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Twentieth Century Film Company

American film and television distribution and production company
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synonymFocus(20th Century Fox Film Company) generally refers to 20th Century Film Company
Twentieth Century Fox Film company ( 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, founded in May 1935, was an American Take Hollywood by storm One of the eight major movie studios and Twenty-first Century Fox A subsidiary of... The headquarters is located in the United States California Los Angeles Beverly Hills Century City on the west side. by Black and white The era of the big company Fox Film Company and 20th century films Corporate merger A surname,
On March 21, 2019, Disney For $71.3 billion Twenty-first Century Fox The acquisition of the film and television segment and received final regulatory approvals. [1-2]
In January 2020, 20th Century Fox Films changed its name to 20th Century Studios. [3]
In August 2020, The Walt Disney Company Renamed its "Twentieth Century Fox Television" to" Twentieth television "Officially announced the end of the 20th Century Fox brand." In the fall of 2020, the new logo will appear on a TV show, Streaming media and Digital library Existing episodes will retain their original logos. [4]
Company name
Twentieth Century Fox
Foreign name
20th Century Fox
industry
Film industry
Establishment time
May 31, 1935
Headquarters location
California Los Angeles Beverly Hills Century City
Business scope
Film production and distribution
Type of company
Managing film production and production
Parent company
The Walt Disney Company

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Back in 1915, a man named William Fox the Hungary American businessman who founded Fox Film company At that time, he put his two film companies, main Film distribution The "Great New York Company" and the production of the "Box Office Attraction Film company" into one, and named the new company after his surname. William Fox is Take Hollywood by storm earliest Movie mogul Unlike other movie moguls, William Fox's greatest interest was in building new movie theaters and buying them, compared to making movies, which came second. William Fox was also the first Hollywood movie mogul to operate vertically, that is, to own a complete production, distribution and projection business.
In 1917, William Fox, attracted by California's plentiful sunshine and low production costs, also opened a production department on the West Coast.
In 1926, the Fox Film Company bought 300 acres of land on the west side of Beverly Hills in Hollywood and built a large and well-equipped building on it studio . During this period, Fox produced the Oscar-winning "Best Picture." Seventh Heaven "And" Road angel And the sound film "In Old Arizona."
In 1927, after the death of his old rival Marcus Lowy, William Fox had a good opportunity, because Marcus Lowy's family had no intention of succeeding him. William Fox negotiated with Marcus Loy's family to buy their share of Loy, the company that owns more than 200 theaters and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The parent company of the new company was announced in 1929, however, Metro-goldwyn-mayer (MGM) At the helm of Louis Meyer Angered by the takeover, he fought back, using his political clout to push the Justice Department to open an antitrust investigation of Fox Studios. More unfortunately, William Fox was injured in a car accident, following the economy Great Depression And wiped out most of his wealth. William Fox's film empire began to fall apart, and he even went to prison for his debts.
Twentieth Century Fox
In 1932, United Artists Pictures Former President Joseph Zinke, producer Darryl Zanuck of Warner Bros. Pictures, and William Gertz of Fox Pictures Raymond Griffith He co-founded Twentieth Century Films, of which Darryl Zanuck is the real Twentieth Century Film Company Soul figure [6] This movie mogul with a passion for making mega-films put a distinct mark on 20th century cinema. The company's main business was making movies, and at the time the company owned directors Ernst Liu Biqian , Ilya Kazan , Otto Preminger Etc., and has quite a few popular audiences Movie star For example Shirley Temple , Lorita Young , Henry Fonda , Gregory Peck They have made some films of a certain quality. During this period, the film produced by the company varied in style and artistic quality, but the film's Technical quality They're all relatively tall. Although the company was able to get United Arts and Metro-goldwyn-mayer (MGM) Financially supported and having produced several fairly successful films, Twentieth Century Film was still a small company with no studio of its own Distribution channel .
On May 31, 1935, 20th Century Pictures, Inc. And the struggling Fox Film Corporation announced a merger to form Twentieth Century Fox, the latest company to be formed Take Hollywood by storm Big company. It's a rat eat elephant deal, because Fox has more than 500 movie theaters alone. Darryl Zanuck immediately set about signing several promising new stars, including Henry Fonda And Betty Garbo. Soon after, 20th Century Fox unearthed another A ready source of money , child star Shirley Temple .
1939 World War II period Twentieth Century Fox relies on these stars and Musical film , Biographical film Has become the most profitable company in Hollywood, representative of the" Gentleman's agreement ", "Boomerang" and "Boomerang" Poison Dragon Pool ".
In 1940, John Ford For the company's" The Grapes of Wrath As an example of both artistic and technical quality.
In 1945, World War II After it ended, moviegoers began to lose, and the rise of television hit the industry hard. Twentieth Century Fox wants to rely on the increase cinema However, the court ruled that the big distribution companies must be separated from the film industry, and the company lost half of its cinemas.
Beginning in the 1950s, the American film industry entered a period of decline, and the 20th century Fox pinned its hopes on the super screen and Three-dimensional film These new technologies. The company worked on commercial applications of widescreen screens in order to compete with the new television.
The Robe, a widescreen feature film based on the biblical story, was released on September 16, 1953 New York Rokia cinema Released, this first widescreen feature film was not only the most profitable film since the company was founded, but also the most profitable film ever made Silent film A breakthrough in technology since entering sound films, the new technology was indeed very attractive to audiences at first.
The box office began to decline again after 1956, when Darryl Zanuck announced his retirement due to an affair.
In the early 1960s, Twentieth Century Fox was in trouble, and in 1962 it produced" Longest day It was filmed in the United States in June 1963 Film history The most expensive film ever made Cleopatra Too much money was spent on the film, including the female lead Elizabeth Taylor the Remuneration for a film actor $1 million, but the film failed at the box office. After that, Darryl Zanuck returned to the company and launched News film And some cheap but popular movies.
In March 1965, 20th Century Fox released the highest-grossing film of all time, Sound of Music The old studio restored its status as a major film company. From 1969 to 1971, the last three years of Darryl Zanuck, who led Twentieth Century Fox, the company's career was unsuccessful It's close to crumbling.
In 1972, 20th Century Fox released" Poseidon in distress "Followed in 1979 by the fearsome" heteromorphism "Series, pioneered the rampant disaster film genre.
In 1981, Big Oil Marvin Davis Bought Twentieth Century Fox [5] .
In 1984, Australia The media magnate of the newspaper baron Rupert Murdoch , and from Marvin Davis He bought Twentieth Century Fox and turned the bankrupt company into his own News Corporation (News Cor.) movie The subsidiary, renamed Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, and invited Alan Ryder, Jr., as head of Twentieth Century Fox Films, to adjust the direction of the company in time, deciding to make films for younger audiences and to support younger audiences George Lucas Reference to the Vietnam War and Japanese directors Akira Kurosawa 's Warring States heroes "And got it classic " Star Wars "Trilogy series. And the biopic" General Patton The company entered a 30-year period of stability. Under News Corp, 20th Century Fox was resurrected from the dead and restored to its former glory. He didn't make a lot of changes to the film department, but from Paramount Film company ( Paramount Pictures Corporation Barry Diller He also created the Fox Television Network. Networks have been good for studios. In 2007, for example, Twentieth Century Fox brought the hugely popular animated TV series" Simpsons "On the big screen.
1990 - Twentieth Century Fox Films releases the hit family comedy" Home Alone In the late 1990s, Twentieth Century Fox released the original film series. Star Wars He also changed the original trilogy into a six-part series.
In 1996, the 20th Century Fox film was released Science fiction film " Independence Day In 1997, the company produced the hugely successful blockbuster film" Titanic ".
In 1999, 20th Century Fox Films released another hit superhero series, X-Men Due to the rising performance of this film, a new sequel has been prepared.
In 2000, the 20th Century Fox film was released Adventure film " Cast away ", 2002, Twentieth Century Fox film, produced 3D animation Long film Blue Sky Studio The studio released Ice Age, followed by Ice Age in 2005. Robot Adventures ".
In 2006, 20th Century Fox released the fantasy comedy" Night at the Museum ". The same year Blue Sky Studio Launched the" Ice Age 2 The series was also a success, almost able to match Pixar Against DreamWorks Animation, the two giants of animation. And 20th Century Fox, which distributes independent films Fox Searchlight Pictures , released the family comedy" Little Miss Sunshine And became a star of the independent film industry.
Released in late 2009 by Twentieth Century Fox, James Cameron The director's 3D blockbuster Avatar It not only brought huge profits for Fox, but also became the first film in the history of Fox films that was solely shot to enter the world's top 10 box office (in 1997, it co-produced with Paramount). Titanic In less than 20 days, the box office hit $1.2 billion, making it the second highest-grossing film of all time, which can't be said to be a huge success for Fox. It took Avatar just six weeks to surpass Titanic's worldwide box office, according to reports.
In 2013, Twentieth Century Fox Films announced that they had partnered with Dreamworks Animation They agreed to be responsible for the distribution of animated films produced by DreamWorks beginning in 2013, and the agreement will be valid until 2017. The Croods For the next five years, DreamWorks animation films will be distributed by 20th Century Fox (due in 2016) NBC Universal The acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks' contract with 20th Century Fox expired in 2017, and switched Universal Pictures ). 7 [8]
On June 28, 2013, Rupert Murdoch, the head of Twentieth Century Fox, bowed to investor pressure and spun off his nearly 60-year-old publishing business from the News Corporation media empire. The old News Corporation was split into the new News Corporation and Twenty-first Century Fox .
In 2015, Twentieth Century Fox Films, a subsidiary of Twenty-First Century Fox, released the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, which totaled more than $2.6 billion at the global box office, making the blockbuster movies of that year still have great potential to tap into the 21st century.
On July 27, 2018, Disney Announced that it would acquire the Twentieth Century Fox film and Twentieth Century Fox television divisions of Twenty-First Century Fox for $71.3 billion.
On March 21, 2019, Disney received final regulatory approval to complete the acquisition of the film and television divisions of Twenty-First Century Fox [2] In addition to the $71.3 billion purchase price, Disney will also assume about $13.8 billion of Fox Net debt That means the total value of the deal is about $85.1 billion. The part of 21st Century Fox that Disney did not acquire formed a new company, retained the Fox name, collectively referred to as "Fox Group", including news, sports, broadcasting and other businesses. To avoid name confusion between Disney's film and television divisions and the present-day Fox Group, the name "Fox" was dropped from the acquired 20th Century Fox films, and the name was changed to 20th Century Pictures. [9]
In August 2020, The Walt Disney Company Announced that its "Twentieth Century Fox Television" will be renamed" Twentieth television "Officially announced the end of the 20th Century Fox brand." [10]
February 5, 2023 news, Renren video associated with the main company Shanghai many American network technology Co., LTD Added multiple court announcements, Main points of a case Refer to" copyright Ownership, Infringement dispute , infringement of works The right to information network communication The plaintiffs include: 20th Century Fox film Company and other overseas film and television companies. [16]

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In January 2020, the 2020 list of the World's 500 Most Valuable brands was released, and 20th Century Fox ranked 237th. [12]
On May 13, 2020, Fox was listed as 2020 Forbes Number 616 on the Global 2000 Companies list. [13-14]
On July 28, 2020, Fox was listed as 2020 Forbes global Brand value Number 73 in the top 100. [15]
In April 2024, he won the second Science Fiction Planet Award for Best Science Fiction Film for "Avatar: The Path of Water". [17]
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