Financial
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Paramount Q4 Theatrical Revenue Plummets; Content Licensing Revenue Flat
Paramount Skydance Feb. 25 reported fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025) theatrical revenue of $115 million, which is down from revenue of $414 million in the previous-year period. Paramount Pictures’ top-grossing theatrical releases in the quarter included Regretting You, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants and The Running Man. That compared with theatrical releases Smile 2, … Continue reading “Paramount Q4 Theatrical Revenue Plummets; Content Licensing Revenue Flat”
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Paramount+ Loses 100,000 Subs in Q4, Narrows DTC Fiscal Loss 45%
Paramount Skydance Feb. 25 reported that it completed the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025) with 79 million direct-to-consumer streaming subscribers, which was down 100,000 paid subs from the end of the fiscal period through Sept. 30. Paramount+ quarterly revenue increased 17% to $1.84 billion, from $1.56 billion. DTC revenue increased marginally to $2.21 billion … Continue reading “Paramount+ Loses 100,000 Subs in Q4, Narrows DTC Fiscal Loss 45%”
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos to Meet Trump Officials at the White House on Feb. 26
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is reportedly meeting at the White House with Trump Administration officials on Feb. 26 to discuss issues surrounding the streamer’s accepted $82.7 billion all-cash acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets. As first reported by Politico, the meetings will address President Trump’s social media call for the streamer to … Continue reading “Netflix’s Ted Sarandos to Meet Trump Officials at the White House on Feb. 26”
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Paramount Welcomes WBD’s New ‘Determination,’ Ups Termination Fees, Shortens Closing Date
Paramount Skydance Feb. 25 welcomed the Warner Bros. Discovery board’s agreement to consider its revised $110.9 billion all-cash acquisition bid as potentially “superior” to WBD’s accepted $82.7 billion deal with Netflix for its studio and streaming assets. WBD’s willingness to consider Paramount’s latest bid follows 10 previous rejections by the board. “Paramount welcomes the WBD … Continue reading “Paramount Welcomes WBD’s New ‘Determination,’ Ups Termination Fees, Shortens Closing Date”
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board Says Paramount Skydance’s New $110.9 Billion Bid Might be ‘Superior’ to Netflix Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 24 announced that its board of directors, following consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, has determined that Paramount Skydance adding $2.48 billion in cash to its current $108.4 billion bid might lead to a superior proposal than Netflix’s currently accepted $82.7 billion cash deal for WBD’s studio and streaming … Continue reading “Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board Says Paramount Skydance’s New $110.9 Billion Bid Might be ‘Superior’ to Netflix Deal”
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Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Receipt of Revised Acquisition Proposal From Paramount Skydance
Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 24 confirmed that it received a revised proposal from Paramount Skydance to acquire all of the outstanding shares of WBD common stock. Financial details of the new offer, which was due Feb. 23 as part of a mandated “best and final” offer from Paramount under a seven-day grace period Netflix agreed … Continue reading “Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Receipt of Revised Acquisition Proposal From Paramount Skydance”
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Ted Sarandos Downplays Trump’s Call For Netflix to Fire Board Member Susan Rice
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos Feb. 23 downplayed threats made over the weekend by President Trump that the streamer fire board member Susan Rice over her negative comments about him and his administration on a third-party podcast. Appearing on BBC Radio’s “Today” show, Sarandos, who was in London attending the annual BAFTA Awards, was asked about … Continue reading “Ted Sarandos Downplays Trump’s Call For Netflix to Fire Board Member Susan Rice”
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AMC Theatres Saw 3.2 Million Fewer Q4 Moviegoers, Attendance Down 10% in 2025
AMC Entertainment, the nation’s largest theatrical movie exhibitor, Feb. 23 reported a decline of more than 3.2 million moviegoers in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025). For 2025, attendance dropped 10%. AMC said 39.7 million people bought movie tickets in the quarter, compared with almost 43 million people in the previous-year period. For the … Continue reading “AMC Theatres Saw 3.2 Million Fewer Q4 Moviegoers, Attendance Down 10% in 2025”
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DOJ Officially Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Whether Netflix/WBD Deal Hurts Competition, Industry
The Justice Department has drilled down further into Netflix’s pending $82.7 billion all-cash acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets to determine whether the streaming behemoth “may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act or Section 2 of the Sherman Act,” according … Continue reading “DOJ Officially Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Whether Netflix/WBD Deal Hurts Competition, Industry”
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Trump Demands Netflix Fire Board Member Susan Rice or ‘Pay the Consequences’
If Netflix thought it could avoid politics (and President Trump) securing government approval of its $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets, that notion blew up spectacularly Feb. 21 when the president demanded the streamer fire board member Susan Rice, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor … Continue reading “Trump Demands Netflix Fire Board Member Susan Rice or ‘Pay the Consequences’”
