DreamWorks Animation Campus

the DreamWorks Animation Campus or the DreamWorks Campus was a place in Glendale and is the headquarters of the DreamWorks Holdings SKG. DreamWorks grew into 600,000 films and is the largest in Hollywood. DreamWorks also is the Largest Animation Studio in the World.

Early History
in 1979, the campus was built when Don Bluth left Disney. Bluth also announced to produce The Secret of NIMH, Beauty and the Beast, Chanticleer, East of the Sun and West of the Moon and Satyrday. NIMH returned only a modest box office performance, which was blamed on distributor MGM/UA's poor promotion when the studio became Sullivan Bluth Studios, the projects, East of the Sun and West of the Moon and Beauty and the Beast have got cancelled after Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures have ideas to end their minor history.

Spielberg and Bluth
Don Bluth met Morris Sullivan, a mergers and acquisitions broker and enthusiast of traditional animation, who quickly saw the potential in the studio. When the studio declared its second bankruptcy, Sullivan stepped in to assist, combining his experience of the business world with Don Bluth and his crew's talent to form Sullivan-Bluth Studios (later dropping the hyphen to become Sullivan Bluth Studios). the Glendale Campus was still safe, but the Studio City Studio was sold to Warner Bros. Animation.

in 1985, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Sullivan Bluth Studios both were on war when Nelvana's The Care Bears Movie beaten out Disney's The Black Cauldron at the box office. that causes the Campus to be sold by 1987, but An American Tail and Disney's The Great Mouse Detective tied at the box office in 1986. that saved the Campus from being sold.

in 1988, The Land Before Time was released and has beat out Oliver & Company at the box office. However, Oliver & Company beat out The Land Before Time at the US box office by about $5 million. that will cause the Campus to become sold by 1994.

Goldcrest and Bluth
once Don Bluth returned to MGM, All Dogs Go to Heaven's performance fell short of Sullivan Bluth Studios' previous box office successes, grossing US$27m in North America alone, just over half of what An American Tail and The Land Before Time each took. after the film's release, the Campus was saved again in 1990.

Rock-a-Doodle was released in 1992 and performed poorly at the box office, grossing just US$11.7M, losing to its apparent competitor, Kroyer Films/20th Century Fox's FernGully: The Last Rainforest (which grossed over US$32.7M). it's release on home video was a success, and Rock-a-doodle became a cult film and save the Campus again.

Don Bluth's Last Day at the Campus
in 1994 Thumbelna was released by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and became failed at the Box Office, becoming beaten by Richard Rich's The Swan Princess, thus Disney's The Lion King surpassed Bluth's Thmbelina and Rich's The Swan Princess.

that same year A Troll in Central Park was released and was Don Bluth's lowest-grossing film to date, though not his film to lose the most money overall. Gary Goldman has said the reason for this was that the film was released without any sign of promotion and its release was limited. He also stated that its distributor Warner Bros. did not have any confidence in the film. is widely considered to be Don Bluth's worst film.

in 1995, The Pebble and the Penguin was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was overshadowed by Disney's A Goofy Movie which was released five days earlier. the Campus was sold to DreamWorks Pictures' animation division.

DreamWorks Animation Cmapus
in 1995, the campus was restored and DreamWorks announced to produce 1 animated film a year. in 1998, DreamWorks released Antz and got the film successful. that led DreamWorks to release more animated films. Dreamworks then released The Road to El Dorado and got the film failed at the box office. later films were successful, like Shrek and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. poor Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas failed at the box office.

in 2004, The releases of Shrek 2 and Shark Tale also made DWA the first studio to produce two CGI animated features in a single year. in 2005, DreamWorks Animation produced about two films a year and made a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. In 2010, DWA became the first studio that released three feature-length CG-animated films in a year.

in 2012, DreamWorks Animation won a $155 million bid to acquire Classic Media, which has since been renamed to DreamWorks Classics. that same year, DreamWorks Animation signed a five-year distribution deal with 20th Century Fox for domestic markets and Lionsgate Pictures for international markets. the Campus was put on hold in Glendale.

On April 28, 2016, NBCUniversal officially announced its intent to acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion, valuing the company at $41 per share. The purchase was closed on August 22, 2016; the company operates as a division of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. after the Purchase, DreamWorks announced to release Four CG-Animated Films a year. all films are goodly distributed by Universal Studios.