Distribution Company research: 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox is a mainstream film studio, one of the six largest in America as of 2011. They belong as part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It was founded on the 31st of May, 1935 because of a wager of Fox Film Corporation.
Fox has a number of franchises, including Star Wars, X-Men, Ice Age, Die Hard and a few others. It also has a TV franchises, such as Family Guy and American Dad. It had some dealings in the music industry, too.


The famous logo of the company

Fox distribute its films world wide, ensuring large audiences for each film. This, generally, leads to a larger audience due to having more people having a chance to see the film. Due to Fox's success it rarely, if ever, co produces films with other film studios as it has no need to do so, however it did partner with Lionsgate when producing and developing The Day After Tomorrow.

This company would be a good choice to distribute our film as it has a wide variety of genres under it's belt, including some famous sci-fi horror films such as the Predator franchise and the Alien franchise. As it distributes worldwide it would reach out to a larger audience and fetch in more income than if it were an independent movie. Also, as a result of being backed by one of the larger film comnpanies, the budget would be substantially higher and lead to a better quality film. The comnpany name as of itself would be beneifcial as it could be seen as an official seal of approval to film goers, thus encouraging them to go out and watch the film.