3. Background Info
❖ Founded in 1983 the company produces feature films
and several television productions.
❖ Produced films for PolyGram filmed entertainment which
was sold to Seagram and merged with MCA music
which formed Universal music group.
❖ That folded into Universal Studios this company is one of
the largest companies that Working Title work with in
terms of power and amount of films produced together
7. HIGHEST
GROSSING
FILMS
100 films that have grossed nearly $6 billion worldwide. Its films have
won 10 Academy Awards (for Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables, Joe
Wright’s Anna Karenina, Tim Robbins’ Dead Man Walking; Joel and
Ethan Coen’s Fargo; Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The
Golden Age; and Joe Wright’s Atonement), 35 BAFTA Awards, and
numerous prestigious prizes at the Cannes and Berlin International Film
Festivals
Love Actually broke british records as the number 1 comedy in opening
history generating £6.6million in it’s opening weekend.
