3. WARNER BROS.
ENTERTAINMENT INC. is a
fully integrated, broad-based
entertainment company and a
global leader in the creation,
production, distribution,
licensing and marketing of all
forms of entertainment and
their related businesses.
4. WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. is
a fully integrated broad based entertainment
company
Most respected, diversified, successful
motion pictures
The company was founded by four brothers
Harry, Albert, Sam & Jack
Company’s vast library is considered one of
the most prestigious and valuable in the world
Revenue as on 2011 is 12 billion USD
5. " Creativity - We thrive on innovation and originality
encouraging risk-taking and divergent voices.
Customer Focus - We value our customers putting
their needs and interests at the center of
everything we do.
Agility - We move quickly embracing change and
seizing new opportunities.
Teamwork - We treat one another with respect--
creating value by working together within and
across our businesses.
7. 1903 : Films were first shown by 3
brothers in the mining towns of
Pennsylvania and Ohio
1923 : Movie Company was
incorporated
1927 : 1st Talkie was released
and soon produced first all-talking
movie, “The Lights of New York”
8. 1940 : 40 pictures were released this year,
some classics were:
1950 : Notable movies were made like
“House of Wax” (3D), “A Streetcar Named
Desire”
9. 1955: Television story was
written for the first time.
1960 : Films and TV series F
Troop and The FBI were
watched by many people.
1967 : The Studio was sold to
Elliot and Ken Hyman, and it
was renamed Warner Bros.
1969 : It was renamed as
Warner Communications, Inc
10. 2001 : Every one of its own box office records and
several industry records were shattered thanks to
the beginning of the Harry Potter phenomenon
and other movies.
2012 : billion-dollar mark for a 12th consecutive
year
11. • The Big Bang Theory
• Two and a Half Men
• The Vampire Dairies
In those early pioneering days, comedy was the king of the small screen, but Warner Bros. Television targeted a different genre, the dramatic series—and carved out an important new and very successful niche. Cheyenne was only the first of the many hits to come in the ‘50s. Also launched that decade were the now-classic seriesMaverick, 77 Sunset Strip, Colt .45 and Hawaiian Eye. In July of 1958, Harry Warner died peacefully at home.
During the 1960s, Warner Bros. Pictures released such notable films as Ocean’s Eleven, Splendor in the Grass, Gypsy, The Music Man, My Fair Lady (the Studio’s third Best Picture Oscar), The Great Race, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Bonnie and Clyde, Camelot, Cool Hand Luke andThe Wild Bunch. On the television side, Warner Bros. Television debuted such hits as F Troop and The FBI. In 1967, an aging Jack Warner sold the Studio to Elliot and Ken Hyman, and it was renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Seven Arts’ association with the Studio was short-lived. In November 1969, Steve Ross and his Kinney Corporation purchased the company, and it became Warner Communications, Inc.
thanks to the beginning of the Harry Potter phenomenon (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), Ocean’s 11, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Cats & Dogs and, internationally, Miss Congeniality.
2004 was a history-making year for the Studio. Warner Bros. Pictures had its most successful year ever, with $3.41 billion in worldwide box office, which included $2.19 billion in overseas receipts, marking the first time a studio crossed the $2 billion mark internationally in a single year (it was also the fifth time domestically and seventh time internationally Warner Bros. Pictures broke the billion-dollar barrier). Contributing to this success were Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Troy, Ocean’s 12 and The Polar Express. WBTV was again the industry’s leading supplier of programming to the six networks, and Warner Home Video finished the year as the industry’s marketshare leader (for the sixth time in the preceding eight years).
In 2012, the Warner Bros. Pictures Group grossed $4.3 billion at the worldwide box office ($1.66 billion domestic, $2.67 international) with both its domestic and international divisions crossing the billion-dollar mark for a 12th consecutive year, a feat unmatched by any other studio. The Pictures Group has exceeded $4 billion globally for four consecutive years, also a milestone no other studio has ever achieved. Despite challenging market conditions, Warner Home Video was, once again, the industry’s leader, with an overall 21 percent marketshare in total DVD and Blu-ray sales