Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC) is one of Hollywood's 'Big Five' major studios, founded on April 30, 1912, making it the oldest surviving film studio in the United States. Headquartered at the Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, it serves as the flagship studio of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG), the film arm of NBCUniversal — itself a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Under Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment Donna Langley, DBE, and President Peter Cramer, the studio produces and distributes theatrical and non-theatrical filmed entertainment globally, encompassing live-action features, animation (via Illumination and DreamWorks Animation), and specialty films (via Focus Features), and has delivered record-breaking global box office performances including Oppenheimer (2023) and Wicked (2024).