Just How Big is Warner Bros? - Blu-ray Forum

hendra · 03-25-2010, 02:44 PM

With regard to Blu-ray new releases, just how big is Warner Bros market share? I am asking because with the 28-day delay of WB New Release from Netflix, I want to know how many new release of Blu-ray I would miss.

panamablu · 03-25-2010, 02:57 PM

Don't know if it helps, but as big that when they decides to go exclusive for bluray, tha war ended right there. They have the biggest catalog of movies.

BD4ME · 03-26-2010, 03:34 PM

I think it's safe to say that Warner Bros. (in this case the distribution arm Warner Home Video) is huge. Most definitely the biggest studio, mainly thanks to its parent company Time Warner though.

Aside from their own films they have access to:
- New Line Cinema
- virtually every pre-1986 MGM film (including Orion Pictures)
- distribution for every Time-Warner subsidary (or part of the company) including: HBO, the CW, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, DC Comics, Turner, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, Lorimar, Rankin/Bass, the Popeye shorts, Peanuts specials, Watership Down, the first three Pokémon films, and much more.

These above listed things are all owned in some way by Time-Warner, but WB also has distribution deals with non-affiliated companies like Viz Media, National Geographic and the BBC.

Banjo · 03-26-2010, 03:36 PM

They have the largest film library from what I know.

kpkelley · 03-26-2010, 03:39 PM

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/stats.php

Brad1963 · 03-26-2010, 03:39 PM

The studio lot is about 20 acres.

Banjo · 03-26-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BD4ME

virtually every pre-1986 MGM film (including Orion Pictures)

Orion Pictures was originally a venture between WB and some former executives of UA. Later on, they split from Warner Communications and became an independent studio. Warner Bros. Studios own all of the Orion movies before 1982. Although they didn't remain an independent studio for long til the late 1980s when Metromedia bought a lot of shares in the company. Later on in the 1990s, it went bankrupt and MGM took the opportunity to buy all of the library to make up for selling most of its library to WB.

The rest is history.

JediFonger · 03-26-2010, 04:23 PM

this made me laff.

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Originally Posted by Brad1963

The studio lot is about 20 acres.

BTW if they own MGM, doesn't this mean they own Bonds and why does Fox distribute MGM Blu-Rays if WB owns them?

Banjo · 03-26-2010, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JediFonger

this made me laff.

BTW if they own MGM, doesn't this mean they own Bonds and why does Fox distribute MGM Blu-Rays if WB owns them?

MGM didn't sell the Bond library to WB. That wasn't included in the deal they made years ago. MGM made a deal with Fox to distribute the MGM/UA library on home video a few years ago after they weren't too happy with the way Sony was handling everything.

Banjo · 03-26-2010, 04:34 PM

However, it should be mentioned that Time Warner did put in another bid for MGM a few days ago.

masoud90 · 03-26-2010, 06:18 PM

They have some of the biggest movies of the year (every year), so they are pretty big...

Kizzo · 03-26-2010, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Banjo

However, it should be mentioned that Time Warner did put in another bid for MGM a few days ago.

Yep, and it's looking like they could own the studio pretty soon. But anything can change. The one positive of this merger is seeing all of MGM under one roof.

As everyone has already mentioned, yes Warner is a big studio (backed by Time Warner). One of the largest in the world. And not just the largest movie studio, but the largest TV production company in the world as well. They sell shows to all of the Big Four networks. The company is big and very important to Hollywood...

Batman1980 · 03-26-2010, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kpkelley

https://www.blu-ray.com/community/stats.php

Dang Disney, Paramount and Universal are a lot smaller than I thought...

jalabar · 03-26-2010, 06:55 PM

Are those stats based on actual market data, or just based on what people here have in their collections?

seeweda · 03-26-2010, 06:55 PM

The 28 day delay only effects new release titles it does not effect catalog releases on Blu-ray.

saprano · 03-26-2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad1963

The studio lot is about 20 acres.

20 acres of wasted space.

saprano · 03-26-2010, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jalabar

Are those stats based on actual market data, or just based on what people here have in their collections?

Collections.

Atreyu · 03-26-2010, 06:59 PM

Yes I have heard that Warner is the highest in bidding on the MGM film calalogue, and I think that's kind of sad as they have proven time and time again that many of their blu releases are sub par. We all know they can do better, but for some reason refuse to.

jalabar · 03-26-2010, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Atreyu

Yes I have heard that Warner is the highest in bidding on the MGM film calalogue, and I think that's kind of sad as they have proven time and time again that many of their blu releases are sub par. We all know they can do better, but for some reason refuse to.

WB is the best major studio for Blu-Ray output IMO

Batman1980 · 03-26-2010, 07:21 PM

According to the Fortune 500 list from 2009 -
Time Warner is 48th
Walt Disney is 60th
Can't even find the others, they must be under company names I don't recognize.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...t/401_500.html

03-25-2010, 02:44 PM	#1
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03-25-2010, 02:57 PM	#2
panamablu Active Member Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:3152 DVD collection:279 Trading Score:1	Don't know if it helps, but as big that when they decides to go exclusive for bluray, tha war ended right there. They have the biggest catalog of movies.

03-26-2010, 03:34 PM	#3
BD4ME Active Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:The Netherlands Blu-ray collection:79	I think it's safe to say that Warner Bros. (in this case the distribution arm Warner Home Video) is huge. Most definitely the biggest studio, mainly thanks to its parent company Time Warner though. Aside from their own films they have access to: - New Line Cinema - virtually every pre-1986 MGM film (including Orion Pictures) - distribution for every Time-Warner subsidary (or part of the company) including: HBO, the CW, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, DC Comics, Turner, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, Lorimar, Rankin/Bass, the Popeye shorts, Peanuts specials, Watership Down, the first three Pokémon films, and much more. These above listed things are all owned in some way by Time-Warner, but WB also has distribution deals with non-affiliated companies like Viz Media, National Geographic and the BBC.

03-26-2010, 03:36 PM	#4
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	They have the largest film library from what I know.

03-26-2010, 03:39 PM	#6
Brad1963 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA 4K collection:345 Blu-ray collection:1687 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1	The studio lot is about 20 acres.

03-26-2010, 04:34 PM	#10
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	However, it should be mentioned that Time Warner did put in another bid for MGM a few days ago.

03-26-2010, 06:18 PM	#11
masoud90 Power Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Seattle, WA Blu-ray collection:180 Trading Score:3	They have some of the biggest movies of the year (every year), so they are pretty big...

03-26-2010, 06:55 PM	#14
jalabar Banned Member since:Mar 2010	Are those stats based on actual market data, or just based on what people here have in their collections?

03-26-2010, 06:55 PM	#15
seeweda Special Member Member since:Jun 2009 Blu-ray collection:302 Trading Score:6	The 28 day delay only effects new release titles it does not effect catalog releases on Blu-ray.

03-26-2010, 06:59 PM	#18
Atreyu Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2008 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:370 Blu-ray collection:1876 DVD collection:619 Digital collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 293 Trading Score:4	Yes I have heard that Warner is the highest in bidding on the MGM film calalogue, and I think that's kind of sad as they have proven time and time again that many of their blu releases are sub par. We all know they can do better, but for some reason refuse to.

03-26-2010, 07:21 PM	#20
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	According to the Fortune 500 list from 2009 - Time Warner is 48th Walt Disney is 60th Can't even find the others, they must be under company names I don't recognize. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...t/401_500.html

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