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<\/a>UNIVERSAL STUDIOS<\/strong><\/p>\n 100 Universal City Plaza www.universalstudios.com<\/a><\/p>\n HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Universal Studios was founded by\u00a0Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane\u00a0<\/span>and Jules Brulatour. Following the boom of film studios of the time, Universal Studios became a vertically integrated company, linking movie production, exhibition, and distribution all into one corporate entity. Universal ranks among the “Big Six<\/a>”\u00a0film studios and is a subsidiary of NBC Universal<\/a> who indirectly belong to Comcast<\/a>, a huge media conglomerate. They’ve produced films such as Jurassic World<\/a> which grossed at\u00a0$651,926,506 making it the fourth highest grossing film of all time domestically and worldwide [15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n KEY EXECUTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Donna Langley<\/a>, Chairman, Universal Pictures – Source: Forbes [16]<\/a><\/p><\/div> \u2014Jeff Shell<\/a>, Chairman (Filmed Entertainment), Universal Pictures – Source: BBG [17]<\/a><\/p><\/div> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FINANCIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n While Universal Studios is a privately traded company, Comcast is its parent company and they are publicly traded. In the most recent quarterly report, Universal cited a revenue increase of 25.8% to $1.6 billion compared to $1.3 billion in the previous year. There was a 74.9% increase in home entertainment revenue drive by the strong performances of Jurassic World and the Minions <\/a>and Universal has cited an upward trend of revenue into the 2016 year. Earnings per share increased 6.8% with the value being held at $0.79 compared to the $0.74 reported in the fourth quarter of the previous year [7]<\/a>.Universal Studios is currently 5th place in terms of top grossing film companies\u00a0with a market share of 7.7% and a total gross of $252.4 billion [12]<\/a>. They hold an average of $36,054,255 per release for its 7 releases so far\u00a0in 2016. Their top grossing release is Ride Along 2<\/a> which cited a total gross of $90,862,685 which exceeded their budget of $40 million [11]<\/a>.\u00a0Universal Studios is planning 15 releases for the rest of the 2016 year with the genres being split roughly in half\u00a0between comedy and horror [13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n IN THEATERS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014The Boss (2016) [19]<\/a><\/p><\/div>The Boss<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Boss<\/a> is another one of Melissa McCarthy’s slapstick style comedy movies and was released on April 8th, 2016. The opening weekend of The Boss beat out Batman V Superman by a mere $45,000 proving McCarthy’s star power as a movie she stars in tops another $20+ million opener. The movie opened its weekend with a total gross of $23.48 million with a reported budget of $29 million [1]<\/a>. The second weekend saw a larger-than-expected 57.8% drop, but still remained in the top five grossing movies that week. The longevity of the movie may extend a little more\u00a0seeing as the next R-rated comedy doesn’t release until around late May with Neighbors 2 [3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) [20]<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n The Huntsman: Winter’s War<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman<\/a>, which grossed a total of $396.6 billion, called The Huntsman: Winter’s War<\/a> was released on April 22, 2016. It charted at number 2 behind Jungle Book<\/a>, even though Jungle Book was in its second week of circulation [2]<\/a>. The Huntsman: Winter’s War earned a total of $20,080,000 in its opening weekend domestically\u00a0and $80,200,000 internationally, proving the series popularity in the foreign market. With an estimated budget of $20 million, it brought in approximately 36% of the opening weekend total of its predecessor. The audience skewed 61% female and 39% male with 47% of the audience being over the age of 30. Comparatively, Snow White and the Huntsman attracted a much more evenly distributed gendered audience with about 53% of them being female [14]<\/a>. Looking forward, it’s unlikely that the movie will reach an overall domestic cume of $55-60 million off their reported budget of $115 million.<\/p>\n SPRING\/SUMMER 2016 RELEASES<\/strong><\/p>\n Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
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