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What movie almost bankrupted DreamWorks? ›

Grossing $80.8 million on a $60 million budget, Sinbad was a box-office bomb, causing DreamWorks to suffer a $125 million loss on a string of films, which nearly bankrupted them.

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that the company's film plans had grown too ambitious and led to inconsistent performance. The company has struggled with a weaker-than-expected performance from some films, such as "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," which contributed to a loss in its most recent quarter.

In August 2016 the corporation was acquired by NBC Universal (also known as NBCUniversal), a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, which was originally a cable television operator. Owing to the slow pace of animated feature production, the first two DreamWorks Animation features were not released until 1998.

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DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and formerly DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film studio and distribution label of Amblin Partners.

DreamWorks Animation's first movie was Antz, released two months before A Bug's Life, and thus this studio was born into incessant comparison to Pixar's output, molded by it, becoming the snarky and sarcastic foil to its competitor's earnestness.

Who is the scariest DreamWorks villain? ›

It seems unlikely that anyone could ever overtake Disney in the Hollywood cartoon business, even if they had another 100 years. But DreamWorks movies have certainly provided some healthy competition, with a few specific titles in the company's filmography arguably outshining most of Disney's usual fare.

Being an ogre, Shrek has considerable physical strength, being able to break wood and metal constructions, defeat armored humans in combat, and lift or turn objects that are too heavy for a human being, such as a gigantic vat of magic potion against the maximum security of the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2.

Amid restructuring plans and recent underperforming films, DreamWorks Animation reported on Tuesday a loss of $263.2 million. The Glendale-based studio said it lost $3.08 cents per share in the quarter ended December 31, compared to a profit of 20 cents a share during the same period a year ago.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $381 million worldwide on a $175 million budget.

MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation posted a massive loss of $247.7 million in the fourth quarter due to the company's recent restructuring plans, the closure of its Northern California studio and changes in its film release strategy.