Universal Pictures

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 and 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. Provided by Wikipedia