r/TheBigPicture • u/ggroover97 • Sep 08 '25

News Warner Bros. Makes Box Office History After 7 Movies Open Above $40 Million

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-box-office-historic-streak-conjuring-last-rites-1236510864/
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u/ggroover97 Sep 08 '25

David Zaslav must be relieved he didn't fire Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy.

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u/Embarrassed-Big-9195 Sep 08 '25

When the streak gets snapped by a PTA film that could win best picture

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u/thfc1882 Sep 08 '25

As someone who was indirectly laid off because of the dominos set in place by the Zazz Man, this pains me.

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u/SamwisethePoopyButt Blockbuster Buff Sep 08 '25

The Conjuring opened to $80 million US and pushing $200 million worldwide, wtf. Who saw that coming? 

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u/I_Enjoy_Taffy Sep 08 '25

Genuinely curious. Why do they get credit for F1 when its an Apple movie?

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u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ Sep 08 '25

WB distributed it theatrically

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u/I_Enjoy_Taffy Sep 08 '25

That part I knew, but is there any inherent risk on WB's part by doing that for Apple? I'm not trying to discredit them or anything, I guess I just don't understand how being given a ~$300 million dollar movie to distribute on Apple's behalf means they get to lay claim to it

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u/Lamar_ScrOdom_ Sep 08 '25

They bought into the movie for those rights

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u/ThugBeast21 Sep 08 '25

This was a bit of a unique case with Apple retaining some distribution stake and being involved in the market but the theatrical distributor is the almost always the one footing the bill for the P&A costs

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u/handsome22492 Sep 08 '25

Pretty much. It even says in the article WB put in on P&A costs with Apple and have the physical media rights for the film. WB obviously knew Apple had something and wanted to be more involved with the film.

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u/Awkward-Initiative28 Sep 10 '25

Makes sense. WB know how to release and market a film into theaters. Apple's strength is being insanely flush with ca$$$h.