Production Companies Research & Planning

20th Century Fox • Conglomerate• Owned by Rupert Murdoch• The studio is also credited for distributing James Cameron's

Avatar and Titanic, the highest and second highest grossing films respectively at the box-office.

• American film studio, distributor and one of the six major film studios.

• Famous films include: Taken, Star Wars, Alien and Home Alone.

Regency Enterprises• Famous films include: Mirrors, Gone Girl, 12 Years a Slave and Natural Born Killers. • Produced 2013's 12 Years a Slave and 2014's Birdman, which earned the

company back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Picture.• Typical to be used for darker, suspenseful films as opposed to happy, Hollywood-

ending style films.

Film4• British film production company owned by Channel Four Television

Corporation. • The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made

in the United Kingdom. • It is especially known for its gritty, kitchen sink-style films, particularly social

realist features.