Universal Studios

Major film company

Universal Studios is an American film and television production company, one of the oldest and largest in Hollywood.

The name also refers to its theme parks in various locations, featuring rides and attractions based on the studio's properties: We're taking the kids to Universal Studios this summer.

Often shortened to Universal when discussing the studio itself.

locations

Hollywood

American film industry center

Beijing · Osaka · resort · destination · international · expansion

films

blockbuster

Enormously successful entertainment property

sequel · trilogy · CGI · soundtrack · box-office · premiere · screening · animation · director · producer

theme-park

rollercoaster

Looping amusement track vehicle

backlot · Hogwarts · Jurassic · Transformers · Springfield · Simpsons · Waterworld · queue · parade · globe

hollywood

Tinseltown

Slang for Hollywood

filmmaking · production · props · costumes · screening · premiere · celebrity · entertainment · spectacle · showbiz

Categories
Opposites
major film studio rivalry

Universal StudiosParamount Pictures

Major Hollywood film studio

Lionsgate · Columbia Pictures · DreamWorks · Disney · MGM

production scale and reach

Universal Studiosindependent film

Non-studio movie production

indie cinema · student film · arthouse cinema · art house · documentary filmmaking

medium of entertainment

Universal StudiosNBC

American television network

CBS · ABC · television network · broadcast television · streaming service

Family

studio, university, universal, universally, studios, universality, universalize, universalism, universalist

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G