The big 6, American Film companies

AS media Film companies

1. ‘Big 6’ American film companies

2. Warner Bros. Pictures Walt Disney Pictures Universal Columbia Pictures 21 st Century Fox Paramount pictures

3. Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Entertainment is an American film company in California, founded in 1923 by Albert and Harry Warner Warner Bros. Entertainment’s parent company is Time Warner and its subsidiary companies are Warner Bros. Television and Animation Warner Bros. Picture have release many films in the 92 years such as The Dark Knight earning $1.005 in box office alone and Clash of the Titans earning $493 in box office.

4. Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company based in Disney Studios in California. Walt Disney Pictures was founded in 1923 as a cartoon animation studio but soon progressed into a film production company. Some films that Walt Disney Picture produced are Pirates of the Caribbean earning a total $3.7 billion in Box office alone for all four films and Mary Poppins in 1964 earning a total $102 million in box office alone.

5. Universal Universal Studios, other wise known as Universal Pictures, in an American film production company based in California. Universal was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle and Pat Powers There are many subsidiary companies of Universal studios such as Focus Features and Illumination Entertainment, and its parent company is NBCUniversal (Comcast) Some films that Universal have produced are ET which earned $792.9 million at box office and Jaws which earned $470.7 million in Box office.

6. Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures is an American film production and distribution company. It was founded in 1918 by Harry Cohn, John Cohn and Joe Brandt. Columbia pictures is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Pictures Entertainment. Columbia pictures have produce many films such as The Amazing Spiderman earning $757.9 million in Box office, 21 Jump Street earning just over $201.6 million in Box office alone.

7. 21 st Century Fox 21 st Century Fox, previously known as 20 th Century Fox, is an American Multinational mass media corporation founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1979 as a spin-out of of the publishing company The News corporation. Fox have released many films such as X-men, grossing $291 million worldwide, Moulin Rouge, grossing $179 million world wide and Ice Age earning $385 million world wide.

8. Paramount pictures Paramount Pictures corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures) is an American film studio, production company and distributer. It was founded in 1912 by Adolf Zukor , Jesse L. Lasky and W.W. Hodkinson . Paramount Pictures is a subsidiary Viacom the American mass media company. Paramount pictures have released many films such as The SpongeBob SquarePants movie grossing $140 million in Box office, Transformers earning $709 million in Box office and The Godfather grossing $133,698,921 in total.