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DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation is an american animation studio founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

DreamWorks Animation LLC (also simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio and a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, itself a subsidiary of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It is based in Glendale, California, and produces animated feature films, television programs, and online virtual games. The studio has currently released a total of 38 feature films, beginning with Antz (1998); its most recent film was The Croods: A New Age (2020), with their next release being The Boss Baby: Family Business on March 26, 2021. Originally formed as a division of DreamWorks Pictures in 1994 by some alumni from Amblin Entertainment's former animation branch Amblimation, it was spun off into a separate public company in 2004. DreamWorks Animation currently maintains its Glendale campus, as well as satellite studios in India and China. On August 22, 2016, NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion, making it a division of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group as an acquisition for the animation studio. As of May 2019, its feature films have grossed $15.019 billion worldwide, with a $417.2 million average gross per film. Fifteen of their films produced by the studio are among the 50 highest-grossing animated films, with Shrek 2 being the eleventh all-time highest. Although the studio also made traditionally animated films in the past, as well as two stop-motion co-productions with Aardman Animations, all of their films now use computer animation. The studio has earned three Academy Awards, as well as 41 Emmy Awards and numerous Annie Awards, and multiple Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. In recent years, the animation studio has acquired and created new divisions in an effort to diversify beyond the high-risk movie business. Films produced by DreamWorks Animation were originally distributed worldwide by DreamWorks Pictures from 1998 to 2005, then by Paramount Pictures from 2006 to 2012 and 20th Century Fox from 2013 to 2017. Universal Pictures currently distributes DWA's films from 2019 onward, as well as owning the rights to DWA's back catalogue.

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May 2019
As of May 2019, its feature films have grossed $15.019 billion worldwide, with a $417.2 million average gross per film.
August 22, 2016
On August 22, 2016, NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion, making it a division of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group as an acquisition for the animation studio.
1998
The studio has currently released a total of 38 feature films, beginning with Antz (1998); its most recent film was The Croods: A New Age (2020), with their next release being The Boss Baby: Family Business on March 26, 2021.

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Girl Scouts of the USA
May 3, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) and DreamWorks Animation's Spirit Untamed are collaborating to celebrate the power of girls. The two brands will...
Universal Pictures
November 20, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- In advance of the Thanksgiving weekend theatrical release of the new DreamWorks Animation comedy The Croods: A New Age (out Wednesday, November...
Joan E. Solsman
November 17, 2020
CNET
But you'll still be able watch new movies from Universal at home faster than ever before.
Thor Olavsrud
September 21, 2020
CIO
A combination of business continuity planning, predictive analytics, and a multi-tenant cloud architecture has allowed the animation studio to keep producing movies without missing a beat.
November 19, 2019
WebWire
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have announced the cast of the Netflix original series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, based on Universal's multi-billion dollar franchise. The series is executive produced by Vin Diesel, Neal H. Moritz, Chris Morgan, Tim Hedrick and Bret Haaland and is slated to debut on Netflix December 26. Teenager Tony Toretto follows in the footsteps of his cousin Dom when he and his friends are recruited by a government agency to infiltrate an elite racing l...
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