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| 曾用名 | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (1923–1967) Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc.（英语：Warner Bros.-Seven Arts） (1967–1970) Warner Bros. Inc. (1970–1992) |
| 公司類型 | Division |
| 公司前身 | Warner Features Company |
| 成立 | 1923年4月4日，102年前（1923-04-04）[1] |
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| 總部 | 美国伯班克4000 Warner Boulevard（英语：Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank） |
| 業務範圍 | 全球 |
| 产业 | Entertainment（英语：Outline of entertainment） |
| 產品 | 电影 |
| 營業額 | ▲ 138.66亿美元（2017年）[2] |
| 息税前利润 | ▲ 17.61亿美元（2017年）[2] |
| 所有權者 | WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group (WarnerMedia a subsidiary ofAT&T) (spin-out（英语：Corporate spin-off） into independent entity pending, to be merged withDiscovery, Inc.) |
| 員工人數 | 约8,000人（2014年）[3] |
| 母公司 | 华纳兄弟娱乐公司 |
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| 网站 | www |
华纳兄弟影业（英語：Warner Bros. Pictures；商業名稱：华纳兄弟影业集团，[Warner Bros. Pictures Group]）是一家美国電影製作和分销电影制片厂，是华纳兄弟娱乐公司的子公司，总部位于加利福尼亚州伯班克，是華納兄弟的旗艦品牌。
华纳兄弟影业成立于1923年，由哈里·华纳（英语：Harry Warner）、阿尔伯特·华纳（英语：Albert Warner）、山姆·华纳和杰克·华纳创办，除了製作自己的電影外，還處理由其他华纳兄弟公司製作和發行的電影，包办電影製作運營、院線發行、營銷和推廣，其中包括华纳兄弟动画公司、华纳动画集团（英语：Warner Animation Group）、新線影業、DC影業和城堡石娛樂公司，以及其他第三方生產商。
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In 1927, Warner Bros. Pictures revolutionized the film industry when theAmerican-Jewish Warner brothers released their first pictures "talkie"The Jazz Singer starringAl Jolson. Unfortunately, founding member Sam Warner died prior to the premiere of the film.[4]From 1923 to 1967,Warner Bros. was known asWarner Bros. Pictures, Inc. as their main focus was entirely on the motion picture industry. When the company diversified over the years, it was eventually rebranded to its current umbrella name, but Warner Bros. Pictures continued to be used as the name of the film production arm of the company.
The division was incorporated asWarner Bros. Pictures on March 3, 2003 to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases.[5]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.[6]In 2017, longtime New Line executiveToby Emmerich joined as president. In January 2018, he was elevated to chairman.[7][8]On October 23, 2018 it was announced Lynne Frank, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, would be leaving the company to pursue new opportunities.[9]In June 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures signed an agreement withSF Studios to have their films distributed in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.[10]
As with most other film distributors, Warner Bros. Pictures struggled with releasing films during the 2020COVID-19 pandemic due to restrictions on theater openings. After pushing several films planned for 2020 into 2021, WB announced in December 2020 that they would take the unusual approach of having their entire slate of 2021 films planned for both theatrical release as well as having a simultaneous one-month period of availability on theHBO Max streaming service, in a similar manner for how they were releasingWonder Woman 1984 that month. After one month, such films would still be available in theaters and would then later be available via home media under typical release schedules.[11]The move to include streaming was criticized by production companies, directors, and actors as Warner Bros. Pictures had not informed anyone about the plan ahead of the announcement, as well of concerns of lower payouts due to the streaming options,[12]leading Warner Bros. Pictures to alter its compensation rates for the affected films by January 2021 to provide larger payouts to casts and crews of these films.[13]
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Mergers and acquisitions have helped Warner Bros. accumulate a diverse collection of films, cartoons and television programs. As of 2019, Warner Bros. owned more than 100,000 hours of programming, including 8,600 feature films and 5,000 television programs comprising tens of thousands of individual episodes.[14]
In the aftermath of the 1948 antitrust suit, uncertain times led Warner Bros. in 1956 to sell most of its pre-1950[15][16][17]films and cartoons toAssociated Artists Productions (a.a.p.). In addition, a.a.p. also obtained theFleischer Studios andFamous StudiosPopeye cartoons, originally fromParamount Pictures. Two years later, a.a.p. was sold toUnited Artists, which owned the company until 1981, whenMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired United Artists.[18][19]
In 1982, during their independent years,Turner Broadcasting System acquiredBrut Productions, the film production arm ofFrance-based then-struggling personal-care companyFaberge Inc.[20]
In 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquiredMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Finding itself in debt,Turner Entertainment kept the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television libraries and a small portion of the United Artists library (including the a.a.p. library and North American rights to theRKO Radio Pictures library) while spinning off the rest of MGM.[21]
In 1989, Warner Communications acquiredLorimar-Telepictures Corporation.[22][23]Lorimar's catalogue included the post-1974 library ofRankin/Bass Productions, and the post-1947 library ofMonogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
In 1991, Turner Broadcasting System acquired animation studioHanna-Barbera and theRuby-Spears library fromGreat American Broadcasting, and years later, Turner Broadcasting System acquiredCastle Rock Entertainment on December 22, 1993[24][25]andNew Line Cinema on January 28, 1994.[26][27]On October 10, 1996,Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting System, thus bringing Warner Bros.' pre-1950 library back home. In addition, Warner Bros. only owns Castle Rock Entertainment's post-1994 library.
In 2008, Time Warner integrated New Line to Warner Bros.
In June 2016, it created the Harry Potter Global Franchise Development Team to oversee its ownership of theHarry Potter franchise worldwide (including the Wizarding World trademark).[28]
华纳兄弟影业的首部發行的真人電影是《我在德國的四年（英语：My Four Years in Germany）》（1918年），首部动画电影是《Gay Purr-ee（英语：Gay Purr-ee）》（1962年），华纳兄弟动画公司和华纳动画集团（英语：Warner Animation Group）制作的动画电影，同样由华纳兄弟影业发行。华纳兄弟影业共有25部作品荣获奥斯卡最佳影片奖提名：Disraeli（英语：Disraeli (1929 film)）（1929）、牢獄餘生（1932）、42nd Street（英语：42nd Street (film)）（1933）、Here Comes the Navy（英语：Here Comes the Navy）（1934）、A Midsummer Night's Dream（英语：A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)）（1935）、风流世家（1936）、左拉传（1937）、侠盗罗宾汉（1938）、Four Daughters（英语：Four Daughters）（1938）、红衫泪痕（1938）、卿何薄命（1939），以及其他著名作品。
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