Paramount Pictures is a global film and entertainment company that produces and distributes movies. It consists of several labels including Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Vantage, and Paramount Classics. Paramount also has distribution deals with Marvel Entertainment and DreamWorks. Founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor, Paramount is one of the major Hollywood studios known as the Big Six. Titanic, released in 1997, was a blockbuster for Paramount and won 11 Academy Awards. Today, Paramount continues film production from its 64-acre studio lot in Hollywood.

1. Yasmin Ahmed and Hannah Odonkor
http://www.paramount.com/studio/history

2. An overview of Paramount
Paramount Pictures is a global producer and distributor
of film and entertainment.
Paramount consists of several labels including, the
legendary Paramount Pictures; the leading brand, MTV
Films. The family entertainment label Nickelodeon
Movies; the special film label’s, Paramount Vantage and
Paramount Classic’s.
Paramount has also got distribution deals with Ionic
Comic Book creator, Marvel Entertainment and
DreamWorks.
The studio is also apart of the Big Six, which consists of
20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner
Brothers, Universal, Colombia and Walt Disney.

3. The first Movie
Adolph Zukor, Founder
Paramount's lineage dates back to 1912, when
Adolph Zukor, the owner of a New York
nickelodeon, secured American distribution rights to
Sarah Bernhardt's four-reel film, QUEEN
ELIZABETH. The film's triumphant opening on July
12, 1912, as the first full-length drama shown in the
United States prompted Zukor to found the Famous
Players Film Company. Famous Players began to
produce movies in New York, beginning with THE
PRISONER OF ZENDA and THE COUNT OF
MONTE CRISTO. A year later, Zukor invested in a
film distribution company named Paramount
Pictures.

4. BlockBuster
1997-1998- A Titanic Blockbuster
Released in 1997, TITANIC, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate
Winslett, becomes the highest-grossing motion picture of all time ($.18 billion
worldwide) and wins 11 Academy Awards®:
Best Picture
Best Director (James Cameron)
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Original Score
Best Film Editing
Best Original Song
Best Art Direction

5. 2009 and Beyond
Today: Paramount going strong
The only major motion picture studio based in
Hollywood, Paramount is located on an expansive 64-acre state-of-
the-art production and business center. During its nearly 100-year
history, the studio’s backlot has served as the production site for
thousands of notable feature films, television shows and
commercials. Paramount’s facilities include thirty sound stages, a
newly constructed “Chicago Street,” as well as the historic and
popular “New York Street,” which features ten distinct city
neighborhood backdrops.
Paramount Pictures is also the creative home to some of the most
respected and talented filmmakers and producers in the business
including J.J. Abrams, Brad Pitt and Martin Scorsese, Paramount
has distributed a host of critically acclaimed and box office hits over
the last several years including
CLOVERFIELd, TRANSFORMERS, INDIANA JONES & THE
KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, NORBIT, BLADES OF