DreamWorks, LLC, also known as
DreamWorks Pictures,
DreamWorks SKG,
DreamWorks Studios or
DW Studios, LLC, is an
American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling more than $100 million each. Its most successful title to date is
Shrek 2.
[DreamWorks SKG All Time Box Office Results]
DreamWorks began in 1994 as an ambitious attempt by media moguls
Steven Spielberg,
Jeffrey Katzenberg, and
David Geffen (forming the
SKG present on the bottom of the DreamWorks logo) to create a new Hollywood studio. In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to
Viacom. The sale was completed in February 2006. In 2008, Dreamworks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and signed a US$1.5 billion deal to produce films with
India's
Reliance ADA Group.
[AFP: DreamWorks, India's Reliance Sign Major Deal, AFP, September 21, 2008]