Angeles County, California → Universal City, California →
industry	entertainment industry → film industry →
isOneOf	Major film studios in Hollywood →
language	English →
locatedOnLot	Universal Studios Lot →
notableContribution	blockbuster summer movie model with Jaws → development of the horror film genre →
notableEra	Universal Classic Monsters era (1930s–1950s) →
notableFilm	1917 → Back to the Future → Bridesmaids → Dracula (1931) → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Frankenstein (1931) → Get Out → Jaws → King Kong (1933) → Schindler's List → The Bourne Identity →
notableFranchise	Despicable Me → Fast & Furious → Jurassic Park → Jurassic World → Minions → The Mummy → Universal Classic Monsters →
owns	Focus Features → Universal Pictures Home Entertainment →
parentCompany	Comcast → NBCUniversal →
partOf	Hollywood studio system →
produces	animated films → feature films →

Referenced by (251)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
12 Monkeys → 47 Ronin → 8 Mile → All That Heaven Allows → All of Me → Alpha Dog → American Gangster → American Graffiti → Apollo 13 → Back to the Future → Backdraft → Backdraft ("Universal Pictures Home Entertainment") → Battleship → Blue Collar → Bridget Jones’s Diary → Car Wash → Catch Me If You Can → Cats (2019 film) → Charlie Bubbles → Children of Men → Counterpoint → Counterpoint ("Universal Pictures (USA theatrical)") → Crimson Peak → Death Becomes Her → Despicable Me → Dolittle → Elizabeth: The Golden Age → Ex Machina → Family Plot → Fast & Furious → Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw → Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas → Fierce Creatures → Fifty Shades Darker → Fifty Shades Freed → Finch → First Man → Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe → Frankenstein (1931 film) → Friday Night Lights (film) → Frost/Nixon → Get Out → Get on Up → Gosford Park → Half Baked → Hellboy II: The Golden Army → Illumination Entertainment → Inside Man → Interlude → Jaws → Jaws 2 → Junior → Jurassic Park → Jurassic World → Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom → Kindergarten Cop → Les Misérables (2012 film) → Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life → More American Graffiti → Nanny McPhee → News of the World → Night Monster → No Name on the Bullet (1959 film) → No Time to Die → Nope → Out of Africa → Out of Africa ("Universal Pictures Home Entertainment") → Out of Sight → Pacific Rim: Uprising → Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping → Public Enemies → Saboteur → Schindler's List → Sherlock Holmes Faces Death → Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon → Silent Running → Son of Frankenstein → Sophie's Choice → Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot → Ted → The Adjustment Bureau → The Birds → The Boat That Rocked → The Bourne Identity → The Bourne Supremacy → The Bourne Ultimatum → The Danish Girl ("Universal Pictures International") → The Day of the Jackal → The Deer Hunter → The Fabelmans → The Girl on the Train (2016 film) → The Good Shepherd → The Man with the Iron Fists → The Mirror Crack'd ("Universal Pictures (some territories)") → The Paper → The Phantom Creeps → The Post → The Super Mario Bros. Movie → The Visit → The Wolfman (2010 film) → Warcraft → Welcome to Marwen → Yesterday →	distributor
1917 (film) → A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) → A Million Ways to Die in the West → About Time → Back to the Future Part II → Back to the Future Part III → Brewster's Millions (1985 film) → Bridesmaids → Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason → Bridget Jones’s Baby → Cape Fear (1962 film) → Charlie Wilson's War → Cinderella Man → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Gladiator → Inglourious Basterds → Johnny English Reborn → Love Actually → Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → Minions → Minions (2015 film) → Minions: The Rise of Gru → Notting Hill → Nutty Professor II: The Klumps → On Golden Pond → Oppenheimer (2023 film) → Smokin' Aces → Snow White and the Huntsman → Spartacus (1960 film) → Ted 2 → The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film) → The Black Dahlia → The Fate of the Furious → The Five-Year Engagement → The Hurricane → The Jerk → The Lorax (2012 film) → The Lost World: Jurassic Park → The Nutty Professor (1996 film) → The Terminal → Welcome to Marwen →	distributedBy
47 Ronin → All of Me → American Graffiti → Back to the Future → Back to the Future Part II → Back to the Future Part III → Counterpoint → Death Becomes Her → Dolittle → Duel at Diablo → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Fast & Furious → Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw → Fifty Shades Darker → Fifty Shades Freed → Frankenstein (1931 film) → Gladiator → Jaws 2 → Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life → Out of Africa → Saboteur → Schindler's List → Shakespeare in Love → Snow White and the Huntsman → Spectral → Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot → The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film) → The Bourne Supremacy → The Bourne Ultimatum → The Good Shepherd → The Lost World: Jurassic Park → The Man with the Iron Fists → The Mummy → Universal Classic Monsters → Welcome to Marwen →	productionCompany
Alfred Hitchcock → Arthur Edeson → Carl Laemmle → Dean-Charles Chapman → Ford Beebe → Henry Koster → Irving Thalberg → Jane Wyatt → Joel McNeely → Lew Ayres → Lorraine Gary → László Löwenstein → Mary Parent → Rock Hudson → Thom Mount → Verna Fields → Verna Fields ("Universal Studios") → William Wyler →	employer
Airport (film score) → MCA Records → Universal Parks & Resorts → Zanuck/Brown Company →	associatedWith
87Eleven Productions → Double Dare You Productions → Fuzzy Door Productions → Pearl Street Films →	collaboratedWith
DreamWorks Animation → DreamWorks Pictures → Legendary Pictures → Working Title Films →	distributionPartner
Comcast → Comcast Corporation → NBCUniversal → Universal Pictures ("Universal Pictures Home Entertainment") →	owns
Amblin Partners → Illumination Entertainment → Syncopy →	collaboratesWith
Focus Features → Illumination Entertainment → Working Title Films →	parentCompany
Universal Pictures ("Universal Studios") → Universal Pictures ("Universal Pictures Corporation") →	alsoKnownAs
Universal Pictures ("Universal Pictures International") → Universal Pictures ("Universal Pictures Home Entertainment") →	division
Universal Studio Group ("Universal International Studios") → Vivendi Universal Entertainment →	hasDivision
Dwight Frye → Jimmy Van Heusen →	workedFor
Universal Studios Singapore ("Universal Pictures films") →	attractionBasedOn
Comcast Corporation →	brand
Focus Features ("Universal Pictures specialty division") →	brandOf
Warner Bros. Pictures →	competitor
Peacock →	contentSource
Legendary Pictures →	coProducedWith
Amblin Partners →	distributesThrough
Flower Drum Song →	filmAdaptationStudio
Carl Laemmle →	founded
Universal Studios Hollywood →	foundedBy
Universal Studios Japan →	franchisePartner
Working Title Films →	hasProductionDealWith
Universal Studio Group ("Universal International Studios") →	hasStudio
Hollywood Golden Age →	majorStudio
Vivendi Universal Entertainment →	ownedAsset
Focus Features →	ownedBy
Universal Classic Monsters →	owner
DreamWorks Animation →	parentOrganization
Vivendi Universal Entertainment ("Universal Studios, Inc.") →	predecessor
The Mummy →	publisher
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America →	represented
Comcast →	subsidiary
Universal Destinations & Experiences →	usesIntellectualPropertyFrom
Lotus Thompson →	workedWith