Universal Pictures

Universal City Studios LLC
	Logo used since 2021
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. (1937–1963) ; Universal City Studios, Inc. (1964–1996) ;
Company type	Division
Industry	Film
Predecessor	Independent Moving Pictures
Founded	April 30, 1912
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, U.S.
Number of locations	3
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Donna Langley (chairwoman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group); Peter Cramer (president);
Products	Motion pictures
Revenue	US$11.622 billion (2022)
Parent	MCA Inc. (1962–1996); Universal Studios (1996–present);
Divisions	Focus Features; Illumination; Universal Animation Studios; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment;
Subsidiaries	Amblin Partners (minority); DreamWorks Animation; NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan; United International Pictures (50%); Working Title Films;
Website	universalpictures.com; universalstudios.com;
	Footnotes / references;

Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal) is an American film production and distribution company headquartered at the Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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 and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the "Big Five" film studios.

Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park, and Despicable Me. Additionally, the studio's library includes many individual films such as Jaws and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, both of which became the highest-grossing films of all time during their initial releases. Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and was one of the "Little Three" majors during Hollywood's golden age.^[4]

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