2 UK Distribution Companies

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Buena Vista (Disney)

How it was established?

It was established in 1953 as Buena Vista Distribution Company, the unit handles distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced by Walt Disney Studios; including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, DisneyToon Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Disneynature and Touchstone Pictures.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of buena vista would be The Walt Disney Company, whose primary studios, the Walt Disney Studios, are located on Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California (and the company's corporate offices, Team Disney Burbank, are located on the Burbank studio lot).

Name change

Walt Disney studios motion picture took on its current name in 2007, which before that had been Buena Vista Pictures Distribution since 1986.

3 Recent films

 

Frozen (6 December 2013)

Budget= $150 million

Box Office= $1.274 Billion

 

Guardians of the Galaxy (24 November 2014)

Budget= $195.9 million

Box office= $774.2 million

 

Maleficent (28 May 2014)

Budget            = $180 million

Box office= $758.4 million

20th Century FoxHow it was established?

Twentieth Century Pictures' Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck left United Artists over a stock dispute, and began merger talks with the management of financially struggling Fox Film. Spyros Skouras, then manager of the Fox West Coast Theatres, helped make it happen (and later became president of the new company). Although it was still much smaller than Fox, Twentieth Century was the senior partner in the merger. Aside from the theatre chain and a first-rate studio lot, Zanuck and Schenck felt there was not much else to Fox. At first, it was expected that the new company was originally to be called "Fox-Twentieth Century". However, 20th Century brought more to the bargaining table besides Schenck and Zanuck. The company's films retained the 20th Century Films searchlight logo on their opening credits as well as the 20th Century opening fanfare, but with the name changed to 20th Century-Fox.

Subsidiaries

These are the Subsidiaries: Blue Sky Studios, Fox Star Studios, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Television Studios, 20th Television, 20th Century Fox Television, 20thCentury Fox Japan, Fox Studios Australia, TSG Entertainment and FNM Films

Name change

The company's films retained the 20th Century Films searchlight logo on their opening credits as well as the 20th Century opening fanfare, but with the name changed to 20th Century-Fox.

3 Recent films

The Maze Runner (10 October 2014)

Budget= $34 million

Box office= $340.8 million

The Wolverine (25 July 2013)

Budget= $120 million

Box office= $415-417 million

Let's Be Cops (27 August 2014)

Budget= $17 million

Box office= $129.9 million