Warner Bros. Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded in 1905. It has many subsidiary companies and owns half of The CW Television Network. Warner Bros. produces big budget films across many genres, often based on other media like books or comics. It uses merchandise and other media to advertise and make profits from its films beyond box office revenue. Some major films distributed by Warner Bros. in 2011 included The Hangover Part 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and Get Smart 2.

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3. Warner Bros. Entertainment is an American producer of film and television entertainment and was founded in 1905. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Comics, Warner owns half of The CW Television Network. Similarities and Difference Most of the films Warner.Bros create are sequels, for example: Harry Potter, The Dark Knight etc. Lots of their films are written based on other media, like books or comics, the film is then produced to this story line and makes millions, because it already has an audience. Their films usually tend to be bigger budget movies. Have a wide variety of audiences. They produce a wide range of genre films I.e. Action, comedy, romantic comedy and sci-fi. Use other types of media products like, clothing, children's toys etc. to 1. Advertise their films and 2. To make money and profits through other media, rather than just the film. The Hangover Part 2 (2011, co-production with Legendary Pictures and ) - May 26 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011, co-production with Heyday Films) - July 15 (2011, co-production with and Silver Pictures) - July 21 Get Smart 2 (2011, co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and , Maverick Films) September 18 Marvin the Martian (2011, co-production with Alcon Entertainment) - October 7 Happy Feet 2 (2011, co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Animal Logic and Dr.D Studios) - November 18 New Year’s Eve (2011, co-production with New Line Cinema) - December 9 Sherlock Holmes 2 (2011, co-production with Silver Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures) - December 16 Films that Warner Bros. will distribute in 2011

4. The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips. It had a budget of $35 million, but made a worldwide gross of over $467 million. The film won an award for the best motion picture-Musical or comedy. The film took 15 days to film in Nevada. Used music by famous artists like, Kanye West, Usher and Phil Collins. On the first day of release the film made over $16 Million. STARS Bradley Cooper Ed Helms Zach Galifianakis Justin Bartha

7. The Football Factory (2004) Distributor [3] It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) Production Company A Good Woman (2004) Distributor Pusher II (2004) Distributor The Business (2005) Production Company Clean (2005) Distributor [4] Pusher 3 (2005) Distributor Stoned (2005) Distributor Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006) Production Company Shrooms (2006) Distributor London to Brighton (2006) Distributor Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) Distributor Shotgun Stories (2007) Distributor Outlaw (2007) Production Company; Distributor The Escapist (2007) Distributor—UK all media Sparkle (2007) Distributor Faintheart (2008) 1 Day (2009) Monsters (2010) Vertigo Films is a British film production and Film distribution company. In 2002, Vertigo films was created by producers Allan Niblo, James Richardson, Nick Love, Rupert Preston and Rob Morgan. The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films, The Football Factory and It’s All Gone Pete Tong; its current stated goal is to produce four films and distribute four films per year. Similarities and Differences They are mostly thriller/horror genre films Lower Budget Do not usually use bankable stars Complex story lines Usually released on DVD not in the cinema Aimed at a niche audience Tend not to follow the idea of a high concept film

8. M O N S T E R S Monsters is a 2010 British science fiction film. The film was devised, storyboarded and directed by Gareth Edwards , who also worked as the visual effects artist. He also edited the movie by himself on a home computer. It had a budget of under $500,000 , but made a worldwide gross over $3,486,280. The film was shot entirely on location: any settings featured in the film were real locations often used without permission asked in advance, and the extras were just people who happened to be there at the time. It was shot in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Texas in the US, for over three weeks. Electronic musician Jon Hopkins composed and performed the score of the film. Whitney Able Scoot McNairy