Media Institution Research

20^th Century Fox have currently produced 1501 films. The most current production being worked on being I Robot 2. Other successful films that 20^th Century has produced are the recent Rise of the Planet of the Apes. One of their biggest successes would have been Avatar which was produced in 2010 and Die Hard 4.0 that was released in 2007 was another big success. They specialise in action films.

20^th Century is a subsidiary arm of News Corp ran by Rupert Murdoch. News Corps other subsidiary arms include Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, all of the Fox Network channels and the National Geographic channels. 20^th Century hold 11.1% of the production market making them the smallest of the big 6 institutes.

20^th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20^th century film studio.

Working Title is an independent British institution. It has currently produced 167 films. These include titles such as Hot Fuzz, Mr Beans Holiday and Shaun of the Dead. Films that they have been most successful with have been comedy films. Working Title is owned by Universal Studios which one of the Big 6 American production companies. Working Title has been contractually allowed to produce any film with a budget of up to $35 million from Universal Studios. Working Title Films signed a deal with Universal Studios in 1999 for a reported $600 million, which them the power to commission projects with a budget of up to $35 million without having to consult Universal. Before Working title became a part of the Universal group it was part of the PolyGram group who were a major label recording company which then bought 20^th Century records and the Fox network. Polygram then in 1999 merged into Universal Music. Before Working Title was a part of Polygram it was an independent film producer.