big six

The Big Six  

summer work task 4-


The 'big six' represent the six most popular companies within the film industry they are:

• Walt Disney Pictures
• Universal Studios
• 20th-century fox
•  Paramount 
• Columbia Pictures.
• warner bros pictures 

 This might become the 'big five' due to Disney buying 20th-century fox and then it would become the big five.


The big five are the top six biggest film companies, they all own little companies that branch off which makes them more well known and creates more income.

what other companies do the big six own?

Walt Disney pictures - Marvel, Pixar, ABC television group, ESPN Inc, Walt Disney park and resort
Universal Studios- NBC Universal, Universal Studios (theme park) 
20th-Century Fox - Fox news, Fox music
Paramount - CBS library
Columbia Pictures- play station, Toshiba
Warner Bros Pictures - DC comics

Paramount Pictures- 

The total worldwide income that Baywatch received was $177.8 million against a production budget of $69 million. Paramount advertised through television and youtube trailers. The release date that Baywatch came out was 29th may 2017.

Actors = Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, David Hasselhoff, and Pamela Anderson.

Walt Disney Studios-

The total amount for the budget was 200 million USD  $504.382 million in 24 days of domestic release. The release date that Incredibles 2 came out was 13th July 2018.
The most famous people that did the voice over was Samuel L Jackson and Craige T Nelson.

Universal Studios-

The total income that Jurassic world fallen kingdom received was $1 billion where the budget was set at $150 million USD. The release date that Jurassic world fallen kingdom previewed on was 6th June 2018. 

Actors= Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum.

20th Century Fox- 

The film grossed $40 million worldwide against its $34 million production budget. The release date was 10th August 2018. 

Actors=Amandla Stenberg, Gwendoline Christie

Columbia Pictures- 

It grossed over $962 million worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2017 and the 42nd-highest-grossing film of all time. The budget, however, was $90 million the release date was 20th December 2017. The famous actors were = Kevin Heart, Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Nick Jonas.

Warner Bros Pictures-

The total budget was $22 million whereas the total income was $64,668,768. The release date was 7th September 2018 with famous actors such as Taissa Farmiga and Bonnie Aarons.