Universal Pictures

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Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio founded in 1912. It was owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.

Universal from 1998-2006 was the film (outside of America) and video distributor for DreamWorks live-action titles and DWA titles (Back when DreamWorks Animation was a division of DW before it was spun off in 2004), while DreamWorks itself was the distributor for them as the then film production label for the company in America. DreamWorks was then sold to Paramount Pictures in 2006, at which point Paramount took over distribution.

After Viacom spun off DreamWorks Studios in 2008, Universal was planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through as Disney took over the distribution for DreamWorks movies under the Label Touchstone Pictures starting in 2011 until 2016. In April 2016, Comcast (which owns Universal) purchased DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion. It is therefore likely that when the current distribution deal with 20th Century Fox finishes, DreamWorks Animation's films will be distributed by Universal. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) was the first DWA film distributed by Universal and as a Universal subsidiary.

Ever since DreamWorks Pictures started, the studio had rented space from Universal Studios on their backlot. This continued through the Paramount and Touchstone eras.

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DreamWorks Filmography[]

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Abominable (2019)
Trolls World Tour (2020)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Spirit Untamed (2021)
The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
The Bad Guys (2022)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
Trolls Band Together (2023)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
The Wild Robot (2024)

Upcoming[]

Other Notable Films (Non-DreamWorks)[]

The Dawn of Netta (1912)
Gold is Not All (1913)
The Ruby Circle (1914)
Universal Monsters/Dark Monsters (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
Jaws (1975)
Jaws 2 (1978)
E.T. the External Terrestial (1982)
Jaws 3-D (1983)
Scarface (1983)
Back to the Future (1985)
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
The Land Before Time (1988)
Child's Play (1988)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Schindler's List (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Waterworld (1995)
Casper (1995)
Twister (1996)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
American Pie (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Blue Crush (2002)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Hulk (2003)
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Van Helsing (2004)
Nanny McPhee (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Curious George (2006)
United 93 (2006)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Mamma Mia (2008)
State to Play (2009)
Fast & Furious (2009)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010)
Green Zone (2010)
Senna (2010)
Despicable Me (2010)
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Hop (2011)
Fast Five (2011)
The Jungle Bunch: The Movie (2011)
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
Ted (2012)
ParaNorman (2012)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
The Purge (2013)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
47 Ronin (2013)
Mushi Monsters: The Movie (2013)
Ride Along (2014)
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Unbroken (2014)
Furious 7 (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
Minions (2015)
Steve Jobs (2015)
Ride Along 2 (2016)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Warcraft (2016)
Sing (2016)
Split (2017)
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
The Great Wall (2017)
Get Out (2017)
The Fate and the Furious (2017)
The Mummy (2017)
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
La Colle (2017)
Girls Trip (2017)
American Made (2017)
Woody Woodpecker (2017)
Happy Death Day (2017)
The Snowman (2017)
Thank You for Your Service (2017)
Daddy Cool (2017)
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
The First Purge (2018)
Dr Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
Glass (2019)
Saving Leningrad (2019)
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Us (2019)
Little (2019)
A Dog's Journey (2019)
Ma (2019)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
Yesterday (2019)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Good Boys (2019)
Black Christmas (2019)
Cats (2019)
1917 (2019)
Dolittle (2020)
The Turning (2020)
The Photograph (2020)
The Invisible Man (2020)
The Hunt (2020)
The King of Staten Island (2020)
F9 (2021)
The Forever Purge (2021)
Old (2021)
Sing 2 (2021)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
The Black Phone (2022)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Nope (2022)
Easter Sunday (2022)
Beast (2022)
Halloween Ends (2022)
M3GAN (2023)
Knock in the Cabin (2023)
Cocaine Bear (2023)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Praise This (2023)
Reinfield (2023)
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
Fast X (2023)
Shooting Stars (2023)
Oppenheimer (2023)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Strays (2023)
Oracle (2023)
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Genie (2023)
Eileen (2023)
Migration (2023)
Night Swim (2024)
Argylle (2024)
Monkey Man (2024)
Abigail (2024)
The Fall Guy (2024)
Despicable Me 4 (2024)
Twisters (2024)
Speak No Evil (2024)
Wicked (2024)
Nosferatu (2024)
Wolf Man (2025)
With Love (2025)
M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)

Trivia[]

Monsters vs. Aliens was also released through Universal International Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment despite being distributed by Paramount Pictures.