Warner Brothers Pictures was founded in 1918 by four brothers who began showing movies in mining towns. They later purchased property in Hollywood to establish their studio. Warner Brothers owns many subsidiary companies including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, and New Line Cinema. Some of their most successful films include The Dark Knight trilogy and the Harry Potter franchise, benefiting from established brands and targeting wide audiences. Their extensive library of over 6,650 films and 40,000 TV titles has also contributed to their ongoing success.

1. "Educate, Entertain, and Enlighten."

2. The Founders
• The company was founded by four brothers, Albert,
Harry, Sam and Jack. They moved to America in from
Krasnosieic.
• The three elder brothers began in the movie theater
business, using a movie projector, they showed films in
the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio.

3. Early days
Warner brothers pictures first film,
‘My Four Years In Germany’ was
released in March 10, 1918.
Made for $50,000, this film
grossed an astounding $1.5 million
(good for its time)
• Later that year, the Warner brothers
purchased property at 5842 Sunset
Boulevard for $25,000, and the Warner
Bros. West Coast Studios was born.
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4. What does Warner own?
Subsidiary companies
• Warner Bros. Studios,
• Warner Bros. Pictures,
• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment,
• Warner Bros. Television,
• Warner Bros. Animation,
• Warner Home Video,
• New Line Cinema,
• TheWB.com,
• DC Comics
• And Warner Music Group
• However, despite owning all of those companies, Warner Bros is still a
product of Time Warner Which also owns Boomerang, Cartoon Network
and The CW Network (halfowned and actually shared with WB)

5. Film Out Put
• In 1927, the release of the world’s first “talkie,” (synchronized-sound
feature film), The Jazz Singer, that would be associated with Warner Bros.
The Dark Knight was Warners best
selling box office movie with a gross
of $533,345,358
Warner Brothers Pictures have got
out currently 14 films in theatres.
For the entire Harry Potter films,
the boxoffice total was
$7,642,955,524

6. Presold elements
• Warner is a big example of a studio that do
remakes.
• Eg. There have been 8 batman
movies and a new one is
coming out soon.
•J.k.Rowling had already gotten
thousands from the Harry Potter
books before Warner turned
them into movies.

7. What make Warner Bros. Pictures so
successful ?
• They use well known actors
• They have unique storylines
• They target a wide range of
audience, from children to adults
• The companies vast library,
considered one of the best and
largest in the world consists of
more the 6,650 feature films,
40,000 TV titles and 14,000
animated titles.