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Universal

Who are Universal:
  • Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. 
  • Jurassic World, which was released in2 2015. The film profited $651,925,506 in the North American Box office. It is also the highest-grossing film worldwide, profiting $1,648,493,208.
Top 5 movies: 
1 2015 Jurassic World $1,648,893,208

2 2015 Furious 7 $1,518,722,794

3 2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $1,304,866,322

4 2017 The Fate of the Furious $1,234,908,020

5 2015 Minions $1,162,781,621

Links with other media companies:
  • As they are a parent compnay they own and work with many other companies such as: Illumination, United International Pictures, Focus Features, Universal Orlando, Working Title Films.

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