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Institutional Research Research into film studies and distribution companies Columbia American film and Distribution Company Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment Founded in 1919, went from ‘Cohn- Brandt-Cohn Film Sales’ to ‘Columbia’ in 1924 Made ‘The Social Network’, ‘Salt’, ‘The Karate Kid’ and ‘Angels and Demons’ etc. Warner Bros Time Warner Founded in 1903 Own ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Dark Night’, ‘Due Date’ and ‘Inception’ 20 th Century Fox This distributor was founded in 1935 during the merger of ‘Fox Films’ and ‘20 th century pictures. Inc’. Taken over by Rupert Murdoch They produced films such as ‘X- men’, ‘Ice Age’, ‘Avatar’ and ‘Revenge of the nerds’. Universa l Founded in 1912 Founded by Carl Laemmle Owned by Comcast and General Electric Films include ‘Kick Ass’, ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the world’ and ‘Mama Mia’
