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Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal), is an American film production and distribution company owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.
Founded in 1912 by
The most commercially successful film series from Universal include Universal Studios was founded by Soon, Laemmle and other disgruntled nickelodeon owners decided to avoid paying Edison by producing their own pictures. In June 1909, Laemmle started the Yankee Film Company with his brothers-in-law The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was incorporated in New York City on April 30, 1912. Following the westward trend of the industry, by the end of 1912, the company was focusing its production efforts in the Hollywood area.
Universal Weekly and Moving Picture Weekly[15] were the alternating names of Universal's internal magazine that began publication in this era; the magazine was intended to market Universal's films to exhibitors.[16] Since much of Universal's early film output was destroyed in subsequent fires and nitrate degradation, the surviving issues of these magazines are a crucial source for film historians.[16]
On March 15, 1915,[18]: 8 Laemmle opened the world's largest motion picture production facility, Universal City Studios, on a 230-acre (0.9-km2) converted farm just over the Cahuenga Pass from Hollywood.[19] Studio management became the third facet of Universal's operations, with the studio incorporated as a distinct subsidiary organization. Unlike other movie moguls, Laemmle opened his studio to tourists. Universal became the largest studio in Hollywood and remained so for a decade. However, it sought an audience mostly in small towns, producing mostly inexpensive melodramas, westerns, and serials.
In 1916, Universal formed a three-tier branding system for their releases. Unlike the top-tier studios, Universal did not own any theaters to market its feature films. Universal branding their product gave theater owners and audiences a quick reference guide. Branding would help theater owners judge films they were about to lease and help fans decide which movies they wanted to see. Universal released three different types of feature motion pictures:[20][21]
Directors of "Jewel" films included Jack Conway, John Ford, Rex Ingram, Robert Z. Leonard, George Marshall, and Lois Weber, one of the few women directing films in Hollywood.[18]: 13
Starting in the mid-1920s, Universal branded its most expensive and heavily-promoted feature films as "Super-Jewel" productions. These included films such as Despite Laemmle's role as an innovator, he was an extremely cautious studio chief. Unlike rivals During the early 1920s Laemmle entrusted most of Universal's production policy decisions to In 1926, Universal opened a production unit in Germany, Deutsche Universal-Film AG, under the direction of In the early years, Universal had a "clean picture" policy. However, by April 1927, Carl Laemmle considered this a mistake as "unclean pictures" from other studios generated more profit while Universal lost money.[23]
In early 1927, Universal had been negotiating deals with cartoon producers since they wanted to get back into producing them. On March 4, Charles Mintz signed a contract with Universal in the presence of its vice president, R. H. Cochrane. Mintz's company, Winkler Pictures, was to produce 26 "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" cartoons for Universal.[24] Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created the character and the Walt Disney Studio provided the animation for the cartoons under Winkler's supervision.
The films enjoyed a successful theatrical run, and Mintz would sign a contract with Universal ensuring three more years of Oswald cartoons. In February 2006, NBCUniversal sold all the Disney-animated Oswald cartoons, along with the rights to the character himself, to The Walt Disney Company. In return, Disney released ABC sportscaster Al Michaels from his contract so he could work on NBC's recently acquired Sunday night NFL football package. Universal retained ownership of the remaining Oswald cartoons.
In 1928, Laemmle Sr. made his son, Carl Jr., head of Universal Pictures, a 21st birthday present. Universal already had a reputation for nepotism—at one time, 70 of Carl Sr.'s relatives were supposedly on the payroll. Many of them were nephews, resulting in Carl Sr. being known around the studios as "Uncle Carl". Ogden Nash famously quipped in rhyme, "Uncle Carl Laemmle/Has a very large faemmle". Among these relatives was future Academy Award-winning director/producer William Wyler.
"Junior," Laemmle persuaded his father to bring Universal up to date. He bought and built theaters, converted the studio to sound production, and made several forays into high-quality production. His early efforts included the critically panned Laemmle Jr. created a niche for the studio, beginning a series of Universal's forays into high-quality production spelled the end of the Laemmle era at the studio. Taking on the task of modernizing and upgrading a film conglomerate in the depths of the The end for the Laemmles came with a lavish version of Although Universal's 1936 Show Boat (released a little over a month later) became a critical and financial success, it was not enough to save the Laemmles' involvement with the studio. They were unceremoniously removed from the company they had founded. Because the Laemmles personally oversaw production, Show Boat was released (despite the takeover) with Carl Laemmle and Carl Laemmle Jr.'s names on the credits and in the film's advertising campaign. Standard Capital's Meanwhile, producer Joe Pasternak, who had been successfully producing light musicals with young sopranos for Universal's German subsidiary, repeated his formula in the United States. Teenage singer Deanna Durbin starred in Pasternak's first American film, Three Smart Girls (1936). The film was a box-office hit and reputedly resolved the studio's financial problems. The film's success led Universal to offer her a contract, which for the first five years of her career, produced her most successful pictures.
When Pasternak stopped producing Durbin's pictures, and she outgrew her screen persona and pursued more dramatic roles, the studio signed 13-year-old Gloria Jean for her own series of Pasternak musicals from 1939; she went on to star with Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Donald O'Connor. A popular Universal film of the late 1930s was Destry Rides Again (1939), starring James Stewart as Destry and Marlene Dietrich in her comeback role after leaving Paramount.
By the early 1940s, the company was concentrating on lower-budget productions that were the company's main staple: westerns, melodramas, serials, and Universal could seldom afford its own stable of stars and often borrowed talent from other studios or hired freelance actors. In addition to Stewart and Dietrich, During the war years, Universal did have a co-production arrangement with producer As Universal's main product had always been lower-budgeted films, it was one of the last major studios to contract with In 1945, J. Arthur Rank, who had already owned a stake in the studio almost a decade before, hoping to expand his American presence, bought into a four-way merger with Universal, the independent company Goetz set out an ambitious schedule. Universal-International became responsible for the American distribution of Rank's British productions, including such classics as The production arm of the studio still struggled. While there were to be a few hits like In the 1950s, Universal-International resumed their series of Arabian Nights films, many starring Although Decca would continue to keep picture budgets lean, it was favored by changing circumstances in the film business, as other studios let their contract actors go in the wake of the 1948 In the early 1950s, Universal set up its own distribution company in France. In the late 1960s, the company also started a production company in Paris, Universal Productions France S.A., although sometimes credited by the name of the distribution company, Universal Pictures France. Except for the two first films it produced, Claude Chabrol's Le scandale (English title The Champagne Murders, 1967) and Romain Gary's Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou (English title Birds in Peru), it was only involved in French or other European co-productions, including Louis Malle's Lacombe, Lucien, Bertrand Blier's Les Valseuses (English title Going Places, 1974), and Fred Zinnemann's The Day of the Jackal (1973). It was only involved in approximately 20 French film productions. In the early 1970s, the unit was incorporated into the French Cinema International Corporation arm.
By the late 1950s, the motion picture business was again changing. The combination of the studio/theater-chain breakup and the rise of television saw the reduced audience size for cinema productions. The The long-awaited takeover of Universal Pictures by MCA, Inc. happened in mid-1962 as part of the MCA- Television production made up much of the studio's output, with Universal heavily committed, in particular, to deals with NBC (which much later merged with Universal to form NBC Universal; At this time, Hal B. Wallis, who had recently worked as a major producer at Paramount, moved over to Universal, where he produced several films, among them a lavish version of Maxwell Anderson's Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) and the equally lavish Mary, Queen of Scots (1971).[29] Although neither could claim to be a big financial hit, both films received Academy Award nominations, and Anne was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Richard Burton), Best Actress (Geneviève Bujold), and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Quayle). Wallis retired from Universal after making the film Rooster Cogburn (1975), a sequel to True Grit (1969), which Wallis had produced at Paramount. Rooster Cogburn co-starred John Wayne, reprising his Oscar-winning role from the earlier film, and Katharine Hepburn, their only film together. The film was only a moderate success.
In 1983, Universal Pictures launched an independent film arm designed to release specialty films, Universal Classics, and the division has sights on separation.[30] In 1987, Universal Pictures, MGM/UA Communications Co., and Paramount Pictures teamed up to market feature film and television products to China. Consumer reach was measured in terms of the 25 billion admission tickets that were clocked in China in 1986, and Worldwide Media Sales, a division of the New York-based Worldwide Media Group, had been placed in charge of the undertaking.[31]
In the early 1980s, the company had its own pay television arm Universal Pay Television (a.k.a. Universal Pay TV Programming, Inc.), which spawned in 1987, an 11-picture cable television agreement with then-independent film studio New Line Cinema.[32]
In the early 1970s, Universal teamed up with Anxious to expand the company's broadcast and cable presence, longtime MCA head Lew Wasserman sought a rich partner. He located Japanese electronics manufacturer Matsushita Electric (now known as Panasonic), which agreed to acquire MCA for $6.6 billion in 1990.
On December 9, 1996, the new owners dropped the MCA name; the company became Universal Studios, Inc. Matsushita provided a cash infusion, but the clash of cultures was too great to overcome, and five years later, Matsushita sold an 80% stake in MCA/Universal to Canadian drinks distributor Seagram for $5.7 billion.[38] Seagram sold off its stake in DuPont to fund this expansion into the entertainment industry. Hoping to build an entertainment empire around Universal, Seagram bought PolyGram in 1999 and other entertainment properties, but the fluctuating profits characteristic of Hollywood were no substitute for the reliable income stream gained from the previously held shares in DuPont.
To raise money, Seagram head Edgar Bronfman Jr. sold Universal's television holdings, including cable network USA, to Barry Diller (these same properties would be bought back later at greatly inflated prices). In June 2000, Seagram was sold to French water utility and media company Vivendi, which owned StudioCanal; the conglomerate then became known as Vivendi Universal. Afterward, Universal Pictures acquired the United States distribution rights of several of StudioCanal's films, such as David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001) and Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) which became the sixth-highest-grossing French-language film of all time in the United States.[39][40] Universal Pictures and StudioCanal also co-produced several films, such as Love Actually (2003); a $40 million-budgeted film that eventually grossed $246 million worldwide.[41] In late 2000, the New York Film Academy was permitted to use the Universal Studios backlot for student film projects in an unofficial partnership.[42]
Burdened with debt, in 2004, Vivendi Universal sold 80% of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (including the studio and theme parks) to General Electric (GE), parent of NBC.[43] However, the sale of Universal to NBC and GE did not include Universal Music Group, which had been a part of the film company since 1962. UMG was placed under separate management through Vivendi.[44] The resulting company was named NBCUniversal, while Universal Studios Inc. remained the name of the production subsidiary. After that deal, GE owned 80% of NBC Universal; Vivendi held the remaining 20%, with an option to sell its share in 2006.
In late 2005, Viacom's Paramount Pictures acquired DreamWorks SKG after acquisition talks between GE and DreamWorks stalled. Universal's long-time chairperson, Stacey Snider, left the company in early 2006 to head up DreamWorks. Snider was replaced by then-Vice chairman Marc Shmuger and Focus Features head David Linde. On October 5, 2009, Marc Shmuger and David Linde were ousted, and their co-chairperson jobs were consolidated under former president of worldwide marketing and distribution Adam Fogelson, becoming the single chairperson. Donna Langley was also upped to co-chairperson.[45] In 2009, Stephanie Sperber founded Universal Partnerships & Licensing within Universal to license consumer products for Universal.[46]
GE purchased Vivendi's share in NBCUniversal in 2011.[47]
GE sold 51% of the company to cable provider Comcast in 2011. Comcast merged the former GE subsidiary with its own cable-television programming assets, creating the current NBCUniversal. Following Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval, the Comcast-GE deal was closed on January 29, 2011.[48] In March 2013, Comcast bought the remaining 49% of NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion.[49]
In September 2013, Adam Fogelson was ousted as co-chairman of Universal Pictures, promoting Donna Langley to the sole chairperson. In addition, NBCUniversal International chairman Jeff Shell would be appointed as chairman of the newly created Filmed Entertainment Group. Longtime studio head Ron Meyer would give up oversight of the film studio and appointed vice chairman of NBCUniversal, providing consultation to CEO Steve Burke on all of the company's operations. Meyer retained oversight of Universal Parks and Resorts.[50]
Universal's multi-year film financing deal with In June 2014, Universal Partnerships took over licensing consumer products for NBC and Sprout with the expectation that all licensing would eventually be centralized within NBCUniversal.[46]
In May 2015, Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus Features as a genre label concentrating on action, sci-fi, and horror films.[53]
On December 16, 2015, Amblin Partners announced that it entered into a five-year distribution deal with Universal Pictures by which the films will be distributed and marketed by either Universal or Focus Features.[54][55]
In early 2016, Perfect World Pictures announced a long-term co-financing deal with Universal, representing the first time a Chinese company directly invests in a multi-year slate deal with a major U.S. studio.[56]
On April 28, 2016, Universal's parent company, NBCUniversal, announced a $3.8 billion deal to buy On February 15, 2017, Universal Pictures acquired a minority stake in Amblin Partners, strengthening the relationship between Universal and Amblin.[59]
In December 2019, Universal Pictures entered early negotiations to distribute upcoming feature film properties based on the Lego toys. Although the original Lego Movie characters are still owned by Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures will serve as a distributor of future releases and will develop additional Lego films. The future of the already in-development films is believed to remain the same.[60]
In June, it was announced longtime Universal International Distribution President Duncan Clark would be stepping down. He would transition to a consulting role with the studio in August and would be replaced by Veronika Kwan Vandenberg.[61]
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) is an organizational unit within Universal Pictures,[62] a film studio and a division of NBCUniversal, which is a division of Comcast Corporation. UFEG functions as a coordinated framework encompassing various subsidiary companies and divisions responsible for the creation, marketing, and distribution of films and audiovisual content. UFEG operates under the umbrella of Universal Pictures, serving as a key division overseeing several entities, including Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features. The CEO of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group is Donna Langley.
In addition to its own library, Universal releases the EMKA, Ltd. catalog of 1929–1949 Paramount Pictures, owned by sister company Universal Television.
Universal was the first studio to have released three billion-dollar films in one year; this distinction was achieved in 2015 with Furious 7, Jurassic World, and Minions.[65]
‡ Includes theatrical reissue(s).
2006 USA Network begins 13-year streak as #1 cable network in total viewers
Focus Features releases Hollywoodland and Catch a Fire2007 Illumination is founded
The Steve Wilkos Show premieres2010 Universal releases Despicable Me
Law & Order: LA premieres2011 Vivendi divested in NBCU; Comcast buys 51% of NBCU from GE, turning it into a limited liability company
The name "PBS Kids" is dropped out from Sprout (Leaving the name "Sprout")
NBCUniversal Archives is founded2012 Universal celebrates its 100th anniversary
Chicago Fire premieres2013 Comcast buys GE's remaining 49% of NBCU
PBS sells Sprout to Comcast/NBCU2014 Comcast attempts to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion
Chicago P.D. premieres
NBCUniversal reaches a new long-term deal with WWE2015 Chicago Med premieres 2016 NBCU acquires DreamWorks Animation 2017 Chicago Justice premieres
Sprout relaunches as Universal Kids2018 Comcast acquires Sky after a heated bidding war with 21st Century Fox
FBI premieres2019 NBCU acquires Cineo Lighting
Judge Jerry premieres2020 NBCU launches Peacock
FBI: Most Wanted premieres2021 Grand opening of Universal Beijing Resort
Law & Order: Organized Crime and FBI: International both premiere2022 Karamo and Lopez vs Lopez both premiere 2023 Universal releases The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken and Oppenheimer History
Early years
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Keeping leadership of the studio in the family
The Laemmles lose control
Universal International and Decca Records
MCA takes over
Matsushita, Seagram, Vivendi and NBCUniversal
Comcast era (2011–present)
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group
Studio units
Production
Distribution
Other
Live-action
Animation
Units
Film library
Film series
Title
Release date
No. Films
Notes
1931–56
31
The Mummy
1932–2017; TBA
11
coproduction with Relativity Media, Sommers Company, Alphaville, K/O Paper Products, and Perfect World Pictures
Abbott and Costello
1940–55
3
Woody Woodpecker
1940–present
2
coproduction with
Sherlock Holmes
1942–46
12
Ma and Pa Kettle
1947–57
10
Francis the Talking Mule
1950–56
7
Cape Fear
1962–91
2
The Birds
1963–94
McHale's Navy
1964–97
3
Airport
1970–79
4
American Graffiti
1973–79
2
coproduction with
The Jackal
1973–97
coproduction Warwick Films, Alphaville, and Mutual Film Company
Jaws
1975–87
4
Smokey and the Bandit
1977–83
3
Coproduction with
The Car
1977–2019
2
The Blues Brothers
1980–98
coproduction with SNL Studios
Halloween
1981–82, 2018–present
5
coproduction with Compass International, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Miramax, and Blumhouse Productions
Endless Love
1981–2014
2
1982–84; TBA
The Thing
1982–2011; TBA
coproduction with the Turman-Foster Company,
Psycho
1983–98
5
Firestarter
1984–2022
2
Back to the Future
1985–90
3
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment
An American Tail
1986–99
4
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment, Amblimation, and Sullivan Bluth Studios
1988–2016
14
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and Sullivan Bluth Studios
K-9
1989–2002
3
Tremors
1990–present
7
Problem Child
1990–95
3
Darkman
1990–96
coproduction with Renaissance Pictures
Buried Alive
1990–97
2
Child's Play / Chucky
1990–98; 2013–present
5
Kindergarten Cop
1990–2016
2
Coproduction with Imagine Entertainment
Knight Rider
1991–2008
3
The Little Engine That Could
1991–2011
2
Backdraft
1991–2019
coproduction with Imagine Entertainment and Trilogy Entertainment Group
Beethoven
1992–2014
8
VeggieTales
1993–present
2
coproduction with Big Idea Entertainment
Jurassic Park
1993–2001; 2015–present
6
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment, Legendary Entertainment, and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Carlito's Way
1993–2005
2
Hard Target
1993–2016
The Flintstones
1994–2000
coproduction with Hanna-Barbera and Amblin Entertainment
Timecop
1994–2003
coproduction with Renaissance Pictures
The Little Rascals
1994–2014
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment
Babe
1995–98
Casper
1995–2000
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment, Harvey Films, and Saban Ltd.
Balto
1995–2005
3
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment and Amblimation
Apollo films
1995–2019
coproduction with Imagine Entertainment, Statement Pictures, CNN Films, and Neon
Sudden Death
1995–2020
2
Dragonheart
1996–present
5
Twister
1
coproduction with Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. (both 1996)
Mr. Bean
1997–2007
2
coproduction with
Alvin and the Chipmunks
1999–2000
Jay Ward films
From Dudley Do-Right to The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Best Man
1999–2013
American Pie
1999–2020
9
(including the spin-off series)
Meet the Parents
2000–10
3
coproduction with DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and TriBeCa Productions
The Chronicles of Riddick
2000–13
coproduction with
Dr. Seuss films
2000–18
4
From
Bring It On
2000–22
6
coproduction with Strike Entertainment
Gladiator
2000–present
1
coproduction with
Hannibal Lecter
2001–02
2
coproduction with the Weinstein Company and De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Fast & Furious
2001–present
10
coproduction with Original Film, Relativity Media, and One Race Films
2002–present
5
coproduction with the Kennedy/Marshall Company and Relativity Media
The Scorpion King
coproduction with Alphaville and WWE Studios
Blue Crush
2002–11
2
coproduction with Imagine Entertainment
Undercover Brother
2002–19
Almighty
2003–07
coproduction with
2003–08; TBA
including
Johnny English
2003–18
3
coproduction with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
Honey
4
2004–05
2
coproduction with
2004–13
3
coproduction with Rogue Pictures, Relativity Media, Focus Features, Working Title Films, and StudioCanal
White Noise
2005–07
2
coproduction with Gold Circle Films
Nanny McPhee
2005–10
coproduction with Working Title Films
Doom
2005–19
coproduction with Di Bonaventura Pictures, Bethesda Softworks, and id Software
Smokin' Aces
2006–10
coproduction with Relativity Media
Curious George
2006–21
6
coproduction with Imagine Entertainment
Battlestar Galactica
2007–09
2
Mamma Mia!
2008–18
coproduction with Relativity Media, Playtone, LittleStar, Legendary Entertainment, and Perfect World Pictures
Death Race
5
coproduction with New Horizons, Cruise/Wagner Productions, and Relativity Media
Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass
2010–13
2
coproduction with
Despicable Me
2010–present
5
coproduction with Illumination
2012–15
2
coproduction with
The Man with...
coproduction with
2012–17
3
coproduction with Gold Circle Films and Brownstone Productions
2013–present
5
coproduction with Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes
R.I.P.D.
2013–22
2
Ouija
2014–16
coproduction with Blumhouse Productions,
Neighbors
coproduction with Point Grey, Relativity Media, and Good Universe
Ride Along
coproduction with Relativity Media and Perfect World Pictures
Insidious
2015–18
coproduction with FilmDistrict, Focus Features, Gramercy Pictures, IM Global, Alliance Films, Stage 6 Films, Entertainment One, and Blumhouse Productions
Fifty Shades
3
coproduction with Focus Features,
The Secret Life of Pets
2016–present
2
coproduction with Illumination
Sing
Unbreakable
2016–19
coproduction with Touchstone Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, and Blumhouse Productions
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2016–23
coproduction with HBO Films, Playtone Films, Gold Circle Films, and Focus Features
Happy Death Day
2017–present
coproduction with Blumhouse Productions
The Addams Family
2019–21
International distributor; coproduction with
How to Train Your Dragon
2019–present
1
coproduction with
Trolls
2020–23
2
coproduction with DreamWorks Animation
Shrek
2022–present
1
The Bad Guys
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023–present
coproduction with Illumination and Nintendo
Five Nights at Freddy's
coproduction with Blumhouse Productions and Scott Cawthon Productions
Highest-grossing films
Rank
Title
Year
Box office gross
1
Jurassic World
2015
$652,270,625
2
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
$574,939,710
3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ‡
1982
$439,251,124
4
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
$417,719,760
5
Jurassic Park ‡
1993
$415,248,873
6
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
$376,851,080
7
Minions: The Rise of Gru
$369,695,210
8
The Secret Life of Pets
2016
$368,384,330
9
Despicable Me 2
2013
$368,061,265
10
Furious 7
2015
$353,007,020
11
Minions
$336,045,770
12
Oppenheimer†
2023
$326,062,130
13
Meet the Fockers
2004
$279,261,160
14
The Grinch
2018
$270,620,950
15
Sing
2016
$270,329,045
16
Despicable Me 3
2017
$264,624,300
17
2000
$260,044,825
18
Jaws
1975
$260,000,000
19
Despicable Me
2010
$251,513,985
20
Bruce Almighty
2003
$242,829,261
21
Fast & Furious 6
2013
$238,679,850
22
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
$229,086,679
23
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
$227,471,070
24
The Fate of the Furious
2017
$226,008,385
25
Ted
2012
$218,815,487
Rank
Title
Year
Box office gross
1
Jurassic World
2015
$1,670,400,637
2
Furious 7
$1,516,045,911
3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
$1,361,767,338
4
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
$1,308,534,046
5
The Fate of the Furious
2017
$1,238,764,765
6
Minions
2015
$1,159,398,397
7
Jurassic Park ‡
1993
$1,058,298,560
8
Despicable Me 3
2017
$1,034,800,131
9
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
$1,003,700,664
10
Despicable Me 2
2013
$970,761,885
11
Oppenheimer†
2023
$953,967,794
12
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
$939,628,210
13
The Secret Life of Pets
2016
$875,457,937
14
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ‡
1982
$797,103,542
15
Fast & Furious 6
2013
$788,679,850
16
No Time to Die
2021
$774,153,007
17
F9
$726,229,501
18
2019
$721,040,050
19
Fast X
2023
$720,165,774
20
Sing
2016
$631,214,341
21
Fast Five
2011
$626,137,675
22
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
$618,638,999
23
Mamma Mia!
2008
$609,841,637
24
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
$571,006,128
25
King Kong
2005
$550,517,357
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