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'''20th Century Studios, Inc.'''<!--Do not add (often shortened to '''20th Century''') and (formerly known of previously known as 20th Century Fox) here.--> is an American [[film studio]] owned by the [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], a division of [[Disney Entertainment]], in turn a division of [[The Walt Disney Company]].<ref name="VarietyComplete">{{Cite news |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Disney Completes 21st Century Fox Acquisition |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/disney-fox-deal-complete-1203167374/ |access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref> It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the [[Century City]] area of Los Angeles, leased from [[Fox Corporation]].<ref name="vty3" /> [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios in theatrical markets.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sites.disney.com/lifeatdisney/life-at-disney-podcast/2022/09/20/the-walt-disney-studios-global-marketing-and-virtual-production/ | title=Episode 2: The Walt Disney Studios – Global Marketing and Virtual Production | date=September 20, 2022 }}</ref>
For over 80 years, 20th Century was one of the [[Major film studios|major American film studios]]. It was formed in 1935 as '''Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation'''{{efn|Alternatively spelled as and shortened to '''20th Century-Fox'''}} by the merger of [[Fox Film Corporation]] and [[Twentieth Century Pictures]], and one of the original "[[studio system|Big Five]]" among eight majors of Hollywood's [[Cinema of the United States#Classical Hollywood cinema and the Golden Age of Hollywood|Golden Age]]. In 1985, the studio removed the hyphen in the name (becoming Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation){{efn|Shortened to '''20th Century Fox'''}} after being acquired by [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]], which was renamed [[21st Century Fox]] in 2013 after it spun off [[News Corp|its publishing assets]]. Disney [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|purchased most of 21st Century Fox's assets]], which included 20th Century Fox, on March 20, 2019.<ref name="Approval">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Trey |date=July 27, 2018 |title=Fox and Disney Shareholders Vote to Approve $71.3 Billion Merger |url=https://www.thewrap.com/fox-disney-shareholders-vote-approve-merger/ |access-date=July 27, 2018 |website=The Wrap}}</ref> The studio adopted its current name on January 17, 2020, in order to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation, and subsequently started to use it for the copyright of 20th Century and [[Searchlight Pictures]] productions on December 4.<ref name="vty-2CS" /> 20th Century is presently one of five live-action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios, alongside [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[Lucasfilm]], and its sister speciality unit, [[Searchlight Pictures]]. 20th Century also releases animated films produced by its animation division [[20th Century Animation]].
<!-- only franchises with $2B+ in box office listed in descending order of box office returns, see talk page discussion -->The most commercially successful film series from 20th Century Studios include the first six ''[[Star Wars]]'' films, ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]'', ''[[Ice Age (franchise)|Ice Age]]'', ''[[Avatar (franchise)|Avatar]]'', and ''[[Planet of the Apes]].''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/disney-fox-takeover-deal-the-simpsons-x-men-avatar-deadpool-us-media-21st-century-a8110986.html |title=Disney-Fox takeover: US media giant will own The Simpsons, X-Men and Avatar after multi billion dollar deal |first=Clarisse |last=Loughrey | date=2017-12-14 |work=The Independent}}</ref> <!-- only movies with $2B+ (inflation adjusted) in box office listed, see talk page discussion -->Additionally, the studio's library includes many individual films such as [[Titanic (1997 film)|''Titanic'']] and ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]],'' both of which won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] and became the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing films of all time]] during their initial releases.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2017/11/15/titanic-amc-theaters-20th-anniversary/ |title='Titanic' Is Returning to AMC Theatres for the Movie's 20th Anniversary |first=Tom Jr. |last=Huddleston |work=Fortune}}</ref><ref name="Bauer 2017 o507">{{cite web | last=Bauer | first=Pat | title=Plot, Cast, Awards, & Facts | website=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=2017-08-04 | url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Sound-of-Music-film-by-Wise | access-date=2023-10-28}}</ref>
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