Case Study: 20th Century Fox

History –

For many years, 20th Century Fox claimed to have been founded in 1915, the year Fox Film was founded. For instance, it marked 1945 as its 30th anniversary. However, in recent years it has claimed the 1935 merger as its founding, even though most film historians agree it was founded in 1915.

The company’s films retained the 20th Century Pictures searchlight logo on their opening credits as well as its opening fanfare, but with the name changed to 20th Century-Fox.

20th Century Merged with Fox in 1935

Key Films released by 20th Century Fox –

Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars

Types of films typically released (Genre) –

20th Century Fox releases a variety of films with different genres however the two main genre’s they tend to release a lot of are Action and Adventure and Sci-Fi.

A study of a specific key film released in the last five years by the company, including how successful the film was. –

Avatar which 20th Century Fox produced was a box office success with a total gross of$749,766,139. Avatar is apart of the Sci-Fi genre and developments of the movie started in 1994. James Cameron waited until the right technology was available so he can implement that into his film so it can be produced exactly how he wanted it to be. It was the best selling film of 2010.

Ownership of The Company –  

They own themselves

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