Paramount Pictures Corparation (P1)

Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world. Since its first film release "Les Amours de la Rien Élizabeth" on July 12th 1912, Paramount Pictures has produced thousands of films in all genres, raging from silent and black and white to modern blockbusters that cost hundreds of millions to make, as well as its film branch Paramount also produce and release several television series, including, Charmed, the original Star Trek, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days, The Untouchables, and more recently, Dr.Phil, NCIS, The 4400, and Criminal Minds. Since its relatively small beginnings Paramount has grown substantially, today Paramount's revenue is 1.2 Billion dollars, with a yearly operating income 300million dollars. Paramount pictures has been a key player in film and television for over a hundred years and has made some of the most iconic films of the last 50years. Paramount transcends genre and setting and makes consistently outstanding films, and has produced many of the decades most popular television shows. Paramount is a commercial company that is in direct competition with other film studios and other distribution companies such as Disney and universal studios. Paramount is one of the highest grossing studios in the world, grossing 1.92 billion dollars in 2011, while competitors, such as 20th Century Fox, grossed only 985 million dollars.