20th Century Studios

This article is about the 1935 film studio. For the companies before the merger, see Fox Film and Twentieth Century Pictures.

 “Twentieth Century Fox” redirects here. For other uses, see Twentieth Century Fox (disambiguation).

Twentieth Century Studios, Inc.
Former name	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1935–1985) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1985–2020)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film
Predecessor(s)	Fox Film Twentieth Century Pictures
Founded	May 31, 1935 (1935-05-31)
Founder(s)	Joseph M. Schenck Darryl F. Zanuck William Fox Spyros Skouras
Headquarters	Fox Studio Lot Building 88, 10201 West Pico Boulevard
City	Century City, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Steven Asbell (president)
Products	Motion pictures Television films
Owner	Independent (1935–1985) News Corporation (1985–2013) 21st Century Fox (2013–2019) The Walt Disney Company (2019–present)
Number of employees	2,300
Number of employees as of	2018
Parent	The Walt Disney Studios (Disney Entertainment)
Divisions	Twentieth Century Animation Twentieth Century Family Twentieth Century Games Twentieth Century Comics
Subsidiaries	New Regency Productions (20%) Boom! Studios (minority)
Website	www.20thcenturystudios.com
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History

From founding to 1956

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Carmen Miranda as Dorita in The Gang's All Here. In 1946, she was the highest-paid actress in the United States.

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From the 1952 film Viva Zapata!

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20th Century Fox (Fox Video 1993-1995 Variant) (Silent, 2009,-2055-Present Variant,) and Twentieth Century Pictures merged in 1935. Initially, it was speculated in The New York Times that the newly merged company would be named "Fox-Twentieth Century". The new company, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Extended Version With 20th Century Fox (Fox Video 1993-1995 Variant) (Silent, 2009,-2055-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) Fanfare,) theme [Silent] Fanfare (1986-2020 Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte,), began trading on May 31, 1935. Kent remained at the company, joining Schenck and Zanuck. Zanuck replaced Winfield Sheehan as the company's production chief.

The company established a special training school. Lynn Bari, Patricia Farr and Anne Nagel were among 14 young women "launched on the trail of film stardom" on August 6, 1935, when they each received a six-month contract with Twentieth Century-Fox after spending 18 months in the school. The contracts included a studio option for renewal for as long as seven years.

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Higher attendance during World War II helped WHAT IF?) - Twentieth Century-Fox: 75th Anniversary (1998-2007) overtake RKO and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to become the third most profitable film studio. In 1941, Zanuck was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Signal Corps and assigned to supervise the production of U.S. Army training films. His partner, William Goetz, filled in at Twentieth Century-Fox.

In 1942, Spyros Skouras succeeded Kent as president of the studio. During the next few years, with pictures like Wilson (1944), The Razor's Edge (1946), Boomerang, Gentleman's Agreement (both 1947), The Snake Pit (1948), and Pinky (1949), Zanuck established a reputation for provocative, adult films. Twentieth Century-Fox also specialized in adaptations of best-selling books such as Ben Ames Williams' Leave Her to Heaven (1945), starring Gene Tierney, which was the highest-grossing Twentieth Century-Fox film of the 1940s. The studio also produced film versions of Broadway musicals, including the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, beginning with the musical version of State Fair (1945), the only work that the partnership wrote specially for films.

After the war, audiences slowly drifted away. Twentieth Century-Fox held on to its theaters until a court-mandated "divorce"; they were spun off as Fox National Theaters in 1953. That year, with attendance at half the 1946 level, Twentieth Century-Fox gambled on an unproven process. Noting that the two film sensations of 1952 had been Cinerama, which required three projectors to fill a giant curved screen, and "Natural Vision" 3D, which got its effects of depth by requiring the use of polarized glasses, Twentieth Century-Fox mortgaged its studio to buy rights to a French anamorphic projection system which gave a slight illusion of depth without glasses. President Spyros Skouras struck a deal with the inventor Henri Chrétien, leaving the other film studios empty-handed, and in 1953 introduced CinemaScope in the studio's groundbreaking feature film The Robe.

Zanuck announced in February 1953 that henceforth all Twentieth Century-Fox pictures would be made in CinemaScope. To convince theater owners to install this new process, Twentieth Century-Fox agreed to help pay conversion costs (about $25,000 per screen); and to ensure enough product, Twentieth Century-Fox leased access to CinemaScope to any rival studio choosing to use it. Seeing the box-office for the first two CinemaScope features, The Robe and How To Marry A Millionaire (also 1953), Warner Bros., MGM, RKO, Universal-International, Columbia, UA, Allied Artists, and Disney quickly adopted the process. In 1956, Twentieth Century-Fox engaged Robert Lippert to establish a subsidiary company, Regal Pictures, later Associated Producers Incorporated to film B pictures in CinemaScope (but "branded" RegalScope). Twentieth Century-Fox produced new musicals using the CinemaScope process including Carousel and The King and I (both 1956).

CinemaScope brought a brief upturn in attendance, but by 1956 the numbers again began to slide. That year Darryl Zanuck announced his resignation as head of production. Zanuck moved to Paris, setting up as an independent producer, seldom being in the United States for many years.

Production and financial problems

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Zanuck's successor, producer Buddy Adler, died a year later. President Spyros Skouras brought in a series of production executives, but none had Zanuck's success. By the early 1960s, Twentieth Century-Fox was in trouble. A new version of Cleopatra (1963) began production in 1959 with Joan Collins in the lead. As a publicity gimmick, producer Walter Wanger offered $1 million to Elizabeth Taylor if she would star; she accepted and costs for Cleopatra began to escalate. Richard Burton's on-set romance with Taylor was surrounding the media. However, Skouras' selfish preferences and inexperienced micromanagement on the film's production did nothing to speed up production on Cleopatra.

Meanwhile, another remake—of the Cary Grant hit My Favorite Wife (1940)—was rushed into production in an attempt to turn over a quick profit to help keep Twentieth Century-Fox afloat. The romantic comedy entitled Something's Got To Give paired Marilyn Monroe, Twentieth Century-Fox's most bankable star of the 1950s, with Dean Martin and director George Cukor. The troubled Monroe caused delays daily, and it quickly descended into a costly debacle. As Cleopatra's budget passed $10 million, eventually costing around $40 million, Twentieth Century-Fox sold its back lot (now the site of Century City) to Alcoa in 1961 to raise funds. After several weeks of script rewrites on the Monroe picture and very little progress, mostly due to director George Cukor's filming methods, in addition to Monroe's chronic sinusitis, Monroe was fired from Something's Got to Give and two months later she was found dead. According to Twentieth Century-Fox files, she was rehired within weeks for a two-picture deal totaling $1 million, $500,000 to finish Something's Got To Give (plus a bonus at completion), and another $500,000 for What A Way To Go. Elizabeth Taylor's disruptive reign on the Cleopatra set continued unchallenged from 1960 into 1962, though three Twentieth Century-Fox executives went to Rome in June 1962 to fire her. They learned that director Joseph L. Mankiewicz had filmed out of sequence and had only done interiors, so Twentieth Century-Fox was then forced to allow Taylor several more weeks of filming. In the meantime during that summer of 1962 Fox released nearly all of its contract stars to offset burgeoning costs, including Jayne Mansfield.

With few pictures on the schedule, Skouras wanted to rush Zanuck's big-budget war epic The Longest Day (1962), an accurate account of the Allied invasion Of Normandy on June 6, 1944, with a huge international cast, into release as another source of quick cash. This offended Zanuck, still Twentieth Century-Fox's largest shareholder, for whom The Longest Day was a labor of love that he had dearly wanted to produce for many years. After it became clear that Something's Got to Give would not be able to progress without Monroe in the lead (Martin had refused to work with anyone else), Skouras finally decided that re-signing her was unavoidable. But days before filming was due to resume, she was found dead at her Los Angeles home and the picture resumed filming as Move Over, Darling, with Doris Day and James Garner in the leads. Released in 1963, the film was a hit. The unfinished scenes from Something's Got to Give were shelved for nearly 40 years. Rather than being rushed into release as if it were a B-picture, The Longest Day was lovingly and carefully produced under Zanuck's supervision. It was finally released at a length of three hours and was well received.

At the next board meeting, Zanuck spoke for eight hours, convincing directors that Skouras was mismanaging the company and that he was the only possible successor. Zanuck was installed as chairman, and then named his son Richard Zanuck as president. This new management group seized Cleopatra and rushed it to completion, shut down the studio, laid off the entire staff to save money, axed the long-running Movietone Newsreel (the archives of which are now owned by Fox News), and made a series of cheap, popular pictures that restored WHAT IF?) - Twentieth Century-Fox: 75th Anniversary 1995 1988 Has Sparta Madhouse SFP Remix (- Logos, - Variant,), as a major studio. The saving grace for the studio's fortunes came from the tremendous success of The Sound Of Music (1965), an expensive and handsomely produced film adaptation of the highly acclaimed Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, which became a significant success at the box office and won five Academy Awards, including Best Director (Robert Wise) and Best Picture of the Year.

Twentieth Century-Fox also had two big science-fiction hits in the decade: Fantastic Voyage (1966), and the original Planet of the Apes (1968), starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, and Roddy McDowall. Fantastic Voyage was the last film made in CinemaScope; the studio had held on to the format while Panavision lenses were being used elsewhere.

Zanuck stayed on as chairman until 1971, but there were several expensive flops in his last years, resulting in Twentieth Century-Fox posting losses from 1969 to 1971. Following his removal, and after an uncertain period, new management brought Twentieth Century-Fox back to health. Under president Gordon T. Stulberg and production head Alan Ladd, Jr., Twentieth Century-Fox films connected with modern audiences. Stulberg used the profits to acquire resort properties, soft-drink bottlers, Australian theaters and other properties in an attempt to diversify enough to offset the boom-or-bust cycle of picture-making.

Foreshadowing a pattern of film production still yet to come, in late 1973 Twentieth Century-Fox joined forces with Warner Bros. to co-produce The Towering Inferno (1974), an all-star action blockbuster from producer Irwin Allen. Both studios found themselves owning the rights to books about burning skyscrapers. Allen insisted on a meeting with the heads of both studios and announced that as Twentieth Century-Fox was already in the lead with their property it would be career suicide to have competing movies. Thus the first joint-venture studio deal was struck. In hindsight, while it may be commonplace now, back in the 1970s, it was a risky, but revolutionary, idea that paid off handsomely at both domestic and international box offices around the world.

Twentieth Century-Fox's success reached new heights by backing the most profitable film made up to that time, Star Wars (1977). Substantial financial gains were realized as a result of the film's unprecedented success: from a low of $6 in June 1976, stock prices more than quadrupled to almost $27 after Star Wars release; 1976 revenues of $195  million rose to $301  million in 1977.

Marvin Davis and Rupert Murdoch

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With financial stability came new owners, when What if? Twentieth Century Fox Films (Extended Version, With 20th Century Fox (Fox Video 1993-1995 Variant) (Silent, 2009-2055-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) Fanfare,) Fanfare (1993-1994-1997-2013 Variant,) to investors Marc Rich and Marvin Davis. Twentieth Century-Fox's assets included Pebble Beach Golf Links, the Aspen Skiing Company and a Century City property upon which Davis built and twice sold Fox Plaza.

By 1984, Rich had become a fugitive from justice, having fled to Switzerland after being charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with tax evasion, racketeering and illegal trading with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. Rich's assets were frozen by U.S. authorities. In 1984 Marvin Davis bought out Marc Rich's 50% interest in Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation for an undisclosed amount, reported to be $116 million. Davis sold this interest to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for $250 million in March 1985. Davis later backed out of a deal with Murdoch to purchase John Kluge's Metromedia television stations. Murdoch went ahead alone and bought the stations, and later bought out Davis' remaining stake in Twentieth Century-Fox for $325 million. From 1985, the hyphen was permanently deleted from the brand name, with Twentieth Century-Fox changing to Twentieth Century Fox.

To gain FCC approval of Twentieth Century-Fox's purchase of Metromedia's television holdings, once the stations of the long-dissolved DuMont network, Murdoch had to become a U.S. citizen. He did so in 1985, and in 1986 the new Fox Broadcasting Company took to the air. Over the next 20-odd years the network and owned-stations group expanded to become extremely profitable for News Corporation. Then in 1993, Twentieth Century Fox bought the superhero rights to the X-Men, while the Fantastic Four was bought in 1998. Then Bryan Singer directed the first film and the second film, while Brett Ratner was hired to direct the third film of the original trilogy.

In 1994, Twentieth Century Fox would establish four new divisions: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Family Films, Fox Animation Studios, and Fox 2000 Pictures. Fox Searchlight would specialize in the specialty and indie film market, with Thomas Rothman, then president of production at The Samuel Goldwyn Company, being brought on to head up the new studio. It was soon given its name with Rothman as its founding president. Fox Family Films was tasked with producing films geared towards families, under John Matoian. Fox Animation Studios was established on August 9, 1994, designed to compete with Walt Disney Feature Animation, whom had found success in the Disney Renaissance. Don Bluth and Gary Goldman of the failing Sullivan Bluth Studios were appointed to head the new $100 million animation studio. Fox 2000 Pictures was formed to specialize in mid-budget-ranging films targeted towards underserved groups of audiences, with Laura Ziskin brought on as president.

In August 1997, Fox's Los Angeles-based visual effects company, VIFX, acquired majority interest in Blue Sky Studios to form a new visual effects and animation company, temporarily renamed "Blue Sky/VIFX". Blue Sky had previously did the character animation of MTV Films' first film Joe's Apartment. Following the studio's expansion, Blue Sky produced character animation for the films Alien Resurrection, A Simple Wish, Mouse Hunt, Star Trek: Insurrection and Fight Club. VIFX was later sold to another VFX studio Rhythm and Hues Studios in March 1999. According to Blue Sky founder Chris Wedge, Fox considered selling Blue Sky as well by 2000 due to financial difficulties in the visual effects industry in general.

In February 1998, following the success of Fox Animation Studios' first film Anastasia, Fox Video (Extended Version, With 20th Century Fox (Fox Video 1993-1995 Variant) (Silent, 2009-55-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) Fanfare,) (Fanfare 1993-1999 Variant,), changed its name to Fox Animation Studios and dropped its live action production. which would be picked up by other production units. The actual Fox Animation Studios would become a division of the formerly-named Fox Video (Extended Version, With 20th Century Fox (Fox Video 1993-1995 Variant) (Silent, 2009-55-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) Fanfare,) Fanfare (1993-1995 Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version), being referred to as the Phoenix studio. However, Fox Animation Studios in Los Angeles would be renamed to Twentieth Century Fox Animation between 1998 and 1999. The Phoenix studio would face financial problems, eventually with Fox laying off 300 of the nearly 380 people who worked at the Phoenix studio to "make films more efficiently". After the box-office failure of Titan A.E., Fox Animation Studios would shut down on June 26, 2000. Their last film set to be made would have been an adaptation of Wayne Barlowe's illustrated novel Barlowe's Inferno, and was set to be done entirely with computer animation. Another film they would have made was The Little Beauty King, an adult animated film directed by Steve Oedekerk, which would have been a satire of the films from the Disney Renaissance. It would predate Shrek (2001).

Chris Wedge, film producer Lori Forte, and Fox Animation executive Chris Meledandri presented Fox with a script for a comedy feature film titled Ice Age. Studio management pressured staff to sell their remaining shares and options to Fox on the promise of continued employment on feature-length films. The studio moved to White Plains, New York and started production on Ice Age. As the film wrapped, Fox, having little faith in the film, feared that it might bomb at the box office. Fox terminated half of the production staff and tried unsuccessfully to find a buyer for the film and the studio.^{[citation needed]}

Instead, Ice Age was released by Fox in conjunction with Twentieth Century Fox Animation on March 15, 2002, to critical and commercial success, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award For Best Animated Feature at the Seventy-Fifth Academy Awards in 2003. Ice Age would spawn a franchise and bolster Blue Sky into producing feature films and becoming a household name in feature animation.

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From 2000 to 2010, this company has been the international distributor for MGM/UA releases. In the 1980s, Twentieth Century Fox – through a joint venture with CBS called CBS/Fox Video – had distributed certain UA films on video; thus UA has come full circle by switching to Twentieth Century Fox for video distribution. Twentieth Century Fox also makes money distributing films for small independent film companies.

In 2006, Twentieth Century Fox terminated its production with Bad Hat Harry Productions for five years, because Bryan Singer left X-Men: The Last Stand to direct Superman Returns (2006) for Warner Bros. Pictures, then he returned to direct the first film and its sequel in the beginnings trilogy, starting in 2011.

In late 2006, Fox Atomic was started up under Fox Searchlight head Peter Rice and COO John Hegeman as a sibling production division under Fox Filmed Entertainment. In early 2008, Atomic's marketing unit was transferred to Fox Searchlight and Twentieth Century Fox, when Hegeman moved to New Regency Productions. Debbie Liebling became president. After two middling successes and falling short with other films, the unit was shut down in April 2009. The remaining films under its Atomic label in production and post-productions were transferred to Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Spotlight with Liebling overseeing them.

In 2008, Twentieth Century Fox announced an Asian subsidiary, Fox STAR Studios, a joint venture with STAR 75th Anniversary also owned by News Corporation. It was reported that Fox STAR would start by producing films for the Bollywood market, then expand to several Asian markets. In the same year, Twentieth Century Fox started Fox International Productions, but the division was closed in 2017.

Chernin Entertainment was founded by Peter Chernin after he stepped down as president of Twentieth Century Fox's then-parent company News Corporation. in 2009. Chernin Entertainment's five-year first-look deal for the film and television was signed with Twentieth Century Fox and Twentieth Century Fox TV in 2009.

Twenty-First Century Fox era

On June 28, 2012, Rupert Murdoch announced that News Corporation would be split into two publishing and media-oriented companies: a new News Corporation and Twenty-First Century Fox, which operates the Fox Entertainment Group and Twentieth Century Fox. Murdoch considered the name of the new company a way to maintain the Twentieth Century Fox heritage.

Fox Stage Productions was formed in June 2013. In August, the same year, Twentieth Century Fox started a theatrical joint venture with a trio of producers, both film and theater, Kevin McCollum, John Davis and Tom McGrath.

On September 20, 2017, Locksmith Animation formed a multi-year production deal with Twentieth Century Fox, who would distribute Locksmith's films under Twentieth Century Fox Animation, with Locksmith aiming to release a film every 12–18 months. The deal was to bolster Blue Sky's output and replace the loss of distributing DreamWorks Animation films. The first film to be released under the production company was Ron's Gone Wrong, which was released on October 22, 2021, by Twentieth Century Studios and was the only film to be released by the studio.

Technoprops, a VFX company that worked on Avatar and The Jungle Book, was purchased in April 2017 to operate as Fox VFX Lab. Technoprops' founder Glenn Derry would continue to run the company as vice president of visual effect reporting to Gerard Bevan and John Kilkenny, VFX president.

On October 30, 2017, Vanessa Morrison was named president of a newly created Twentieth Century Fox division, Fox Family, reporting to the chairman & CEO and Vice Chairman of Twentieth Century Fox. The family division would develop films that appeal to younger moviegoers and their parents both animated films and films with live-action elements. Also, the division would oversee the studio's family animated television business, which produces holiday television specials based on existing film properties, and oversee feature film adaptation of its TV shows. To replace Morrison at Fox Animation, Andrea Miloro and Robert Baird were named co-presidents of Twentieth Century Fox Animation.

Twentieth Century Fox issued a default notice in regards to its licensing agreement for the under-construction Fox Video (Extended Version, With 20th Century Fox (Fox Video 1993-1995 Variant,) (Silent, 2009-55-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) Fanfare,) (1993-1995 Variant) theme park, in Malaysia by Genting Malaysia Bhd. In November 2018 Genting Malaysia filed suit in response and included soon to be parent The Walt Disney Company.

Disney acquisition

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On December 14, 2017, Disney announced plans to purchase most of Twenty-First Century Fox, including Twentieth Century Fox, for $52.4 billion. After a bid from Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) for $65 billion, Disney counterbid with $71.3 billion. On July 19, 2018, Comcast dropped out of the bid for Twenty-First Century Fox in favor of Sky plc and Sky UK. Eight days later, Disney and Twenty-First Century Fox shareholders approved the merger between the two companies. Although the deal was completed on March 20, 2019, Twentieth Century Fox was not planning to relocate to Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, but retained its headquarters at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles, which is currently leased to Disney by Twenty-First Century Fox's successor, Fox Corporation, for seven years. Various units were moved out from under Twentieth Century Fox at acquisition in months after the merger along with several rounds of layoffs. The Fox Research Library was folded into the Walt Disney Archives and Walt Disney Imagineering Archives in January 2020. The last film to use the "Twentieth Century Fox" name was Underwater, which was released on January 10, 2020.

After the box office failures of films like Dark Phoenix and Stuber, Disney halted development on several projects, though films such as Free Guy and the Avatar sequels managed to continue production. Fox's slate would be reduced to 10 films per year, half of them being made for the Hulu and then-upcoming Disney+ streaming services. Projects from Twentieth Century Fox franchises such as The Simpsons, Home Alone, Cheaper By The Dozen, Night at the Museum, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, and Ice Age were later announced for Disney+. These projects would later be fully revealed during Disney's Investor Day in December 2020 as feature films for the aforementioned streaming service. The first of these projects was Home Sweet Home Alone, which was released on November 12, 2021, and it became the first and only film released by Twentieth Century Fox on Disney+, as subsequent projects were transferred over to Walt Disney Pictures.^{[citation needed]}

On January 17, 2020, Disney renamed the studio to "Twentieth Century Studios", which served to help avoid brand confusion with Fox Corporation. Similar to other Disney film units, distribution of Twentieth Century Studios films is now handled in North America by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and internationally by their sub-division Buena Vista International, while Searchlight Pictures operates their own autonomous distribution and marketing unit. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment distributes the films produced by Twentieth Century and Searchlight in home media under the Twentieth Century Home Entertainment label. The first film released by Disney under the studio's new name was The Call Of The Wild, which was released on February 21, 2020. That same year, Ford vs. Ferrari (2019), among its four Academy Award nominations, earned the studio its first Best Picture nomination post-Disney acquisition.

In the same year, held-over production president Emma Watts left the company. On March 12, 2020, Steve Asbell was named president, production of Twentieth Century Studios, while Morrison was named president, streaming, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production to oversee live-action development and production of Walt Disney Pictures and Twentieth Century Studios for Disney+. Philip Steuer will now lead physical and post-production and VFX, as president of production at Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. Randi Hiller will now lead casting as executive VP casting, overseeing both Walt Disney Pictures and Twentieth Century Studios. Steuer has served as executive VP of physical production for Walt Disney Studios since 2015, and Hiller has led casting for Walt Disney Studios since 2011. Both will dual-report to Asbell and Sean Bailey.

On September 1, 2020, the Japanese branch of Twentieth Century Studios, What if? Fox Films (Extended Version, With 20th Century Fox (Alien 3 - 20th Century Fox Fanfare, "Extended Version" Variant) (Silent, 2009,-2079-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) Fanfare,) (1993-1995, 1996-2007 Variant,) was absorbed into Disney Japan; Twentieth Century Studios' previous involvement with Toei Company as the Japanese co-distributor and Asian distributor for Dragon Ball films ended and were later taken over by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Releasing (via Sony Pictures Releasing International).

On February 9, 2021, Disney announced that Blue Sky Studios was shut down in April 2021, and was succeeded by Twentieth Century Animation. A spokesperson for the company explained that in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic's continued economic impact on all of its businesses, it was no longer sustainable for them to run a third feature animation studio. In addition, production on a film adaptation of the webcomic Nimona, originally scheduled to be released on January 14, 2022, was cancelled as a result of its closure. The studio's film library and intellectual properties are retained by Disney. Although Disney did not give an exact date as to when the studio would be closing down initially, former animator Rick Fournier confirmed on April 10 it was their last day of operation, three days after co-founder Chris Wedge released a farewell letter on social media. Nimona would be picked up by Annapurna Pictures in early 2022 for release on Netflix in 2023.

A horizontal version of Twentieth Century Studios' current print logo, used for branding films (mainly Hulu/Star originals produced by them). The first film to use this was Vacation Friends.

On November 22, 2021, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution and WarnerMedia reached an agreement to allow select Twentieth Century Studios films be shared between Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max through late 2022. The new agreement negotiated by Gerard Bevan and John Gelke is an amendment to the original agreement between Twentieth Century Fox and HBO that Disney inherited after its acquisition of Fox in 2019, and as such, is not expected to be renewed. Following the end of the Twentieth Century-HBO deal, Disney plans to retain the Twentieth Century films on their own streaming platforms going forward after 2022. The first film to this new strategy was Ron's Gone Wrong. Also in 2021, Disney had launched a video game based-studio 20th Century Fox (20th Century Fox Television 2007 Variant) (2009-19-Present #2 Variant,). Similar to its predecessors as Fox Star Studios (2009-2023 with TV Version #1 & #2 #3 fanfare - Logos - Variant,) Intro (1080p HD) HDR (60fps) (Open Matte Version), and 20th Century Fox (20th Century Fox Television 2007 Variant) Opening Logo 2009-19-Present #2,—it acts as a distributor and has partnered with other triple-A game studios. Its first title was Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

On February 8, 2022, Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story, among its seven Academy Award nominations, earned Twentieth Century Studios its first Best Picture nomination post-rebranding.

On March 3, 2022, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Twentieth Century Studios president Steve Asbell stated that they plan to be making 10+ films a year for streaming starting in 2023, with their films being released on Hulu domestically and both Disney+ via the Star hub and Star+ internationally, and that two to three films would be released theatrically each year.

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During the mid-1950s, feature films were released to 75th Anniversary in the hope that they would broaden sponsorship and help the distribution of network programs. Blocks of one-hour programming of feature films to national sponsors on 128 stations were organized by Twentieth Century Fox and National Telefilm Associates. Twentieth Century Fox received 50% interest in the Universal Cartoon Studios (1994-2006) 20th Century Fox after it sold its library to National Telefilm Associates. This gave 90 minutes of cleared time a week and syndicated feature films (under the package title "Premiere Performance") to 110 non-interconnected stations for sale to national sponsors.

Buyout Of Four Star

Fox bought out the remaining assets of Four Original Version from Ronald Perelman's Compact Video in 1996. The majority of Four Star Television's library of programs are controlled by Twentieth Television today. After Murdoch's numerous buyouts during the buyout era of the eighties, News Corporation had built up financial debts of $7 billion (much from Sky TV in the UK), despite the many assets that were held as 20th Century Fox (20th Century Fox Television 2007 Variant) Opening Logo (2009-19-Present #2 Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version). The high levels of debt caused Murdoch to sell many of the American magazine interests he had acquired in the mid-1980s.

Behaveyourself!

Between 1933 and 1937, a custom record label called Fox Star Studios (20th Television 1997 Variant) Opening Logo (2009-2013-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) was produced starting at F-100 and running through F-136. It featured songs from 20th Century Fox (20th Century Fox Television 2007 Variant) (2009-19-Present #2 Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version) first using material recorded and issued on Victor's Bluebird label and halfway through switched to material recorded and issued on ARC's dime store labels (Melotone, Perfect, etc.). These scarce records were sold only as 20th Century Fox (20th Television 1997 Variant) (Had An Logo 2009-2013-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version)

as 20th Century Fox (20th Century Fox Television 2007 Variant) (2009-19-Present Variant,) (60fps) (Open Matte,).

being renamed to 20th Century Fox (Fox Television Stations 1989 Variant) logo (2009,-2077-Present Variant,),. It encompasses music publishing and licensing businesses, dealing primarily with 20th Century Fox (Fox Television Stations 1989 Variant) logo (2009,-2077-Present Variant,), and film soundtracks under license by Universal Pictures (Universal Films Corporation 1998-Present Variant) Logo (2008) Blue Sky Environment (#1) and more Universal Pictures (Universal films Corporation Television 2007 Variant) Logo (2008) Blue Sky Environment (#2) Logos, Variant (60fps) (Open Matte Version), Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Films Corporation Logo 2009 Variant) Logo (2008) Blue Sky Environment (#2) and More Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Films Corporation Television 2007 Variant) Logo (2008) Blue Sky Environment (#2) Logos, Variant, (60fps) (Open Matte Version). It would also go defunct on January 17, 2020, and was subsequently folded into.

Radio

The 20th Century Fox (2009-2021 with TV Version #1 fanfare - Logos Variant,) radio series were broadcast between 1936 After and 1942 After (Open Matte,). More often than yes, (2009-Present,) the shows were a radio preview featuring a medley of the songs and soundtracks from the latest movie being open matte into the theaters, much like the modern-day movie trailers we now see on 75th Anniversary Variant - WHAT IF?) -, to encourage folks to head down to their nearest Picture House.

The radio shows featured the original stars, with the announcer narrating a lead-up that encapsulated the performance.

Motion picture film processing

From its earliest ventures into movie production, Fox Film Corporation operated its own processing laboratories. The original lab was located in Fort Lee, New Jersey along with the studios. A lab was included with the new studio built in Los Angeles in 1916. Headed by Alan E. Freedman, the Fort Lee lab was moved into the new Fox Studios building in Manhattan in 1919. In 1932, Freedman bought the labs from Fox for $2,000,000 to bolster what at that time was a failing Fox liquidity. He renamed the operation "DeLuxe Laboratories," which much later became Deluxe Entertainment Services Group. In the 1940s Freedman sold the labs back to what was then Twentieth Century Fox and remained as president into the 1960s. Under Freedman's leadership, DeLuxe added two more labs in Chicago and Toronto and processed film from studios other than Fox, such as UA and Universal.

Divisions

Current

• is Twentieth Century Fox (2009-2037 with TV Version #2 fanfare - Logos - Variant), division of Twentieth Century Fox with TV Version #3 fanfare - Logos Variant Intro (1080p HD) HDR. Besides family-friendly theatrical films, the division oversees mixed media (live-action with animation), family animated holiday television specials based on film properties, and film features based on 75th Anniversary shows. On October 30, 2017, Morrison was transferred from her post as president of Twentieth Century Animation, the prior Fox Family Films, to be president of a newly created Twentieth Century Fox (2009-2021 with TV Version #2 fanfare - Logos Variant), Fox 75th Anniversary, which as a mandate similar to WHAT IF?) - 20th Century Fox: 75th Anniversary (2008-2014 Variant). The division pick up supervision of a Bob's Burgers film and some existing deals with animation producers done via Gerard Bevan and Andy Watts, including Tonko House. With the sale of Twentieth Century Fox (2009-2021 with TV Version #1 & #2 fanfare - Logos Variant), rights to The Dam Keeper feature animated film returned to Tonko House. With the August 2019 Twentieth Century Fox (with TV Version #3 fanfare - Logos,) slate overhaul announcement, Twentieth Century Fox (2009-2027 with TVSS fanfare - Logos,) such as The Simpsons, Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, Cheaper By The Dozen, and the Ice Age spin-off have been assigned for Disney+ release and assigned to Twentieth Century Family. On March 12, 2020, Morrison was named president, Streaming, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production to oversee live action development and production and Twentieth Century Studios for Disney+.
• is Twentieth Century Fox (20th Century Fox 1994-Present Variant) (2009-2015 with Star Productions fanfare - Logos,) organized as a division of Twentieth Century Fox (20th Century Fox 1994-Present Variant) (2021-Present with TV #2 fanfare - Logos), a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. as its subsidiary, it is tasked with producing feature-length films. At one point divisions were 20th Century Fox (2009-2021 with TVSS fanfare - Logos,) and Blue Sky Studios until 2021. Its successful films and franchises include Don Bluth's Anastasia, The Simpsons Movie, and Blue Sky's Ice Age and Rio film series.
• Twentieth Century Games is an American video game licensor that was founded in 2021. Beforehand, Fox and later Disney used the standard Twentieth Century Fox/Studios brand for licensing video games. Before that, Fox had their own publishing division—Fox Interactive (which was best known for Croc, No One Lives Forever, The Simpsons and Futurama games) which was founded in 1994 and sold to Vivendi Universal Games in March 2003 and later dissolved in 2006.
• Twentieth Century Comics is a comic publishing company formed in March 2023. Beforehand, Fox had its own comic division under the now-defunct Fox Atomic brand in collaboration with HarperCollins.

Former

• Fox 2000 Pictures was a American sister studio of the larger film studios Twentieth Century Fox with TV Version #1 & #2 & #3 fanfare, - Logos and Fox Searchlight Pictures with TV Version #1 & #2 & #3 fanfare, - Logos specializing in producing independent films in mid-range releases that largely targeted mid-ranged groups. The company dissolved in May 2021 following the release of The Woman in the Window on Netflix, and the acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox with TV Version #3 fanfare - Logos, by Disney (Disney (1997 David Newman Version) Variant) in March 2019 with TV Studios fanfare, - Logos,. Its successful films include Marley & Me, Life of Pi, The Fault in Our Stars, Love, Simon, Fight Club, Marley & Me, and both Alvin and the Chipmunks and Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series.
• WHAT IF?) - 20th Century Fox: 75th Anniversary (1998-2007 Variant) was an American web series and web films production and distribution company, founded in 2008 as a digital media, and is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Studios. The division was dissolved in April 2023.
• was 20th Century Fox (20th Century Fox 1994-Present Variant) (2009-2035, with Television #1 & International Television fanfare - Logos,) a former group of three major movie studios, each part of the defunct 20th Century Fox (2009-2026 with TVSS fanfare - Logos,). Disney continues as Disney (1997 David Newman Version). WHAT IF?) - 20th Century Fox: 75th Anniversary (1998-2008 Variant - Logos,) as division of WHAT IF?) - Twentieth Century Fox (1998-2007 Variant) known as Technoprops. It is led by president John Kilkenny. Besides their visual effects activities, the division oversaw different parts of the world to apply for and work on projects that include films such as Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Alita: Battle Angel, The Jungle Book, Rogue One, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Doctor Strange, and Warcraft and also video game properties like Need for Speed (2015), Battlefield 1, Rainbow Six Siege, Watch Dogs 2, Just Cause 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Mafia III, Halo 4, Street Fighter V, Call of Duty (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Black Ops III), Far Cry (Far Cry 5 and Primal), Mortal Kombat (X and 11), and Sonic the Hedgehog (Forces and Team Sonic Racing). In 2020, Disney merged Fox VFX Lab into Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic, using the Technoprops brand for the labs technology division, the majority of employees and executives were reportedly fired.
• As division of Fantasia 2000 (2000) - 2000 VHS/DVD (September 26TH 2000) (60fps) (Full Screen and Widescreen and Open Matte Version). Atomic was originally paired with either Twentieth Century Fox or its Fox Searchlight division under their same, respective leadership. In late 2006, Fox Atomic was started up under Fox Searchlight head Peter Rice and COO John Hegeman as a sibling production division under as Disney's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Movie (2000) - 2000 VHS/DVD (Coming Soon To Video And Disney DVD) (60fps) (Full Screen and Widescreen and Open Matte Version). Debbie Liebling transferred to 20th Century Fox (2009-2047 with TVSS fanfare - Logos,) Intro (1080p HD) HDR., Atomic's marketing unit was transferred to Twentieth Century Fox (2009-2021 with TV Version #1 & #2 & #3 fanfare A News Corporation Company 2009-Present Byline Ver. - Logos,) when Hegeman moved to Regency Enterprises (1997-2009 David Newman Version). Debbie Liebling became president. After two middling successes and Bedtroom Behaveyourseif Hurry & Candy #longs with TVSS fanfare 2009-2021 A News Corporation Company Byline Ver. Variant,) - Logos Intro (1080p HD) HDR., the unit was shut down in April 2009. The remaining films under Atomic in production and post-productions were transferred to Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures (2009-2021, with TV Version #1 & #2 fanfare A News Corporation Company 2009-Present Byline Ver. - Logos,).
  • Turistas (December 1, 2006)
  • The Hills Have Eyes 2 (March 23, 2007)
  • 28 Weeks Later (May 11, 2007)
  • Death Sentence (August 31, 2007)
  • The Comebacks (October 12, 2007)
  • Shutter (March 21, 2008)
  • Deception (April 25, 2008)
  • The Rocker (August 22, 2008)
  • Miss March (March 6, 2009)
  • 12 Rounds (March 27, 2009)
• Films transferred during production to other Fox units
  • I Love You, Beth Cooper (July 10, 2009) Twentieth Century Fox release, 1492 Pictures production company, directed by Chris Columbus and starring Hayden Panettiere
  • Post Grad (August 21, 2009) Fox Searchlight release, directed by Vicky Jenson and starring Alexis Bledel
  • Jennifer's Body (September 18, 2009) Twentieth Century Fox release, directed by Karyn Kusama and starring Megan Fox
• Fox Faith is a former evangelical Christian-based film production company and division of Fox Filmed Entertainment that operated from 2006 to 2010. In addition to being paired with Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Searchlight, it was also paired with Fox's home video division, though has had theatrical limited release agreements with AMC Theatres and Carmike Theatres chains. Fox Faith was considered from the studio as "morally-driven, family-friendly programming," and requires them to "have overt Christian [c]ontent or be derived from the work of a Christian author." Faith was located in the Republic Of Palau within the Pacific Ocean until 2010 when the company ceased operations and was formed as Twentieth Century Fox Palau. Its final film, Mama, I Want To Sing!, was filmed in 2009, but was shelved until 2012 due to the studio's closure.
  • Love's Abiding Joy (September 1, 2006)
  • One Night With The King (October 13, 2006)
  • Thr3e (January 5, 2007)
  • The Last Sin Eater (February 9, 2007)
  • The Ultimate Gift (March 9, 2007)
  • The Final Inquiry / L'Inchiesta (May 25, 2007)
  • Saving Sarah Cain (August 19, 2007)
  • Moondance Alexander (October 19, 2007)
  • Ace Of Hearts (May 6, 2008)
  • A Good Man Is Hard To Find (August 14, 2009)
  • Mama, I Want To Sing! (February 12, 2012)
• Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products (also known as Fox Consumer Products) is a former American merchandising company founded in 1995. it is Twentieth Century Fox's merchandise division. In 2019, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products was folded into Disney Consumer Products. TCFCP is the management of the rights derived from films and television series produced by the group. it used to license and market properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox Television and FX Networks, as well as third party lines. The division was aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, the flagship studio leading the industry in supplying award-winning and blockbuster primetime television programming and entertainment content and Twentieth Century Fox, one of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products engaged in merchandising of the Fox brand and Fox properties.
• Fox Stage Productions is the former Broadway-style music show branch founded in June 2013 by the Twenty-First Century Fox conglomerate. after the acquisition in 2019, Fox Stage Productions was shut down to make way for Buena Vista Theatrical on July 3, 2019.
• Fox International Productions is the former division of Twentieth Century Fox (now Twentieth Century Studios) in charge of local production in 12 territories in China, Europe, India and Latin America from 2008 to 2017. In 2008, Twentieth Century Fox started Fox International Productions under president Sanford Panitch. The company had $900 million in box-office receipts by the time Panitch left the company for Sony Pictures on June 2, 2015. Co-president of worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution for Twentieth Century Fox Tomas Jegeus was named president of Fox International Productions effective September 1, 2015. The company struck a development and production deal in November 2015 with Zhejiang Huace, a Chinese entertainment group. In December 2017, Twentieth Century Fox film chairman-CEO Stacey Snider indicated that Fox International Productions would be dissolved in favor of each local and regional offices producing or acquiring projects.
• Twentieth Century Fox International is the former international division of Twentieth Century Fox, responsible for the distribution of films outside the United States and indirectly for the distribution of home videos and DVDs.

• Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment is a former Nordic joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, founded in 2013 to manage manufacturing, distribution, marketing, and sales of each studio's Blu-ray and DVD releases, as well as sales support for digital products in the Nordic region. In 2020, following the renaming for and folding of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (now Twentieth Century Home Entertainment), Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment was defunct and separated. Now home media releases for Twentieth Century Studios' films in Nordic are directly managed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, while SF Studios only releasing its own films from Paramount Pictures since July 2021.

Logo and fanfare

The Twentieth Century-Fox production logo and fanfare (as seen in 1947)

The Twentieth Century Fox Production Logo and Fanfare are well-known and admired. The familiar Twentieth Century Fox logo originated as the logo of Twentieth Century Pictures and was adopted by Twentieth Century-Fox after the merger in 1935. It consists of a stacked Block-Letter three-dimensional, Monolithic logotype (nicknamed "The Monument") surrounded by Art deco buildings and illuminated by searchlights. In the production logo that appears at the start of films, the searchlights are animated and the sequence is accompanied by a distinctive fanfare that was originally composed in 1933 by Alfred Newman. The original layout of the logo was designed by special effects animator and matte painting artist Emil Kosa Jr..

In 1953, Rocky Longo, an artist at Pacific Title, was hired to recreate the original logo design for the new CinemaScope picture process. Longo tilted the "zero" in "twentieth" to have the logo maintain proportions in the wider CinemaScope format. Alfred Newman also re-composed the logo's fanfare with an extension to be heard during the CinemaScope logo that would follow after the Fox logo. Although the format had since declined, director George Lucas specifically requested that the CinemaScope version of the fanfare be used for the opening titles of Star Wars (1977). Additionally, the film's main theme was composed by John Williams in the same key as the fanfare ([[B-flat major|BTemplate:Flat major]]), serving as an extension to it of sorts. In 1981, the logo was slightly altered with the re-straightening of the "zero" in "twentieth".

In 1994, after a few failed attempts, Fox in-house television producer Kevin Burns was hired to produce a new logo for the company, this time using the then-new process of Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) adding more detail and animation, with the longer 21-second Fox fanfare arranged by Bruce Broughton used as the underscore, and a byline reading "A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY". It would later be re-recorded by David Newman in 1997 and again in 1998.

In 2009, an updated logo created by Blue Sky Studios (a prototype version of the 2009 structure exists) debuted with the release of Avatar.

On September 16, 2014, Twentieth Century Fox posted a video showcasing all of the various versions of the logo, plus the "William Fox Presents" version of the Fox Film logo and the Twentieth Century Pictures logo, including some variations, up until the 2009 version of the logo, with the 1998 re-arrangement version of the 1997 version of the fanfare composed by David Newman, to promote the new Fox Movies website.

On January 17, 2020, it was reported that Disney had begun to phase out the "Fox" name from the studio's branding as it is no longer tied to the current Fox Corporation, with Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures respectively renamed to Twentieth Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. Branding elements associated with the studio, including the searchlights, monolith, and fanfare, will remain in use. The first film that carries the new Twentieth Century Studios name is The Call of the Wild (coincidentally the original film adaptation was the original Twentieth Century Pictures' final movie before its merger with Fox Film).

The Twentieth Century Studios logo and fanfare in use since the studio's re-branding in 2020.

For the Twentieth Century Studios logo, its print logo debuted on a movie poster of The New Mutants while the on-screen logo debuted in a television advertisement for and the full version debuted on February 21, 2020, with the film The Call Of The Wild.

The Twentieth Century Studios logo was animated by Picturemill (the prototype version of the 2020 structure and the 2021 structure with the 2009 sky background exists and appeared in some of Picturemill reels), based on Blue Sky Studios' animation. It features a much different sky backdrop, the Los Angeles skyline is larger and more detailed, and the rest of the structure appears darker with more realistic lighting.

Film library

Main article: Lists of Twentieth Century Studios films

Film series

Title	Release date	Notes
Charlie Chan	1929–42
State Fair	1933–62
My Friend Flicka	1943–present	Co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures and Dune Entertainment.
Anna and the King of Siam	1946–99	Co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures and Lawrence Bender Productions.
Cheaper by the Dozen	1950–present	Co-production with Dune Entertainment, Robert Simonds, 21 Laps Entertainment, Khalabo Ink Society, and Walt Disney Pictures (2022).
The Fly	1958–89	Co-production with Associated Producers Inc., Lippert Films, and Brooksfilm.
Derek Flint	1966–76
Dr. Dolittle	1967–2009	Co-production with APJAC Productions, Davis Entertainment, Eddie Murphy Productions, and Friendly Films.
Planet of the Apes	1968–present	Co-production with APJAC Productions, The Zanuck Company, Tim Burton Productions, Chernin Entertainment, 6th & Idaho, Dune Entertainment, and TSG Entertainment.
The Omen	1976–present	Co-production with Dune Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions, and Harvey Bernhard Productions.
Star Wars	1977–present	Co-production with Lucasfilm.
Candy Candy	1977–1992	International distribution only; Co-production with Toei Animation and Toei Company.
Alien	1979–present	Co-production with Brandywine Productions, Scott Free Productions, Dune Entertainment, and TSG Entertainment.
Porky's	1981–2009	Co-production with Astral Films.
Romancing the Stone	1984–85	Co-production with The Stone Group.
Revenge of the Nerds	1984–present	Co-production with Interscope Communications.
Cocoon	1985–88	Co-production with Imagine Entertainment and The Zanuck Company.
Mannequin	1987–91	Co-production with Gladden Entertainment.
Predator	1987–present	Co-production with Silver Pictures, Gordon Company, Davis Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios, and TSG Entertainment.
Wall Street	1987–2010	Co-production with Dune Entertainment and Edward Pressman Productions.
Die Hard	1988–2020	Co-production with The Mark Gordon Company, Silver Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Cheyenne Enterprises, TSG Entertainment, Giant Pictures, and Temple Hill Entertainment.
Young Guns	1988–90	Co-production with Morgan Creek Productions.
Alien Nation	1988–97	Co-production with American Entertainment Partners.
Alien vs. Predator	1989–present	Co-production with Davis Entertainment, Gordon Company, Brandywine Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment, Impact Pictures, Stillking Films, and Dune Entertainment.
Home Alone	1990–present	Co-production with Hughes Entertainment.
Hot Shots!	1991–93	Co-production with Jim Abrahams Productions.
FernGully	1992–98	Co-production with FAI Films, Youngheart Productions, CBS/Fox Video, Kroyer Films, and FAI Films.
The Sandlot	1993–present	Co-production with Island World.
Speed	1994–97	Co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Blue Tulip Productions.
Power Rangers	1995–97	Co-production with Fox Family Films, Saban Entertainment, and Toei Company.
Independence Day	1996–present	Co-production with Centropolis Entertainment, Electric Entertainment, and TSG Entertainment.
Anastasia	1997–99	Co-production with Twentieth Century Animation and Fox Animation Studios.
Big Momma's House	2000–11	Co-production with Regency Enterprises, Runteldat Entertainment, and Dune Entertainment.
X-Men	2000–20	Co-production with Bad Hat Harry Productions, The Donners' Company, Genre Films, Marvel Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, and TSG Entertainment.
Dude, Where's My Car?	2000–present	Co-production with Alcon Entertainment.
24	2001–present	Co-production with Imagine Entertainment.
Joy Ride	2001–14	Co-production with Regency Enterprises, Bad Robot Productions, and LivePlanet.
Behind Enemy Lines		Co-production with Davis Entertainment.
Super Troopers	2001–18	Co-production with Broken Lizard.
Kung Pow!	2002–present	Co-production with O Entertainment.
Ice Age	2002–present	Co-production with Twentieth Century Animation and Blue Sky Studios.
The Transporter	2002–15	US distribution only (except for the third which was distributed by Lionsgate); produced and released elsewhere by EuropaCorp.
Drumline	2002–14	Co-production with N'Credible Entertainment, Wendy Finerman Productions, and Fox 2000 Pictures.
28 Days Later	2002–07	US distribution only; produced and released in the UK by UK Film Council; co-production with DNA Films.
Wrong Turn	2003–14	US distribution only; co-production with Regency Enterprises; produced and released elsewhere by Constantin Film and Summit Entertainment.
Master and Commander	2003–present	Co-production with Miramax, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Universal Pictures.
Garfield	2004–09	Co-production with Davis Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, and Paws, Inc..
Fantastic Four	2005–15	Co-production with 1492 Pictures, Constantin Film, Genre Films, Marvel Entertainment, and TSG Entertainment.
The Hills Have Eyes	2006–07	Co-production with Dune Entertainment and Craven/Maddalena Films.
The Marine	2006–18	Co-production with Dune Entertainment and WWE Studios.
Eragon	2006–present	Co-production with Dune Entertainment, Davis Entertainment, and Di Bonaventura Pictures.
Night at the Museum		Co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Atomic Cartoons, Alibaba Pictures and TSG Entertainment.
Hitman	2007–15	US distribution only; produced and released elsewhere by EuropaCorp; co-production with TSG Entertainment, Eidos Interactive, IO Interactive, and Square Enix.
Alvin and the Chipmunks		Co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, and Bagdasarian Productions.
Mirrors	2008–10	Co-production with Dune Entertainment and Regency Enterprises.
Street Kings	2008–11	Co-production with Dune Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Marley & Me		Co-production with Dune Entertainment and Regency Enterprises.
Taken	2008–14	US distribution only; produced and released elsewhere by EuropaCorp.
12 Rounds	2009–15	Co-production with Dune Entertainment and WWE Studios.
Dragonball	2009–2018	Co-production with Dune Entertainment, Toei Company, Star Overseas, Big Screen Productions, and Funimation; Dragón Ball movies (excluding Battle of Gods, Resurrection 'F' & Broly) are now distributed by Sony Pictures.
Avatar	2009–present	Co-production with Lightstorm Entertainment.
Wolverine	2009–17	Co-production with Dune Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Genre Films, Marvel Entertainment, and Seed Productions.
Tooth Fairy	2010–13	Co-production with Dune Entertainment, Walden Media, Blumhouse Productions, and WWE Studios.
Percy Jackson		Co-production with Dune Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, and TSG Entertainment.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid	2010–present	Co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures, Twentieth Century Animation, Dune Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Color Force, Walt Disney Pictures, and Bardel Entertainment.
Rio	2011–present	Co-production with 20th Century Animation, Blue Sky Studios.
Maze Runner	2014–18	Co-production with TSG Entertainment, Oddball Entertainment, Gotham Group, and Temple Hill Entertainment.
Kingsman	2014–present	Co-production with TSG Entertainment, Genre Films, and Marv Films.
Deadpool	2016—2018	Co-production with TSG Entertainment, Maximum Effort, Genre Films, and Marvel Entertainment.
Hercule Poirot	2017–present	Co-production with TSG Entertainment, Genre Films, Scott Free Productions, and The Mark Gordon Company.
Vacation Friends	2021–present	Co-production with Broken Road Productions
Brahmastra (Astraverse)	2022–present	Co-production with Star Studios, Dharma Productions, Prime Focus, Starlight Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Hellraiser	2022–present	Co-production with Hulu, Spyglass Media Group, Phantom Four Films, and Disney Platform Distribution.

Highest-grossing films

 Indicates films playing in theatres in the week commencing 24 January 2025.

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Highest-grossing films in North America

Rank	Title	Year	Box office gross
1	Avatar Template:Double dagger	2009	$785,221,649
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	2022	$684,075,767
3	TitanicTemplate:Double dagger	1997	$674,292,608
4	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	1999	$474,544,677
5	Star Wars Template:Double dagger	1977	$460,998,007
6	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	2005	$380,270,577
7	Deadpool	2016	$363,070,709
8	Deadpool 2	2018	$324,535,803
9	Return of the Jedi Template:Double dagger	1983	$315,476,701
10	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	2002	$310,676,740
11	Independence Day	1996	$306,169,268
12	The Empire Strikes Back Template:Double dagger	1980	$290,475,067
13	Home Alone	1990	$285,761,243
14	Night at the Museum	2006	$250,863,268
15	X-Men: The Last Stand		$234,362,462
16	X-Men: Days of Future Past	2014	$233,921,534
17	Cast Away	2000	$233,632,142
18	The Martian	2015	$228,433,663
19	Logan	2017	$226,277,068
20	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	2009	$219,614,612
21	Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	$219,195,243
22	Alvin and the Chipmunks	2007	$217,326,974
23	Bohemian Rhapsody	2018	$216,428,042
24	X2	2003	$214,949,694
25	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	2014	$208,545,589

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Highest-grossing films worldwide

Rank	Title	Year	Box office gross
1	Avatar Template:Double dagger	2009	$2,922,917,914
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	2022	$2,320,250,281
3	Titanic Template:Double dagger	1997	$2,256,003,352
4	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Template:Double dagger	1999	$1,027,044,677
5	Bohemian Rhapsody	2018	$903,655,259
6	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2009	$886,686,817
7	Ice Age: Continental Drift	2012	$877,244,782
8	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	2005	$848,754,768
9	Independence Day	1996	$817,400,891
10	Deadpool 2	2018	$785,046,920
11	Deadpool	2016	$783,112,979
12	Star Wars Template:Double dagger	1977	$775,398,007
13	X-Men: Days of Future Past	2014	$747,862,775
14	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes		$710,644,566
15	Ice Age: The Meltdown Template:Double dagger	2006	$660,940,780
16	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	2002	$649,398,328
17	The Martian	2015	$630,161,890
18	How to Train Your Dragon 2	2014	$621,537,519
19	Logan	2017	$616,225,934
20	Life of Pi	2012	$609,016,565
21	The Croods	2013	$587,204,668
22	Night at the Museum	2006	$574,480,841
23	The Empire Strikes Back Template:Double dagger	1980	$547,969,004
24	The Day After Tomorrow	2004	$544,272,402
25	X-Men: Apocalypse	2016	$543,934,787

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See also

• Twentieth Century Animation
• Twentieth Century Games
• Searchlight Pictures
• Star Studios
• Twentieth Television
• Twentieth Television Animation

References

Sources

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Additional sources

• Barkan, Elliot (2001). Making it in America: a Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 349. ISBN 978-1-57607-098-7.
• (First Edition) Custen, George F. (1997). Twentieth Century's Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Culture of Hollywood. New York City: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-07619-2.
• Chrissochoidis, Ilias (2013). Spyros P. Skouras, Memoirs (1893–1953). United States: Brave World. ISBN 978-0-615-76949-3.
• Chrissochoidis, Ilias (2013). CinemaScope: Selected Documents from the Spyros P. Skouras Archive. United States: Brave World. ISBN 978-0-615-89880-3.
• Chrissochoidis, Ilias (2013). The Cleopatra Files: Selected Documents from the Spyros P. Skouras Archive. United States: Brave World. ISBN 978-0-615-82919-7.

Archival sources

• Finding aid to the Earl I. Sponable papers, 1928-1968, at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

External links

• Official website
• Twentieth Century Studios from Box Office Mojo
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