Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle came up with the name Universal for his film company after seeing a passing delivery wagon

Traffic in Souls was the first feature length film released by Universal in 1913

At the advent of motion pictures, tickets cost five cents which is how the theatre name ‘nickelodeon’ originated

Universal City, CA officially opened on 15 March 1915

Universal produced and distributed over 9,000 silent era “entertainment” films – including serials – between 1912 and 1929

Universal’s first ‘talkie’ film was ‘Melody of Love’ which was released in 1928

Famous cartoon character Mickey Mouse made his debut at a Universal owned theatre in 1928

Universal Pictures was first listed on the Stock Exchange in 1925

Universal’s longest running TV series is ‘Alfred Hitchcock’s presents’ which ran for 361 episodes

E.T holds the record for the most weekends at #1 (16 weeks). It also holds the record for the most weekends in the top 10 (44 weeks)

‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ was Universal’s first entry into the 3-D market in 1954

Universal Pictures has won 149 Academy Awards and received 690 nominations

Universal Pictures first Best Picture Academy Award was won for All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930

When the Universal Studios Tour opened to the general public in 1964, the cost of admission for one adult was $2.50

The collage in The Café of the Universal Studios Commissary consists of 172 movie posters, the earliest from Imitation of Life (1934)

1 in every xxx households own at least one Universal film

A Universal DVD is sold every xxx seconds

Universal Pictures most expensive film was King Kong which cost $207m

Universal Pictures highest grossing film of all time is E.T: The Extra Terrestrial

Stephen Spielberg named his mechanical shark in Jaws ‘Bruce’

The sound of the knife stabbing actress Janet Leigh in the famous shower scene in Psycho was created by plunging a knife into a casaba melon

Elizabeth Taylor made her feature film debut in Universal’s ‘There’s One Born Every Minute’ in 1942

Universal’s film vaults hold 5,000 feature films and over 40,000 hours of episodic television

A school, zoo and hospital have all existed at one time on the Universal Studios lot

And in the last year….

545,309 guest and visitor passes were issued for Universal Studios

57,956 people and vehicles passed through Gate One

347 TV episodes were shot on the Universal lot, 112 episodes being for Foley

Universal’s Costume Department rented 198,190 items and the Property Department received 22,804 orders, placing 346,282 items