Universal Pictures

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute Sends Universal Studios Hollywood's(SM) All-New 'Halloween Horror Nights' Through 'The Time Warp, Again' [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 105 days 8 hours 5 minutes ago
...Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood has been...per an agreement among Universal Studios Theme Parks, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures. Updates on "Halloween...Hollywood (Official)." Universal Studios Hollywood, The...


Reynolds, Faris to get 'TMI'
Variety | 6 days 18 hours 41 minutes ago
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Will Ferrell is Hollywood's most overpaid star
MSNBC | 3 days 21 hours 26 minutes ago
Ewan McGregor, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Cruise also sit atop list


Report: GE and Comcast in Due Diligence on NBC Universal Deal - Pressed - Portfolio.com
Portfolio.com | 35 days 10 hours 35 minutes ago
Vivendi sale of NBC Universal stake goes from wild rumor to near reality in two weeks.


Will Ferrell Is Hollywood's Most Overpaid Star: Forbes
ABC News | 4 days 22 hours 46 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.


Fox Turns To TypePad Bloggers To Hype New Movie, 'Avatar'
Reuters | 5 days 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Twentieth Century Fox is going social to promote its upcoming film, AVATAR, by partnering with TypePad owner Six Apart, to launch branded blogs and micro-blogs.


Will Ferrell tops list of overpaid film stars
Washington Post, The | 4 days 8 hours 45 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars in terms of the financial returns on their movies.


Will Ferrell is Hollywood's most overpaid star: Forbes
Reuters | 4 days 2 hours 28 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies.


A Break In The Gloom For Universal
Forbes | 46 days 3 hours 3 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- It's been a rough week for Universal Pictures. Studio heads Marc Shmuger and David Linde were fired, and rumors have proliferated that corporate parent General Electric ( GE - news - people ) is about to sell it and the rest of NBC Universal to cable giant Comcast ( CMCSA - news - people ).


`2012' has worldwide box-office bang of $225M
Seattle Times, The | 7 days 11 hours 27 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide. The Sony Pictures action saga tells the story of a scramble to save remnants of humanity aboard giant arks as the earth's crust shifts and flood waters pour over most of the planet. With a cast led by John Cusack, Danny Glover and Chiwetel Ejiofor, "2012" was directed by doomsday specialist Roland Emmerich ("Independence Da...


`2012' has worldwide box-office bang of $225M
Forbes | 8 days 4 hours 34 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide.


'2012' has worldwide box-office bang of $225M
Forbes | 8 days 1 hour 54 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide.


`2012' has worldwide box-office bang of $225M - Business Wire - SunHerald.com
Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.), The | 8 days 4 hours 13 minutes ago
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Fans applaud apocalypse as `2012' debuts at $65.2M - Business Wire - SunHerald.com
Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.), The | 6 days 23 hours 41 minutes ago
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Fans applaud apocalypse as `2012' debuts at $65.2M
Forbes | 7 days 36 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- Disaster hammered the weekend box office as the doomsday epic "2012" debuted at No. 1 with $65.2 million domestically and pulled in $230.4 million worldwide.





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Company Overview


Company: Universal Pictures
Industry: Motion Picture Production & Distribution
Website: http://www.universalpictures.com

Making movies with mass appeal is the aim of this company. The filmed entertainment arm of media conglomerate NBC Universal (NBCU), Universal Pictures is a major film studio responsible for such blockbusters as A Beautiful Mind, The Bourne Identity, and Jurassic Park. Its recent releases have included Knocked Up, Land of the Lost, and Mamma Mia! Through its Focus Features imprint, the company also produces specialty including Brokeback Mountain, Lost in Translation, and Milk. Universal Pictures is a subsidiary of Universal Studios, which also operates theme parks under the Universal banner through Universal Parks & Resorts.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 1.2 (2008)
One-year % Growth in Sales 0.0 (2008)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 0 ()
One-year % Growth in Net Income 0.0 ()
Number of Employees 20 (2008)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 0.0 (2008)
Fiscal Year-End December