Universal Pictures

Universal City Studios LLC[4][5][6][7] or Universal Studios, doing business as Universal Pictures or simply Universal is an American film production and distribution company owned by NBCUniversal, which is a division of Comcast.

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Universal City Studios LLC

Logo since 2021
The company's global headquarters at 10 Universal City Plaza in Universal City, California
Trade name	Universal Pictures
Formerly	List Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1912–1923) Universal Pictures Corporation (1923–1936) Universal Productions, Inc. (1936–1937) Universal Pictures Company, Inc. (1937–1947) Universal-International Pictures, Inc. (1947–1963) Universal Pictures, Inc. (1963–1964) Universal City Studios, Inc. (1964–1999) Universal Studios, Inc. (1999–2014)
Type	Division
Industry	Film
Predecessor	Independent Moving Pictures
Founded	April 30, 1912; 111 years ago (1912-04-30)
Founders	Carl Laemmle Pat Powers David Horsley William Swanson Mark Dintenfass Charles Baumann Robert H. Cochrane Adam Kessel Jules Brulatour
Headquarters	10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California , United States
Number of locations	3
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Donna Langley (Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group) Peter Cramer (President)
Products	Motion pictures
Revenue	US$11.622 billion (2022)
Parent	NBCUniversal
Divisions	Focus Features Illumination Universal Animation Studios Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Subsidiaries	Amblin Partners (minority) Back Lot Music Carnival Films DreamWorks Animation Makeready (co-backing with Entertainment One only, film and television production company run by Brad Weston) NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan OTL Releasing Rede Telecine (12.5%) United International Pictures (50%) Working Title Films
Website	universalpictures.com universalstudios.com
Footnotes / references [1][2][3]

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, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City.^{[citation needed]} In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004.

Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and was one of the "Little Three" majors during Hollywood's golden age.[8]