Working Title is a film production company which began in the 1980s, but as a TV production company. It began to merge into a Film making company later.
Film 4 was an influence on its merge. It gave Working Title funding and help in its first major success-Four Weddings and a Funeral. Film 4 then went on to be a worldwide success which helped in the establishment of Working Title. It has the potential to become an even greater success.
Richard Curtis wrote a group of popular and successful movies such as Wimbledon, Love Actually and Notting Hill. This helped in making Working Title and Film 4 larger companies internationally. Notting Hill was the first UK film to produce over $100m of revenue in the USA.
This success led to Universal Studios purchasing large amounts into Working Title and acquiring 67% of the shares of the company. They have received major benefits from this.
Working title now have access to budgets of up to $120m per film. They also can "greenlight" productions of up to $30m without discussions with Universal having to take place over the production. With the link of universal, they can have one of the top global film organisations to help them with their distribution globally. They have their own knowledge for the distribution in the UK but also have a strong partner to help distribution over seas.
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