Inside David Ellison’s Desperate Fight for Warner Bros.
The written pledge would bind Paramount to 30 theatrical releases a year and penalties if it misses the commitment.
- Paramount CEO David Ellison is offering three-year contracts to AMC Entertainment Holdings and Regal Cinemas, pledging to release at least 30 movies annually in theaters.
- Facing an antitrust lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general, the company aims to counter allegations that a merged Paramount-Warner Bros would stifle competition and reduce output.
- The agreements guarantee exclusive 45-day theatrical windows and a 90-day streaming moratorium, with potential financial penalties if Paramount fails to meet these contractual commitments.
- AMC CEO Adam Aron and Regal CEO Eduardo Acuna have publicly backed the deal, though lobbying group Cinema United remains opposed to the merger.
- With a March 2027 trial approaching, critics question whether Ellison's focus on volume ensures financial success for the $50 billion acquisition.
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David Ellison Offers Theater Owners Contractual 30-Movie Guarantee as Paramount-Warner Bros. Faces Antitrust Lawsuit
David Ellison isn’t merely promising that a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. will remain committed to a large number of theatrical movies. He is reportedly willing to put that promise into a legally enforceable contract. According to a new report from Variety, citing Bloomberg, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is offering three-year contractual commitments to AMC Entertainment and Regal Cinemas, the two largest theater chains in the United St…
Commentary: David Ellison’s 30-movie pledge sounds like make-believe
As Paramount waits for the antitrust trial over its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to start in March 2027, its chief executive, David Ellison, is bringing his perspective to the court of public opinion. In a New York Times…
Paramount's Ellison Sets A 90 Movie Agreement
David Ellison’s Paramount/Skydance has been wooing exhibitors lately as the heads of two of them – AMC and Regal – have penned glowing endorsements in the media of the company’s proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. Now, Bloomberg reports that Paramount has offered three-year agreements to both those exhibitors. Under the agreements, the studio will guarantee 30 movies a year in theaters for three years straight – 90 films overa…
Paramount Promises 30 Films a Year Contracts To AMC, Regal Post WBD Merger
When it comes to Paramount’s legal wrestle with the AG’s antitrust case over the Melrose lot’s possible merger with Warner Bros, the key is to divide and conquer with exhibition. Deadline knows that Paramount has made a written commitments with at least one of the top two circuits, specifically, Regal for for 30 films annually […]
Paramount has agreed to sign contracts with major movie networks ensuring that it will release 30 films a year in the rooms if it acquires Warner Bros, according to people familiar with the subject. Paramount and Warner: Studio and American States conflict over trial date In the race for hegemony in AI, USA and China try to form alliances Paramount offered three-year agreements to AMC Entertainment and Regal Cinemas, of the Cineworld group, the …
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