FILM PRODUCTION COMPANYINSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES • DreamWorks Animation (US) • 20th Century Fox (US) • Blue Sky Studios (US) • MGM (US) • Universal Studios (US) • Paramount Pictures (US) • Columbia (US) • Twisted Pictures (US) • Sony Pictures Animation (US) • Warner Bros. Pictures (US) • New Line Cinema (US) • Walt Disney Pictures (US) • Pixar (US) • Marvel Studios (US) • Film4 Productions (UK) • Lions Gate Entertainment (US)

The three companies I have chosen from this list is Lions Gate Entertainment, Universal Studios and Cloud Eight

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT (US)

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a Canadian–American entertainment company. The company was formed on July 3, As of November 2013, it is the most commercially successful mini major film and television distribution company in North America and the seventh most profitable movie studio.

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales.

They have thrillers such as The Heist, Exposed, Extraction, Escape Plan, The Frozen Ground, Snitch and others.

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Universal Studios Inc is an American film studio, owned by Comcast and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios.

For almost a century, Universal has been known for its diverse slate of films. These include classics such as Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, the Jurassic Park series, and Mamma Mia!; high-concept comedies like Bruce Almighty, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Knocked Up; and franchises such as Back to the Future, Meet the Parents, Fast and Furious, and Bourne. (The ones in bold are thrillers)

Over the years, Universal has achieved both popular success and critical acclaim with Academy Award-winning films such as Atonement, The Bourne Ultimatum, King Kong, Brokeback Mountain, Ray, A Beautiful Mind, The Pianist, and Lost in Translation.

Source: http://www.universalpictures.co.uk/about-us

CLOUD EIGHT

Cloud Eight Films is Christian Colson's production company. Besides "127 Hours” this is a thriller as well. He also has produced "Slumdog Millionaire" as well as several other films. Cloud Eight Films is based out of London, England.

We chose to analyse Eight Cloud because it is a UK based film production and we needed a smaller based production company because I feel a smaller based company would be suited to what we are doing.