Warner Bros. Pictures

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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.{{cite web |url=http://russianheritagemuseum.com/en/RHM_Warner_Brothers/ |title=Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner: the most famous Hollywood family, creators the Warner Bros. |publisher=Russian-American Heritage Museum |access-date=December 23, 2021}} They produced their first film, the Peril of the Plains{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234450/?ref_=ttco_co_tt |title= IMDb – Peril of the Plains (1912) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=December 23, 2021}} 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;{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Warner+Features+Company%22&pg=PT88 |title=Bringing Up Oscar |access-date=December 23, 2021 |first=Debra Ann |last=Pawlak|date=12 January 2012 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781605982168 }} on July 8 of that year, Albert and Harry set up the New York–based Warner Brothers Distributing Corporation to release the films.{{cite web | url = https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/ |title = Business Entity Detail: Warner Bros. Distributing Corporation (search on Entity Number: C0080357) | website = California Business Search |publisher=California Secretary of State|access-date=June 19, 2019}}{{cite news|title=Warner Brothers Get Mutt And Jeff|url=https://archive.org/details/movpict33chal/page/n141/mode/2up?q=Warner+Bros.+Distributing+Corporation&view=theater|access-date=May 8, 2022|work=Moving Picture World|date=September 1, 1917}}{{cite news|title=Warners Have New Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/Clipper65-1917-05/page/n35/mode/2up?q=Warner+Brothers&view=theater|access-date=May 8, 2022|work=The New York Clipper|date=May 1, 1917}} 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.{{cite book |url=https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1115&context=vocesnovae|title=The Warner Brothers Prove Their Patriotism |first=Lara |last=Jacobson}} The war film was a box office hit, and it helped the brothers to establish themselves as a prestige studio.{{cite web |title=Warner's First Feature Film Turns 100 |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/articles/2018/03/09/warners-first-feature-movie-turns-100 |website=WarnerBros.com |access-date=8 May 2022 |language=en-US |date=9 March 2018}}

On April 4, 1923, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. was officially established, as the brothers focussed entirely on the motion picture industry.{{cite web |last1=Maas |first1=Jennifer |title=Warner Bros. Reveals 100th Anniversary Logo, Teases Rollout of Commemorative Content, Products and Events |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/warner-bros-100-anniversary-logo-1235212556/ |website=Variety |access-date=8 May 2022 |language=en-US |date=23 March 2022}} 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.{{cite news| title = Warner, Movie Magnate, Dies: Sam Warner, Former Youngstown Man, Rose from Obscurity to Leader in Field| work = The Youngstown Daily Vindicator| date = October 5, 1927}} 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{{Cite book |last=Schickel |first=Richard |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191926490 |title=You must remember this : the Warner Bros. story |date=2008 |publisher=Running Press |others=George Perry |isbn=978-0-7624-3418-3 |location=Philadelphia, Pa. |oclc=191926490}}WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released in August 1948{{cite web |title=Media History Digital Library |url=https://archive.org/details/mediahistory&tab=collection?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Motion%20pictures%20--%20Catalogues%22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325121444/https://archive.org/details/mediahistory%26tab%3Dcollection?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Motion%20pictures%20--%20Catalogues%22 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |access-date=September 17, 2019 |work=archive.org}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Hoyt |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ERsvBQAAQBAJ&q=1958+a.a.p.+was+sold+to+United+Artists&pg=PA182 |title=Hollywood Vault: Film Libraries Before Home Video |date=2014-07-03 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95857-9 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Cole |first=Robert J. |date=May 16, 1981 |title=M-G-M Is Reported Purchasing United Artists for $350 million |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/16/world/m-g-m-is-reported-purchasing-united-artists-for-350-million.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908011627/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/16/world/m-g-m-is-reported-purchasing-united-artists-for-350-million.html |archive-date=September 8, 2016 |issn=0362-4331}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/15/archives/jack-l-warner-president-agrees-to-sell-his-interest-in-a-32million.html|title=Jack L. Warner, President, Agrees to Sell His Interest In a $32-Million Deal; 7 ARTS IS BUYING 33% OF WARNER|last=Sloane|first=Leonard|work=The New York Times |date=November 15, 1966|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311025721/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/15/archives/jack-l-warner-president-agrees-to-sell-his-interest-in-a-32million.html|archive-date=March 11, 2018}} (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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/18/archives/warner-meeting-scheduled.html|title=Warner Meeting Scheduled|work=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1967}}

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.{{cite news |date=January 1982 |title=Faberge Sells Brut's Assets |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/01/business/faberge-sells-brut-s-assets.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701092705/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/01/business/faberge-sells-brut-s-assets.html |archive-date=July 1, 2017}}

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.{{cite news |date=1985-12-20 |title=Turner Sells Fabled MGM but Keeps a Lion's Share |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-mn-9950-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2018-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801044732/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-07/news/mn-9950_1_turner-broadcasting |archive-date=August 1, 2017}} (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).{{cite web |title=Crash Landing Merv Adelson—TV mogul, multimillionaire, and friend of the famous—lived a show-business fantasy. His bankruptcy has shocked Hollywood. – November 10, 2003 |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/10/352823/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126093323/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/10/352823/index.htm |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=September 2, 2015 |work=CNN}}{{cite news |title=Warner Completes Merger With Lorimar Telepictures |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-12-fi-413-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2010-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103031254/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-12/business/fi-413_1_lorimar-telepictures-corp |archive-date=November 3, 2012}} 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,{{cite web |title=Turner Broadcasting Company Report |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100240/0000950144-94-000832.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710093510/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100240/0000950144-94-000832.txt |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |access-date=November 8, 2017 |website=sec.gov |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission}}{{cite news |title=Done deal: Turner Broadcasting System Inc. said it closed..... |publisher=Chicage Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/12/25/done-deal-turner-broadcasting-system-inc-said/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302115359/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-12-25/business/9312250085_1_turner-broadcasting-system-hollywood-producer-turner-spokesman |archive-date=March 2, 2016}} and New Line Cinema on January 28, 1994.{{cite web |date=1994-01-28 |title=New Line to Join Ted Turner Empire Today : Film: With more money, the company is likely to add a few big movies to its annual production schedule. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-28-fi-16459-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325182644/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-28-fi-16459-story.html |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |access-date=2019-10-30 |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web |title=New Line Cinema |url=http://ethicalbusinessbureau.com/NewLineCinema/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302115400/http://ethicalbusinessbureau.com/NewLineCinema/ |archive-date=2016-03-02 |access-date=2019-10-30 |website=ethicalbusinessbureau.com}} 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.

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The studio division was incorporated as Warner Bros. Pictures on March 3, 2003, to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases.{{cite web |title=Business Entity Detail: Warner Bros. Pictures (search on Entity Number: C2502930) |url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/ |access-date=June 19, 2019 |website=California Business Search |publisher=California Secretary of State}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/business/media/27studio.html|title=Warner's Production Chief to Also Oversee Distribution|last=Halbfinger|first=David|work=The New York Times |date=November 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219155719/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/business/media/27studio.html|archive-date=December 19, 2019}} In 2017, longtime New Line executive Toby Emmerich joined as president.{{Cite web |title=WarnerBros.com {{!}} Toby Emmerich Named President and Chief Content Officer, Warner Bros. Pictures Group {{!}} Press Releases |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/toby-emmerich-named-president-and-chief-content-officer-warner-bros-pictures-group |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.warnerbros.com}} In January 2018, he was promoted to chairman.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/warner-bros-shakeup-toby-emmerich-sue-kroll-1202658430/|title=Warner Bros. Shake-Up: Toby Emmerich Named Film Chairman, Sue Kroll Out|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=2018-01-09|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/warner-bros-shakeup-toby-emmerich-sue-kroll-1202658430/|title=Warner Bros. Shake-Up: Toby Emmerich Named Film Chairman, Sue Kroll Out|publisher=Variety|date=January 9, 2018}} 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.{{cite web|title=Warner Bros International Marketing President Lynne Frank To Exit|publisher=Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/warner-bros-international-marketing-president-lynne-frank-leaves-studio-1202488028/|date=October 23, 2018}} In June 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures signed an agreement with SF Studios to have their films distributed in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/global/warner-bros-sf-studios-expand-distribution-deal-across-scandinavia-1203252636/|title=Warner Bros, SF Studios Expand Distribution Deal Across Scandinavia|date=June 25, 2019|publisher=Variety}}

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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.{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2020/film/news/warner-bros-hbo-max-theaters-dune-matrix-4-1234845342/ | title = Warner Bros. to Debut Entire 2021 Film Slate, Including 'Dune' and 'Matrix 4,' Both on HBO Max and In Theaters | first1 = Rebecca | last1= Rubin | first2 = Matt | last2 = Donnelly | date = December 3, 2020 | access-date = December 3, 2020 | work = Variety }} 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/business/media/warner-bros-hbo-max-movies-pay.html | title = Trading Box Office for Streaming, but Stars Still Want Their Money | first1= Brooks | last1= Barnes | first2 = Nicole | last2= Sperling | date = December 7, 2020 | access-date = January 18, 2021 | work = The New York Times }} 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-09/warner-bros-guarantees-filmmakers-a-payday-for-hbo-max-movies | title = Warner Bros. Guarantees Filmmakers a Payday for HBO Max Movies | first1 = Lucas| last1 = Shaw

| first2 = Kelly | last2 = Gilbolm | date = January 9, 2021 | access-date = January 18, 2021 | work = Bloomberg News }}

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.{{Cite web|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|date=2021-10-27|title="Project Popcorn": WarnerMedia's Box Office-HBO Max Experiment Gets Mixed Results|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warnermedias-project-popcorn-box-office-hbo-max-experiment-gets-mixed-results-1235037096/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} This change is part of an agreement the studio reached with Cineworld (who operates Regal Cinemas).{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Tartaglione |first2=Nancy |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Regal Cinemas To Reopen In April; Parent Cineworld & Warner Bros Reach Multi-Year Deal To Show WB Films In U.S. & UK |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/cineworld-regal-warner-bros-deal-theatrical-windows-us-cinemas-reopening-1234719255/ |access-date=March 24, 2021 |website=Deadline}}

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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.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Toby Emmerich Out As Warner Bros Motion Picture Group Chairman; Michael De Luca & Pam Abdy To Lead Studio |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/toby-emmerich-warner-bros-departure-1235036598/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-06-01 |title=David Zaslav "Thrilled" Toby Emmerich Remaining Part Of Warner Bros Discovery Family, Outlines New Structure; De Luca & Abdy Made Official |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/david-zaslav-thrilled-toby-emmerich-remaining-part-of-warner-discovery-family-outlines-new-studio-structure-1235036864/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

On June 8, COO Carolyn Blackwood announced that she was stepping down as well.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2022-06-08 |title=Carolyn Blackwood Exits Warner Bros. Amid Ongoing Shake-Up |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/carolyn-blackwood-exits-warner-bros-amid-ongoing-shakup-1235161460/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alan-horn-on-rejoining-warner-bros-i-see-myself-as-a-consigliere-1235188546/|title=Alan Horn on Rejoining Warner Bros.: "I See Myself as a Consigliere"|author=Kim Masters|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022}}

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.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-08-14 |title=Warner Bros Forms Multi-Year Pact To Distribute MGM Movies Overseas Beginning With 'Bones And All', 'Creed III'; How Bond Will Be Handled |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/warner-bros-mgm-international-distribution-deal-james-bond-007-1235091889/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-08-24 |title='Aquaman 2' Heads To Christmas 2023, 'Shazam: Fury Of The Gods' Goes To March; HBO Max Pics 'House Party' & 'Evil Dead Rise' Going Theatrical – Warner Bros. Release Date Changes |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/aquaman-2-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-hbo-max-house-party-evil-dead-rise-1235099521/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Walter Hamada, the president of DC Films, stepped down on October 19, 2022.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-10-19 |title=DC Films Boss Walter Hamada Has Departed Studio As Warner Bros Discovery Finalizes Exit: The Dish |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/dc-films-boss-walter-hamada-warner-discovery-david-zaslav-1235149111/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} President of Production & Development Courtenay Valenti departed on October 28 and was replaced by Jesse Ehrman.{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=2022-10-20 |title=Warner Bros. Pictures Names Jesse Ehrman President of Production and Development; Ups Three to Senior VP (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/warner-bros-pictures-jesse-ehrman-president-production-1235410379/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-10-27 |title=As Courtenay Valenti Exits Warner Bros, Production Boss Won't Be Idle For Long: The Dish |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/courtenay-valenti-netflix-amazon-jobs-exits-warner-bros-1235157045/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} On June 9, 2023, the Warner Bros. Pictures Group was renamed as the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Taps Animation Visionary Bill Damaschke to Lead Its Newly Rebranded Feature Animation Division, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230609005407/en/Warner-Bros.-Motion-Picture-Group-Taps-Animation-Visionary-Bill-Damaschke-to-Lead-Its-Newly-Rebranded-Feature-Animation-Division-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-Animation |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Business Wire |language=en-US}}

{{Main|Lists of Warner Bros. films}}

File:Gate 4 Warner Bros. Studios.jpgMergers 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.{{Cite web |title=WarnerBros.com {{!}} Warner Bros. Unveils Centennial Logo in Advance of the Iconic Studio's 100th Anniversary {{!}} Press Releases |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/warner-bros-unveils-centennial-logo-in-advance-of-iconic-studios-100th-anniversary |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=www.warnerbros.com}}

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.

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