Potential Production Companies Suitable For Producing/Distributing A Romantic Comedy

I need to pick suitable production companies for a romantic comedy as I will be including idents at the start of my trailers, as well as title cards featuring the names of the companies involved in producing and distributing my film at the end of my trailers, in my poster billing and as logos on my poster. In this post I will be looking at some production companies that I could possibly use for my film.

Working Title:

Working Title Films, co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner since 1992, is one of the world’s leading film production companies. Formed in 1984, Working Title has more than 100 films that have grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide. Its films have won 14 Academy Awards, 40 BAFTA Awards and numerous prestigious prizes at the Cannes and Berlin International Film Festivals.

Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in London in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster (Channel 4) to make a television film. The company was incorporated and registered as a private limited company in the UK on 14 October 1992, as Visionensure Limited. On 18 December 1992 its name was changed to Working Title Limited, before rebranding as Working Title Films Limited on 20 February 1995.

The company is associated with making films from the romantic comedy genre. Here are some romantic comedies that Working Title has produced:

• 'About Time'
• 'Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy'
• 'Bridget Jones' Baby'
• 'Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason'
• 'Bridget Jones' Diary'
• 'Love Actually'
• 'Notting Hill'
• 'Four Weddings And A Funeral'
• 'Definitely, Maybe'
• '40 Days And Nights'
• 'What's Love Got To Do With It'
• 'The Matchmaker'

Universal:

Universal City Studios LLC, is an American film production and distribution company headquartered at the universal studios complex in universal city California, and is the flagship studio of universal studios.

Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally, and is one of the "big five" film studios. It has a close working relationship with Working Title (part-owning the company) and has a strong track record of producing and distributing successful films in the romantic comedy genre.

Here are some rom-coms produced by Universal:

• 'Mamma Mia'
• 'La La Land'
• 'About Time'
• 'Love Actually'
• 'Will And Grace'
• 'Heartbreakers'
• 'Sixteen Candles'
• 'The 40 Year Old Virgin'
• 'Notting Hill'
• 'Bridget Jones' Diary'
• 'This Is 40'
• 'Meet The Parents'
• 'The Holiday'
• 'Definitely, Maybe'
• 'Knocked Up'
• 'The Wedding Date'

Walt Disney:

Founded on October 16, 1923, Walt Disney it is the seventh-oldest global film studio, a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and one of the "Big Five" major film studios.

Walt Disney Productions began production of their first feature-length animated film in 1934. Taking three years to complete ('Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs') premiered in December 1937 and became the highest-grossing film of that time by 1939. In the 1940s, Disney began experimenting with full-length live-action films, with the introduction of hybrid live action-animated films. As a company, Disney has produced many romantic comedy films.

Here are some romantic comedies Walt Disney has produced:

• '10 Things I Hate About You'
• 'The Proposal'
• 'Pretty Woman'
• 'Ugly Betty'
• 'When In Rome'
• 'Enchanted'
• 'High School Musical'
• 'Bedtime Stories'
• 'Gnomeo And Juliet'
• 'You Again'
• 'Hanna Montana: The Movie'
• 'Prom'

20th Century Fox:

20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film production and distribution company now owned by the Walt Disney Studios. For over 80 years, 20th Century Fox has been one of the Major American Film Studios. It was formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation, and one of the original "Big Five". Since 2019 it has been a subsidiary of the Disney Company, and has produced many films from the genre.

Here are some rom-coms produced by 20th Century Fox:

• '500 Days Of Summer'
• 'La La Land'
• 'The Girl Next Door'
• 'There's Something About Mary'
• 'Love And Other Drugs'
• 'Shallow Hal'
• 'Easy A'
• '27 Dresses'
• 'Waitress'
• 'The Other Woman'
• 'Say Anything'
• 'Ruby Sparks'
• 'Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates'
• 'Never Been Kissed'
• 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'
• 'Bride Wars'
• 'Sex Appeal'
• 'Love Simon'

Warner Brothers:

Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film studio. It is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California. Founded on April 4, 1923 by brothers Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner and Jack L. Warner, in addition to producing its own films, it handles filmmaking operations, theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by other Warner Bros. labels.

Here are some rom-coms produced by Warner Brothers:

• 'Crazy Stupid Love'
• '500 Days Of Summer'
• 'Wedding Crashers'
• 'Blended'
• 'Crazy Rich Asians'
• 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days'
• 'He's Just Not That Into You'
• 'Friends With Benefits'
• 'You've Got Mail'
• 'A Cinderella Story'
• '17 Again'
• 'Something Borrowed'
• 'A Wedding Daze'
• 'The Other Woman'
• 'Sex And The City'
• 'Valentine's Day'
• 'Bad Teacher'