Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal and stylized as UNIVERSAL) is the oldest American film studio, owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal and was founded on April 30, 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour as the oldest surviving film studio in the United States, the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathe, Titanus, and Nordisk Film, and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Six" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City, New York.

They are the current distributor for DreamWorks Animation films starting with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''. ''

Divisions

 * Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
 * Illumination Entertainment
 * Focus Features
 * Universal Animation Studios

Subsidiaries

 * Gramercy Pictures
 * High Top Releasing
 * DreamWorks Animation
 * Amblin Partners (minority)
 * Working Title Films
 * NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
 * United International Pictures (50%)
 * Rede Telecine