DreamWorks Pictures

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures announced on February 9, 2009, an exclusive long-term distribution and marketing deal with Steven Spielberg’s production company, DreamWorks Pictures. The first DreamWorks motion picture released under the Touchstone Pictures banner was I Am Number Four, on February 18, 2011. DreamWorks Animation is a separate company and not included in the deal.

Trade name: DreamWorks SKG

Founded: October 12, 1994; 30 years ago

Founders

• Steven Spielberg
• Jeffrey Katzenberg
• David Geffen

Location: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608

Parent

• Independent (1994–2006)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation (2006–08)
• Amblin Partners (2015–present)

Divisions

• DreamWorks Animation (1994–2004)
• DreamWorks Television (1994–2013)
• DreamWorks Interactive (50%, 1995–2000)
• DreamWorks Television Animation (1996–99)
• DreamWorks Records (1996–2004)
• DreamWorks Nashville (1997–2005)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998–2009)
• Go Fish Pictures (2000–07)

Subsidiaries

• GameWorks (50%, 1996–2001)
• PDI/DreamWorks (2000–04)

Highest-grossing films in North America (My List)

1. Lincoln (2012) — $182,207,973
2. The Help (2011) — $169,705,587
3. Real Steel (2011) — $85,463,309
4. War Horse (2011) — $79,883,359
5. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) — $73,215,310
6. Bridge of Spies (2015) — $72,313,754
7. I Am Number Four (2011) — $55,100,437
8. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) — $54,235,441
9. Delivery Man (2013) — $30,659,817
10. Fright Night (2011)
11. The Light Between Oceans (2016)
12. People Like Us (2012)
13. The Fifth Estate (2013)
14. Need for Speed (2014)

History

October 12, 1994, DreamWorks SKG was founded as a film studio of live-action and animated films. The studio was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen at Universal City, California.

September 2, 2015, DreamWorks will not renew its current distribution deal with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, which expires in August 2016. Disney released two more DreamWorks films: Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and The Light Between Oceans.

December 16, 2015, Steven Spielberg, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One partnered to launch the content production company Amblin Partners, relegating DreamWorks to a brand for adult-themed films produced under the new company.

Awards (My List)

Academy Awards

2003: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Nominated for Best Animated Feature

2012: The Help — Nominated for Best Picture

2012: War Horse — Nominated for Best Picture

2013: Lincoln — Nominated for Best Picture

2016: Bridge of Spies — Nominated for Best Picture

Copyright Stamps

• DreamWorks LLC (1997–2008)
• DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC (2011–15)
• Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC