Universal Studios

Founded in 1912 by Carl Buttman,^[1] it is one of the oldest American movie studios still in continuous production. On May 11, 2004, the controlling stake in the company was sold by Vivendi Universal to General Electric, parent of NBC.^[2] The resulting media super-conglomerate was renamed NBC Universal, while Universal Studios Inc. remained the name of the production subsidiary. In addition to owning a sizable film library spanning the earliest decades of cinema to more contemporary works, it also owns a sizable collection of TV shows through its subsidiary NBC Universal Television Distribution. It also acquired rights to several prominent filmmakers' works originally released by other studios through its subsidiaries over the years.


Nanny McPhee
- date of release: March 26, 2010 (2010-03-26)
- Director:

-Writer(s):

-Stars: Susanna White, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ralph Fiennes

- Producer(s): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and , Lindsay Doran

-Production companies Universal Pictures, Studio Canal, Relativity Media
- Distributer: Universal Pictures International
- Budget: $35 million
- Gross revenue: $93,246,388

Kick Ass
- date of release: 26 March 2010 (2010-03-26)
- Director:

-Writer(s):

-Stars: Aaron Johnson, Chloë Moretz and  Nicolas Cage
- Producer(s): Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Kris Thykier, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack and David Reid

-Production companies: Marv Film and Plan B Entertainment

- Distributer: Universal Picture International

- Budget: $30,000,000
- Gross revenue: $48,043,505

Robin Hood
- date of release: 12 May 2010
- Director;

-Writer(s):

-Stars: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Matthew Macfadyen
- Producer(s): Ridley Scott, Brian Grazer, Russell Crowe

-Production companies: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media and Scott Free Productions
- Distributer: Universal Pictures International
- Budget: $200,000,000
- Gross revenue: $321,669,741

Little Fockers
- date of release: 22 December 2010
- Director:

-Writer(s:

-Stars: Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Robert De Niro
- Producer(s): Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach and John Hamburg

-Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, Tribeca Productions, Everyman Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures
- Distributer: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $100,000,000
- Gross revenue: $148,383,780

Leap Year
- Date of release: 26 February 2010
- Director:

- Writer(s):

-Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode and Adam Scott
- Producer(s):

-Production companies: Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
- Distributer: Optimum Releasing
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Gross revenue: $25,918,920

And Cowboys vs. Aliens
- Date of release: 17 August 2011
- Director: Jon Favreau

-Writer(s): Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman and others

- Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde
- Producer(s): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg

-Production companies: Universal Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Reliance Entertainment, Relativity Media
- Distributer: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $163,000,000
- Gross revenue: $140,555,209