Paramount Projects ‘Significantly’ Lower Theatrical Revenue Overall in 2026 Despite More Titles; CEO David Ellison Reiterates Plan for 30-Film Annual Slate With Warner Bros.
by chanma50
Paramount Projects ‘Significantly’ Lower Theatrical Revenue Overall in 2026 Despite More Titles; CEO David Ellison Reiterates Plan for 30-Film Annual Slate With Warner Bros.
by chanma50
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Had they gotten a big summer tentpole out this year (e.g. Sonic 4, Transformers/G.I Joe crossover or even Top Gun 3), I bet that these revenues would have been even higher.
The main problem was that Paramount just simply couldn’t greenlight enough films as they were in limbo mode before the Paramount-Skydance merger closed. Still, they had to resort to acquiring films to fill out their 2026 slate (By Any Means, Street Fighter and Angry Birds Movie 3), because of a weak slate.
And the ones that Paramount is greenlighting are ones that were in development under the Brian Robbins regime or under Skydance, pre-merger.
I wouldn’t even expect Goldberg & Greenstein to eventually match Robbins’s & Gianopulos’s reputations in the long-run if Ellison gets to intervene anytime he wants to in their purview.
Given Skydance still had losses heading into the wrapping of the Redstone sale last year, I don’t think they’re bringing in a lot of licensing money as much as Paramount Global has:
“At the same time, Paramount expects the studio segment profitability to increase in 2026 versus 2025, with growth driven by “accelerating licensing and other revenues,” including a full-year impact of legacy Skydance revenue and higher licensing across Paramount Television Studios and CBS Studios.”
What more titles are they talking about? Paramount pipeline is a ghost town.