Warner Bros. Pictures

For the animation studio formerly known as the Warner Animation Group, see Warner Bros. Pictures Animation.

American film studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Logo used since December 2023

Formerly|

* Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (1923–1967)
* Warner Bros-First National Pictures, Inc. (1936–1958)
* Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969)
* Warner Bros., Inc. (1969–2003)

Company type| Division
Industry| Film production
Predecessor| Warner Features Company
Founded| April 4, 1923; 102 years ago (1923-04-04)
Founders|

* Harry Warner
* Albert Warner
* Sam Warner
* Jack L. Warner

Headquarters| 4000 Warner Boulevard,

Burbank, California

United States

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

* Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy (co-chairpersons and CEOs, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group)
* Jesse Ehrman (president, production & development)
* Steve Spira (president, business affairs)

Products| Motion pictures
Services|

* Film distribution
* Film promotion
* Film production

Parent| Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group
Website| warnerbros.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film studio and distribution arm of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group division of Warner Bros., both of which are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery as part of its Streaming & Studios division. It is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation are also released under the studio banner.[3]

The studio was founded on April 4, 1923, by the brothers Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner, and Jack L. Warner. In addition to producing its own films, the studio handles filmmaking operations, theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by other Warner Bros. labels. These labels include Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, as well as various third-party producers.

Warner Bros. Pictures is currently one of four live-action film studios within the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, the others being New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, and Spyglass Media Group (with a minority stake). The most commercially successful film franchises from Warner Bros. include Harry Potter, DC Universe (formerly DC Extended Universe), Batman, The Lord of the Rings, and Monsterverse; Barbie is the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide with $1.4 billion in revenue.

## History

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Further information: Warner Bros. § History

The studio's predecessor (and modern Warner Bros. Entertainment as a whole) was founded in 1910 as the Warner Features Company in New Castle, Pennsylvania, by filmmaker Sam Warner and his business partners and brothers, Harry, Albert, and Jack.[4] They produced their first film, the Peril of the Plains[5] in 1912, which Sam directed for the St. Louis Motion Picture Company. In 1915, Sam and Jack moved to California to establish a production studio;[6] on July 8 of that year, Albert and Harry set up the New York–based Warner Brothers Distributing Corporation to release the films.[7][8][9] In 1918, during World War I, the four Warner brothers produced an adaptation of the book My Four Years in Germany by James W. Gerard as their first full-scale picture; the choice of subject was bold given the sensitivity of the content and the war.[10] The war film was a box office hit, and it helped the brothers to establish themselves as a prestige studio.[11]

On April 4, 1923, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. was officially established, as the brothers focussed entirely on the motion picture industry.[12] In 1927, Warner Bros. Pictures revolutionized the film industry by releasing its first sound film (or "talkie"), The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson. Studio co-founder Sam Warner died before the film's premiere, however.[13] When the company diversified during later years, it was eventually rebranded with the current umbrella name; nevertheless Warner Bros. Pictures continued to be used as the name of the company's film-production arm.

The studio has released twenty-five films that have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture: Disraeli (1929), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), 42nd Street (1933), Here Comes the Navy (1934), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Four Daughters (1938), Jezebel (1938), and Dark Victory (1939), as well as later nominees.

In the aftermath of the 1948 antitrust suit, uncertain times led Warner Bros. to sell most of its pre-1950[14][15][16] films and cartoons to Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) in 1956. In addition, a.a.p. also obtained the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons, originally from Paramount Pictures. Two years later, a.a.p. was sold to United Artists (UA), which owned the company until 1981, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) acquired UA.[17][18]

In November 1966, Jack L. Warner acknowledged advancing age and changing times, selling 32% of control of the studio and music business to Seven Arts Productions for $32 million.[19] (Seven Arts Productions was run by Canadian investors Elliot and Kenneth Hyman.) Eventually the company, including the studio, was renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on July 14, 1967.[20]

In 1982, during their independent years, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions; this was the film production arm of the France-based, personal-care company Faberge Inc., which was struggling at the time.[21]

In 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired MGM. Finding itself in debt, Turner kept the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television libraries and a small portion of the UA library, while spinning off the rest of MGM.[22] (The properties retained by Turner included the a.a.p. library and North American rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library.)

In 1989, Warner Communications acquired Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation and merged with Time Inc. to form Time Warner (now known as Warner Bros. Discovery).[23][24] Lorimar's catalogue included the post-1974 library of Rankin/Bass Productions, as well as the post-1947 library of Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

In 1991, Turner Broadcasting System acquired animation studio Hanna-Barbera and the Ruby-Spears library from Great American Broadcasting. Years later, Turner Broadcasting System also acquired Castle Rock Entertainment on December 22, 1993,[25][26] and New Line Cinema on January 28, 1994.[27][28] On October 10, 1996, Time Warner Entertainment acquired Turner Broadcasting System, thus bringing Warner Bros.'s pre-1950 library home. In addition, Warner Bros. owns only Castle Rock Entertainment's post-1994 library.

### Warner Bros. Pictures

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Warner Bros. Pictures logo and wordmark used from 1993 to 2020. This logo was used as the on-screen logo of the studio from 1984 to 2022.

The studio division was incorporated as Warner Bros. Pictures on March 3, 2003, to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases.[29] The company became part of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which was established in 2008, and Jeff Robinov was appointed the first president of the company.[30] In 2017, longtime New Line executive Toby Emmerich joined as president.[31] In January 2018, he was promoted to chairman.[32][33] On October 23, 2018, it was announced that Lynne Frank, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, would be leaving the company to pursue new opportunities.[34] In June 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures signed an agreement with SF Studios to have their films distributed in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.[35]

Warner Bros. Pictures logo used from 2019 to 2023. The on-screen logo ran from August 2020 to August 2023. The print logo remained in use on film posters from 2019 to 2024.

Like most other film distributors, Warner Bros. Pictures struggled with releasing films during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic because of restrictions on opening theaters. After postponing several films planned for 2020 into 2021, Warner Bros. announced in December 2020 that they would take an unusual approach: planning their full slate of 2021 films for both theatrical release and simultaneous one-month availability on the HBO Max streaming service. This approach was similar to the studio's release of Wonder Woman 1984 that month.

After one month, these films would still be shown in theaters and would later become available via home media on typical release schedules.[36] The inclusion of streaming, dubbed "Project Popcorn", was criticized by production companies, directors, and actors. The criticism arose because Warner Bros. Pictures announced the streaming plan without informing these groups in advance, and because of concerns about lower payouts due to streaming options.[37] These criticisms led Warner Bros. Pictures to alter compensation rates for the affected films by January 2021, in order to provide larger payouts to their casts and crews.[38]

In March 2021, Warner Bros. announced that they would discontinue the model of same-day HBO Max and theatrical release in 2022; instead, they would use a 45-day theatrical exclusivity window.[39] This change is part of an agreement the studio reached with Cineworld (who operates Regal Cinemas).[40]

Alternate version of the 2023 Warner Bros. Pictures logo without the banner, used as the on-screen variant in only a few films. Although the late-2023 on-screen logo has been used since December 6, 2023, this logo remains in use for corporate and small-scale purposes. It is also the official current logo of Warner Bros. Pictures' parent company, Warner Bros. Entertainment and its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.[41]

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is the company formerly known as Discovery, Inc. before its acquisition of WarnerMedia in April 2022. On June 1, 2022, WBD announced several changes:

* Toby Emmerich would step down as head of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group after a transition period.
* The company would be divided into three units: Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema, DC Films, and Warner Animation Group.
* Former MGM executives Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy would serve as co-chairs of Warner Bros. Pictures. They would also temporarily oversee the other two divisions until new executives were hired.
* Emmerich would start his own production company; he would also enter into a five-year distribution and funding agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures.[42][43]

On June 8, COO Carolyn Blackwood announced that she was stepping down as well.[44]

Steve Spira returned as president of business affairs for Warner Bros. in June 2022; De Luca and Abdy took over from Emmerich in July 2022. Former president Alan Horn was appointed as a consultant for WBD President David Zaslav, working with De Luca and Abdy.[45]

In August 2022, Warner Bros. Pictures entered into a multi-year contract to distribute MGM films outside the United States, including on home entertainment. This contract included joint participation by both companies in marketing, advertising, publicity, film distribution, and relationship with exhibitors for future MGM titles.[46] That same month, the studio's plans for film distribution were revised, with increased reliance on theatrical releases rather than releases on HBO Max only.[47]

Walter Hamada, the president of DC Films, stepped down on October 19, 2022.[48] President of Production & Development Courtenay Valenti departed on October 28 and was replaced by Jesse Ehrman.[49][50] On June 9, 2023, the Warner Bros. Pictures Group was renamed as the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.[51]

## Film library

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Main article: Lists of Warner Bros. films

Gate 4, Warner Bros. Studios, looking south towards the water tower

Mergers and acquisitions have helped Warner Bros. to accumulate a diverse collection of films, cartoons and television programs. As of 2022, Warner Bros. owned more than 145,000 hours of programming, including 12,500 feature films and 2,400 television programs comprising more than 150,000 individual episodes.[52]

### Shared universes

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Warner Bros. owns several shared universes. Some of these are based on books and comics, including some of the highest grossing intellectual properties in the movie industry.

IP  | No. Films  | Notes

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DC Extended Universe | 15  | Movies based on DC Comics. DCEU was Warner Bros.'s first iteration of a shared universe.
DC Universe | 1  | Soft-reboot of the DC Extended Universe, led by James Gunn and Peter Safran. First movie, was released in 2025.
Wizarding World | 11  | Film rights sold by J. K. Rowling for 2 million $ and a net % of the profits. This shared universe became the 4th highest grossing IP in movie history. This universe includes 8 movies based on the Harry Potter books and 3 movies based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The Conjuring Universe | 8  | Dramatized horror movies based on real-life cases of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. This shared universe includes movies like Annabelle, The Nun and The Curse of La Llorona.
Monsterverse | 5  | Shared Universe based on monster movie characters like Godzilla and King Kong, in addition to other kaiju characters created by Toho, including Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah. Made in co-production with Legendary Entertainment.
Middle-earth | 6  | Movie series based on the books written by J. R. R. Tolkien, directed by Peter Jackson.
The Lego Movie | 4  | Warner Bros owned the rights to Lego films up until the end of 2019. More Lego movies were planned, but were cancelled after Universal Pictures bought the Lego film rights. Cancelled sequels include a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie, called Lego Superfriends.[53][54]

Clint Eastwood's relationship with Warner Bros. began in 1971, and he has directed several of the studios best known films, including Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).[55]

Christopher Nolan wrote and directed several of Warner Bros.'s most profitable films in the early 21st century. Like Eastwood, Nolan has had a long creative partnership with the studio.[56]

### Film series

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Title  | Release date  | No. Films  | Notes

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Gold Diggers | 1923–51  | 7  |
Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies | 1930–present  | 8  | 1030+ theatrical shorts
Penrod and Sam | 1931–38  | 2  |
Perry Mason | 1934–37  | 6  |
Philo Vance | 1934–40  | 5  |
Torchy Blane | 1937–39  | 9  |
Four Daughters | 1938–41  | 4  |
Nancy Drew | 1938–2019  | 6  |
Secret Service | 1939–40  | 4  |
A Star Is Born | 1954–2018  | 3  | Acquired from Selznick International Pictures; co-production with Transcona Enterprises (1954), First Artists, Barwood Films (both 1976), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Live Nation Productions, Gerber Pictures, Joint Effort and Gerber Pictures (all 2018)
Ocean's | 1960–present  | 5  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures (2001–present)
Dirty Harry | 1971–88  |
The Exorcist | 1973–2005  | 4  | co-production with Morgan Creek (3–4)
Oh, God! | 1977–84  | 3  |
Every Which Way but Loose | 1978–80  | 2  |
Superman | 1978–2006  | 5  | co-production with Legendary Pictures (2006); Except for Supergirl, which was distributed by Tri-Star Pictures
Mad Max | 1979–present  | 5  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures
Poseidon | 1979–2006  | 2  |
Friday the 13th | 1980–2009  | co-production with Paramount Pictures and New Line Cinema
The Shining | 1980–2019  |
Arthur | 1981–2011  | 3  |
Blade Runner | 1982–2017  | 2  | co-production with Alcon Entertainment and Columbia Pictures (2017)
National Lampoon's Vacation | 1983–2015  | 5  |
Gremlins | 1984–90  | 2  | co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Police Academy | 1984–94  | 7  |
Sesame Street | 1985–present  | 2  | co-production with Sesame Workshop
The Color Purple | 1985–2023  | co-production with Amblin Entertainment (1984–2023), The Guber-Peters Company (1984), OW Films, SGS Pictures, Quincy Jones Productions and Domain Entertainment (all 2023)
Lethal Weapon | 1987–98  | 4  |
The Lost Boys | 1987–2010  | 3  |
Beetlejuice | 1988–present  | 2  |
Batman | 1989–97  | 4  | co-production with Polygram Pictures (1989–95)
Pure Country | 1992–2017  | 3  |
Under Siege | 1992–95  | 2  | co-production with Regency Enterprises
Unforgiven | 1992–2013  |
Grumpy Old Men | 1993–95  |
The Fugitive | 1993–98  |
Free Willy | 1993–2010  | 4  | co-production with Regency Enterprises
Major League | 1994–98  | 2  | distribution only; produced by Morgan Creek
Ace Ventura | 1994–2009  | 3
Eraser | 1996–2022  | 2  |
Twister | 1996–2024  | co-production with Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment (both 1996–2024), The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Domain Entertainment (both 2024)
The Dukes of Hazzard | 1997–2007  | 4  | co-production with Kudzu Productions (both 1997–2000) and Gerber Pictures (both 2005–2007)
The Matrix | 1999–present  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures
Analyze | 1999–2002  | 2  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and TriBeCa Productions
Pokémon | 1999–2019  | 4  | US distribution only; co-production with The Pokémon Company
Deep Blue Sea | 1999–2020  | 3  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures
The Whole Yards | 2000–04  | 2  | distribution only; co-production with Morgan Creek (2000) and Franchise Pictures
Miss Congeniality | 2000–05  | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures
Tom and Jerry | 2001–present  | 16  | co-production with Turner Entertainment
Cats & Dogs | 2001–20  | 3  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures (1–2)
Wizarding World | 2001–present  | 11  |
Scooby-Doo | 2002–present  | 6  |
Kangaroo Jack | 2003–04  | 2  | co-production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Terminator | 2003–09  | US distribution only; co-production with Columbia Pictures
A Cinderella Story | 2004–present  | 6  |
Laura's Star | 2004–21  | co-production with Rothkirch Cartoon-Film
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | 2005–08  | 2  | co-production with Alloy Entertainment
The Dark Knight trilogy | 2005–12  | 3  | co-production with Legendary Pictures
Willy Wonka | 2005–present  | 2  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures
Happy Feet | 2006–11
300 | 2006–present  | co-production with Legendary Pictures
The Hangover | 2009–13  | 3
Final Destination | 2009–present  | 2  | co-production with New Line Cinema and Practical Pictures
Sherlock Holmes | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures
Watchmen | 2009–24  | 3  | US distribution only; co-production with Paramount Pictures, DC Films (both 2009–24) and Legendary Pictures (2009)
Top Cat | 2011–15  | 2  | International distribution only; co-production with Anima Estudios, Illusion Studios (2011),  Discreet Art Productions and Prana Studios (both 2015)
Dolphin Tale | 2011–14  | co-production with Alcon Entertainment
The Hobbit | 2012–14  | 3  | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, New Line Cinema and WingNut Films; Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Magic Mike | 2012–23  |
DC Extended Universe | 2013–23  | 15  | co-production with DC Entertainment (2013–16), DC Films (2016–23) and RatPac Entertainment (2016–17)
The Conjuring Universe | 2013–present  | 7  | co-production with Atomic Monster, The Safran Company and New Line Cinema
The Lego Movie | 2014–19  | 4  | co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Village Roadshow Pictures (2014) and Lego System A/S
Monsterverse | 2014–present  | 5  | co-production with Legendary Pictures
Creed | 2015–present  | 3  | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and New Line Cinema (1–2)
The Meg | 2018–present  | 2  |
It | 2017–19  | distribution only; produced by New Line Cinema
Detective Pikachu | 2019–present  | 1  | co-production with Legendary Pictures, The Pokémon Company and Toho
Joker | 2019–24  | 2  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, DC Films (1) Bron Creative and Joint Effort.
Dune | 2021–present  | co-production with Legendary Pictures
The Batman | 2022–present  | 1  | distribution only; produced by DC Films (1), 6th & Idaho and Dylan Clark productions and DC Studios.
A Minecraft Movie | 2025–present  | co-production with Legendary Pictures, Mojang studios, Vertigo Entertainment and On the Roam.
DC Universe | distribution only; produced by DC Studios

### Highest-grossing films

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† Indicates films currently in theatrical release in the week commencing 25 July 2025.

Highest-grossing films in North America[57] | Rank | Title | Year | Gross

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1  | Barbie | 2023  | $636,238,421
2  | The Dark Knight ‡  | 2008  | $534,987,076
3  | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012  | $448,149,584
4  | A Minecraft Movie | 2025  | $423,949,195
5  | Wonder Woman | 2017  | $412,845,172
6  | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 2011  | $381,447,587
7  | The Batman | 2022  | $369,345,583
8  | American Sniper | 2014  | $350,159,020
9  | Joker | 2019  | $335,477,657
10  | Aquaman | 2018  | $335,104,314
11  | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016  | $330,360,194
12  | It | 2017  | $328,874,981
13  | Suicide Squad | 2016  | $325,100,054
14  | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ‡  | 2001  | $318,886,962
15  | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 1 | 2012  | $303,030,651
16  | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009  | $302,334,374
17  | Superman †  | 2025  | $299,692,483
18  | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 2010  | $296,374,621
19  | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | 2024  | $294,100,435
20  | Inception | 2010  | $292,587,330
21  | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007  | $292,382,727
22  | Man of Steel | 2013  | $291,045,518
23  | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005  | $290,469,928
24  | Dune: Part Two | 2024  | $282,144,358
25  | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003  | $281,576,461
Highest-grossing films worldwide  | Rank | Title | Year | Gross

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|
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1  | Barbie | 2023  | $1,445,630,472[58]
2  | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 2011  | $1,342,359,942
3  | Aquaman | 2018  | $1,148,528,393
4  | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012  | $1,081,153,097
5  | Joker | 2019  | $1,074,445,730
6  | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ‡  | 2001  | $1,028,492,855
7  | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 1 | 2012  | $1,017,030,651
8  | The Dark Knight ‡  | 2008  | $1,009,057,329
9  | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 2010  | $977,070,383
10  | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 1 | 2013  | $959,027,992
11  | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 1 | 2014  | $956,019,788
12  | A Minecraft Movie | 2025  | $955,149,195
13  | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007  | $942,201,710
14  | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009  | $934,483,039
15  | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005  | $896,730,264
16  | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002  | $879,793,867
17  | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016  | $873,637,528
18  | Inception | 2010  | $836,848,102
19  | Wonder Woman | 2017  | $822,854,286
20  | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 2016  | $814,037,575
21  | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004  | $796,907,323
22  | The Batman | 2022  | $770,962,583
23  | Interstellar ‡  | 2014  | $758,690,230
24  | Suicide Squad | 2016  | $746,846,894
25  | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003  | $741,847,937

‡ — Includes theatrical reissue(s)

## Notes

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1. ^ co-owned by New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (the film's producers)

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Film studios in the United States and Canada

Majors|

| Universal Studios|

* Universal Pictures
* Focus Features
* Carnival Films
* Working Title Films
* United International Pictures (50%)
* Amblin Partners (20%)
* Amblin Entertainment
* DreamWorks Pictures

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Paramount Pictures|

* Paramount Players
* Republic Pictures
* Miramax (49%)
* Awesomeness Films
* BET Films
* MTV Entertainment Studios
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* United International Pictures (50%)
* Viacom18 Studios (13.01%)

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Walt Disney Studios|

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* Regency Enterprises (20%)
* Searchlight Pictures
* Disneynature
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* A&E Networks (50%)
* Vice Media (16%)
* Hulu

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Warner Bros.|

* Warner Bros. Pictures
* New Line Cinema
* Castle Rock Entertainment
* CNN Films
* DC Studios
* Flagship Entertainment Group (49%)
* HBO Films
* HBO Documentary Films
* Spyglass Media Group (minority)

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Sony Pictures|

* Columbia Pictures
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* Sony Pictures Releasing
* 3000 Pictures
* PlayStation Productions
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* TriStar Productions
* Worldwide Acquisitions
* Affirm Films
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* Ghost Corps
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* Left Bank Pictures
* Silvergate Media

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Mini-majors|

| Amazon MGM Studios|

* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
* United Artists
* Orion Pictures
* Orion Classics
* American International Pictures
* Lightworkers Media

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Lionsgate Studios|

* Lionsgate Films
* Lionsgate Premiere
* Summit Entertainment
* Lionsgate Canada
* eOne Films
* Roadside Attractions (43%)
* Pantelion Films (50%)
* Good Universe
* 3 Arts Entertainment (majority)
* Spyglass Media Group (18.9%)
* Amblin Partners (minority)
* Amblin Entertainment
* DreamWorks Pictures

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Others|

* A24
* 2AM (backing)
* STX Entertainment

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Horizontal
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* Apple Studios
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* Dark Horse Entertainment
* Hasbro Entertainment
* Mattel Films
* Netflix
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* Scholastic Corporation
* Square Enix
* Ubisoft Film & Television

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partners|

* AGC Studios
* Atlas Entertainment
* Black Bear Pictures
* Black Label Media
* Black List
* Bron
* Mad Solar
* Escape Artists
* Endeavor
* FilmNation Entertainment
* Gotham Group
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* Lantern Entertainment
* Legendary Pictures
* MRC
* New Republic Pictures
* PalmStar Media
* Prospect Park
* Skydance Media
* TSG Entertainment
* Village Roadshow Pictures
* Voltage Pictures

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distribution
companies|

* 2929 Entertainment
* Magnolia Pictures
* Truly Indie
* Allied Artists Film Group
* American Zoetrope
* Angel Studios
* Annapurna Pictures
* Anonymous Content
* The Asylum
* Artemis Rising Foundation
* BayView Entertainment
* Beacon Pictures
* Berlanti Productions
* Bleecker Street
* Blue Fox Entertainment
* Blumhouse Productions
* Bold Films
* Brainstorm Media
* Brillstein Entertainment
* Broadway Video
* Brookstreet Pictures
* Chicken & Egg Pictures
* Cinelou Films
* CineTel Films
* Darius Films
* Dolphin Entertainment
* Drafthouse Films
* Decal
* Elevation Pictures
* Emmett/Furla Oasis
* Entertainment Studios
* Freestyle Releasing
* Film Arcade
* Fork Films
* FotoKem
* Fox Entertainment
* MarVista Entertainment
* Giant Pictures
* Gunpowder & Sky
* IFC Films
* Indican Pictures
* Impact Partners
* Jim Henson Company
* Lakeshore Entertainment
* LD Entertainment
* levelFILM
* Likely Story
* Louverture Films
* Mandalay Pictures
* Mandeville Films
* Maximum Effort
* Millennium Media
* Morgan Creek Entertainment
* Motion Picture Corporation of America
* Myriad Pictures
* Neon
* Open Road Films
* Oscilloscope
* Picturehouse
* Quiver Distribution
* RadicalMedia
* Relativity Media
* Rogue Pictures
* Revolution Studios
* RKO Pictures
* Saban Films
* Samuel Goldwyn Films
* Screen Media
* Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
* Silver Pictures
* Dark Castle Entertainment
* Shout! Studios
* Solstice Studios
* Strand Releasing
* Sycamore Pictures
* TLA Releasing
* Topic Studios
* Utopia
* Vertical
* Virgin Produced
* Walden Media
* Wolfe Video
* WWE Studios
* XTR
* XYZ Films
* 21 Laps Entertainment
* 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
* 87North
* 1492 Pictures
* A Very Good Production
* Abso Lutely
* After Dark Films
* AGBO
* Alcon Entertainment
* Apatow
* Appian Way
* Atomic Monster
* Bad Hat Harry Productions
* Bad Robot
* Bazelevs Company
* Bedford Falls Productions
* Big Beach
* Blinding Edge Pictures
* Brandywine
* Brownstone
* Bubble Factory
* Centropolis
* Cha Cha Cha Films
* Chernin Entertainment
* Cheyenne Enterprises
* Color Force
* Cross Creek Pictures
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* Darko Entertainment
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* View Askew
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* Vinyl Films
* WingNut Films
* 30West
* Wonderland Sound and Vision
* Watermelon Pictures
* 1-2 Special

Defunct/former|

| Disney|

* Caravan Pictures
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* Fox 2000 Pictures
* Fox Atomic
* Fox Faith
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* Hollywood Pictures
* New World Pictures
* Selznick International Pictures
* Touchstone Pictures
* Twentieth Century Pictures
* UTV Motion Pictures

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Lionsgate|

* Anchor Bay Films
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* Christal Films
* Mandate Pictures
* Maple Pictures
* Momentum Pictures
* Overture Films
* Trimark Pictures
* Vestron Pictures

MGM|

* 21st Century Film Corporation
* Atlantic Entertainment Group
* Cannon Films
* Cinecom
* Dimension Pictures (1970s)
* Epic Productions
* Filmways
* G2 Pictures
* Goldwyn Pictures
* Hemdale Film Corporation
* Island Pictures
* Louis B. Mayer Pictures
* Metro Pictures Corporation
* Mirisch Company
* Samuel Goldwyn Company
* Samuel Goldwyn Productions
* Trans World Entertainment
* United Artists Releasing

Universal|

* FilmDistrict
* Good Machine
* Gramercy Pictures
* Independent Moving Pictures
* Interscope Communications
* Propaganda Films
* Savoy Pictures

Paramount|

* CBS Theatrical Films
* Cinema Center Films
* Comedy Central Films
* Commonwealth United Entertainment
* Famous Players Film Company
* Famous Players–Lasky
* Go Fish Pictures
* Liberty Films
* Mascot Pictures
* Paramount Famous Productions
* Paramount Vantage
* Rysher Entertainment
* Sunn Classic Pictures
* United States Pictures

Sony|

* Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation
* Embassy Pictures
* Empire International Pictures
* First Independent Films
* Triumph Films

Warner Bros.|

* Fine Line Features
* First National Pictures
* Lorimar Film Entertainment
* Monogram Pictures
* National General Pictures
* Nelson Entertainment
* Rooster Teeth
* Seven Arts Productions
* Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
* Warner Independent Pictures

Others|

* Alchemy
* American Film Manufacturing Company
* Art Star Scene Studios
* Astor Pictures
* Aviron Pictures
* Aurora Productions
* Biograph Company
* Bison Film Company
* Bluebird Photoplays
* Boxoffice International Pictures
* Bryanston Pictures
* C2 Pictures
* Calvin Company
* Carolco Pictures
* Castle Hill Productions
* Centaur Film Company
* Champion Film Company
* Christie Film Company
* Cinemation Industries
* Cinerama Releasing Corporation
* Compass International Pictures
* Crown International Pictures
* De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
* DEJ Productions
* Distributors Corporation of America
* Eaco Films
* Eagle-Lion Films
* Edison Studios
* Educational Pictures
* Essanay Studios
* Dramatic Feature Films
* Fireworks Entertainment
* First Look Studios
* Franchise Pictures
* Geffen Film Company
* Global Road Entertainment
* Grand National Pictures
* Hal Roach Studios
* Hasbro Entertainment
* Allspark
* Jensen Farley Pictures
* Ladd Company
* Largo Entertainment
* Lippert Pictures
* Lubin Manufacturing Company
* Madison 23 Productions
* Manson International
* Newmarket Films
* OddLot Entertainment
* Pacific International Enterprises
* Participant
* PM Entertainment
* Producers Releasing Corporation
* RatPac Entertainment
* Red Granite Pictures
* Regent Releasing
* Schneider's Bakery
* Scotti Bros. Pictures
* Section Eight Productions
* Seed Productions
* Strike Entertainment
* ThinkFilm
* This Is That Productions
* Virtual Studios
* Weinstein Company
* Dimension Films
* Weintraub Entertainment Group

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Motion Picture Group|

* Warner Bros. Pictures
* List of films
* New Line Cinema
* DC Studios
* Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
* Castle Rock Entertainment
* Flagship Entertainment Group (49%)
* Spyglass Media Group (minor)

Television Group|

* Warner Bros. Television Studios
* Alloy Entertainment
* Telepictures
* A Very Good Production
* Cartoon Network Studios
* Warner Bros. Animation
* Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

Other properties|

* Turner Entertainment Co.
* Wang Film Productions (50%)
* De Lane Lea Studios
* Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
* Burbank
* Leavesden
* Sunset Productions
* WaterTower Music

Former/defunct|

* DC Universe
* DramaFever
* eleveneleven
* Fine Line Features
* Hanna-Barbera
* Hooq (17.5%)
* Midway Games
* New Line Home Entertainment
* Infinifilm
* New Line Television
* Picturehouse
* Shed Productions
* Snowblind Studios
* Surreal Software
* The WB
* The WB 100+ Station Group
* Warner Premiere
* Raw Feed
* Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
* Warner Independent Pictures
* Warner Sogefilms

Key people|

* Pamela Abdy
* Channing Dungey
* Michael De Luca

Related|

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* CNN Films

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Academy Award for Best Picture

1951–1975|

* Arthur Freed (1951)
* Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
* Buddy Adler (1953)
* Sam Spiegel (1954)
* Harold Hecht (1955)
* Michael Todd (1956)
* Sam Spiegel (1957)
* Arthur Freed (1958)
* Sam Zimbalist (1959)
* Billy Wilder (1960)
* Robert Wise (1961)
* Sam Spiegel (1962)
* Tony Richardson (1963)
* Jack L. Warner (1964)
* Robert Wise (1965)
* Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* Walter Mirisch (1967)
* John Woolf (1968)
* Jerome Hellman (1969)
* Frank McCarthy (1970)
* Philip D'Antoni (1971)
* Albert S. Ruddy (1972)
* Tony Bill, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos (1974)
* Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz (1975)

1976–2000|

* Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
* Charles H. Joffe (1977)
* Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978)
* Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
* Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
* David Puttnam (1981)
* Richard Attenborough (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Saul Zaentz (1984)
* Sydney Pollack (1985)
* Arnold Kopelson (1986)
* Jeremy Thomas (1987)
* Mark Johnson (1988)
* Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
* Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
* Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991)
* Clint Eastwood (1992)
* Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
* Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
* Saul Zaentz (1996)
* James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
* Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
* Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
* David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)

2001–present|

* Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
* Martin Richards (2002)
* Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Clint Eastwood, Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
* Graham King (2006)
* Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
* Christian Colson (2008)
* Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
* Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
* Thomas Langmann (2011)
* Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012)
* Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
* Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015)
* Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016)
* J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
* Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
* Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
* Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022)
* Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan (2023)
* Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker (2024)

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Academy Honorary Award

1928–1950|

* Warner Bros. / Charlie Chaplin (1928)
* Walt Disney (1932)
* Shirley Temple (1934)
* D. W. Griffith (1935)
* The March of Time / W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson (1936)
* Edgar Bergen / W. Howard Greene / Museum of Modern Art Film Library / Mack Sennett (1937)
* J. Arthur Ball / Walt Disney / Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney / Gordon Jennings, Jan Domela, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith, Farciot Edouart, Loyal Griggs, Loren L. Ryder, Harry D. Mills, Louis Mesenkop, Walter Oberst / Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey / Harry Warner (1938)
* Douglas Fairbanks / Judy Garland / William Cameron Menzies / Motion Picture Relief Fund (Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan, Ralph Block, Conrad Nagel) / Technicolor SA (1939)
* Bob Hope / Nathan Levinson (1940)
* Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company / Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott / British Ministry of Information (1941)
* Charles Boyer / Noël Coward / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942)
* George Pal (1943)
* Bob Hope / Margaret O'Brien (1944)
* Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg, and the Republic Studio Sound Department / Walter Wanger / The House I Live In / Peggy Ann Garner (1945)
* Harold Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946)
* James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George Kirke Spoor / Bill and Coo / Shoeshine (1947)
* Walter Wanger / Monsieur Vincent / Sid Grauman / Adolph Zukor (1948)
* Jean Hersholt / Fred Astaire / Cecil B. DeMille / The Bicycle Thief (1949)
* Louis B. Mayer / George Murphy / The Walls of Malapaga (1950)

1951–1975|

* Gene Kelly / Rashomon (1951)
* Merian C. Cooper / Bob Hope / Harold Lloyd / George Mitchell / Joseph M. Schenck / Forbidden Games (1952)
* 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation / Bell & Howell Company / Joseph Breen / Pete Smith (1953)
* Bausch & Lomb Optical Company / Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver / Greta Garbo / Jon Whiteley / Vincent Winter / Gate of Hell (1954)
* Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955)
* Eddie Cantor (1956)
* Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers / Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson / Charles Brackett / B. B. Kahane (1957)
* Maurice Chevalier (1958)
* Buster Keaton / Lee de Forest (1959)
* Gary Cooper / Stan Laurel / Hayley Mills (1960)
* William L. Hendricks / Fred L. Metzler / Jerome Robbins (1961)
* William J. Tuttle (1964)
* Bob Hope (1965)
* Yakima Canutt / Y. Frank Freeman (1966)
* Arthur Freed (1967)
* John Chambers / Onna White (1968)
* Cary Grant (1969)
* Lillian Gish / Orson Welles (1970)
* Charlie Chaplin (1971)
* Charles S. Boren / Edward G. Robinson (1972)
* Henri Langlois / Groucho Marx (1973)
* Howard Hawks / Jean Renoir (1974)
* Mary Pickford (1975)

1976–2000|

* Margaret Booth (1977)
* Walter Lantz / Laurence Olivier / King Vidor / Museum of Modern Art Department of Film (1978)
* Hal Elias / Alec Guinness (1979)
* Henry Fonda (1980)
* Barbara Stanwyck (1981)
* Mickey Rooney (1982)
* Hal Roach (1983)
* James Stewart / National Endowment for the Arts (1984)
* Paul Newman / Alex North (1985)
* Ralph Bellamy (1986)
* Eastman Kodak Company / National Film Board of Canada (1988)
* Akira Kurosawa (1989)
* Sophia Loren / Myrna Loy (1990)
* Satyajit Ray (1991)
* Federico Fellini (1992)
* Deborah Kerr (1993)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1994)
* Kirk Douglas / Chuck Jones (1995)
* Michael Kidd (1996)
* Stanley Donen (1997)
* Elia Kazan (1998)
* Andrzej Wajda (1999)
* Jack Cardiff / Ernest Lehman (2000)

2001–present|

* Sidney Poitier / Robert Redford (2001)
* Peter O'Toole (2002)
* Blake Edwards (2003)
* Sidney Lumet (2004)
* Robert Altman (2005)
* Ennio Morricone (2006)
* Robert F. Boyle (2007)
* Lauren Bacall / Roger Corman / Gordon Willis (2009)
* Kevin Brownlow / Jean-Luc Godard / Eli Wallach (2010)
* James Earl Jones / Dick Smith (2011)
* D. A. Pennebaker / Hal Needham / George Stevens Jr. (2012)
* Angela Lansbury / Steve Martin / Piero Tosi (2013)
* Jean-Claude Carrière / Hayao Miyazaki / Maureen O'Hara (2014)
* Spike Lee / Gena Rowlands (2015)
* Jackie Chan / Lynn Stalmaster / Anne V. Coates / Frederick Wiseman (2016)
* Charles Burnett / Owen Roizman / Donald Sutherland / Agnès Varda (2017)
* Marvin Levy / Lalo Schifrin / Cicely Tyson (2018)
* David Lynch / Wes Studi / Lina Wertmüller (2019)
* Samuel L. Jackson / Elaine May / Liv Ullmann (2021)
* Euzhan Palcy / Diane Warren / Peter Weir (2022)
* Angela Bassett / Mel Brooks / Carol Littleton (2023)
* Quincy Jones / Juliet Taylor (2024)
* Debbie Allen / Tom Cruise / Wynn Thomas (2025)

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