這無疑是一場驚人的票房連勝。
《厲陰宅：最終聖事》週末上映後，在北美地區以 8300 萬美元、全球 1.87 億美元的成績創下系列最佳首映票房，並將華納兄弟史詩般的戲院票房紀錄再向前推進，成為連續第七部首映票房超過 4000 萬美元的電影。沒有其他電影公司曾達到如此穩定的票房表現。
在經歷了 2024 年《小丑：雙重瘋狂》以及今年 3 月的《米奇17號》和《黑道中人The Alto Knights》等慘澹的戲院票房之後，華納兄弟的運氣隨著 4 月改編自電玩的《MINECRAFT麥塊電影》（首映票房 1.62 億美元）開始反彈。這家電影公司的轉捩點持續發酵，先是雷恩·庫格勒和麥可·B·喬丹的吸血鬼驚悚片《罪人》（4800 萬美元），接著是四部夏季作品：《絕命終結站 血脈》（5160 萬美元）、布萊德·彼特的《F1電影》（5700 萬美元）、《超人》（1.25 億美元）以及導演查克·克雷格的恐怖懸疑片《凶器Weapons》（4350 萬美元）。
更棒的是，這些電影都成功地在首映週末後持續賣座，這是近期幾部大片未能達成的命運。（例如，迪士尼的《驚奇四超人：第一步》和《雷霆特攻隊》在前景看好的首映後票房急遽下滑）。《MINECRAFT麥塊電影》以全球 9.57 億美元的票房成為該電影公司今年最賣座的電影，緊接著是《F1電影》（由華納兄弟為 Apple 發行）的 6.17 億美元、《超人》的 6.13 億美元、《罪人》的 3.66 億美元、《絕命終結站 血脈》的 3.07 億美元，以及《凶器Weapons》的 2.51 億美元且持續增加中。
「華納兄弟的表現非常出色，」Franchise Entertainment Research 的分析師大衛·A·格羅斯表示。「這家電影公司做出了傑出的選擇，並承擔了一些巨大的創意風險，而這些風險正在獲得回報。」
今年春季，奉俊昊執導、羅伯·派汀森主演的科幻史詩《米奇17號》，以及羅伯特·狄尼洛主演的犯罪劇情片《黑道中人The Alto Knights》，讓華納兄弟蒙受了至少 1.1 億美元的損失。但剩下的片單卻帶來了令人稱羨的利潤。舉例來說，據知情人士透露，《罪人》預計將產生約 6000 萬美元的戲院利潤；《超人》約 1.25 億美元；《絕命終結站 血脈》約 7500 萬美元；《凶器Weapons》約 6500 萬美元（且持續增加中）。至於《F1電影》，華納兄弟獲得了一筆固定的發行費用以及與特定票房指標相關的收入百分比，產生了約 3400 萬美元的戲院利潤。華納兄弟對此不予置評。一位內部人士反駁了這些數字，但未提供具體數據；消息來源補充說，在計入最新的《厲陰宅》之前，華納兄弟今年至今已累積約 6 億美元的戲院利潤。
由於戲劇性的逆轉，華納兄弟影業集團的聯席執行長麥可·狄·盧卡和潘·艾柏迪完全擺脫了困境。幾個月前，情況並非如此，當時該公司在 2024 年末和 2025 年初遭遇了一連串票房慘敗。就在狄·盧卡和艾柏迪必須應對不斷出現的關於他們能否保住工作的頭條新聞之前，兩人罷免了該公司的行銷總監喬許·高斯汀和國際發行主管安德魯·克里普斯。這場出人意料的人事變動加劇了公司內日益增長的不確定感。
「電影公司有時很熱門，有時很冷門，」格羅斯補充道。「就在這之前，他們經歷了一段漫長的低谷期。這股熱潮不會永遠持續。希望他們在經歷低谷時能記住這次的連勝。低谷也一定會發生；它總是會發生。」
這些巨大的成功將為華納兄弟的下一個重大賭注減輕一些壓力，那就是保羅·湯瑪斯·安德森的史詩電影《一戰再戰 One Battle After Another》，該片將於 9 月下旬上映。這部由李奧納多·狄卡皮歐主演的電影製作成本至少為 1.3 億美元，需要約 3 億美元才能在票房上達到收支平衡。作為參考，安德森票房最高的電影是 2007 年的西部片《黑金企業》，全球票房為 7640 萬美元。
《一戰再戰 One Battle After Another》將是華納兄弟今年最後一部發行的電影。接著在 2026 年，華納兄弟將帶來艾莫芮·芬諾執導、瑪格·羅比和雅各·艾洛迪主演的《咆哮山莊》重拍版，導演瑪姬·葛倫霍耗資 8000 萬美元的《科學怪人》衍生片《新娘The Bride!》，以及兩部 DC 冒險電影《超少女Supergirl》和《泥面人Clayface》。
此外還有安·海瑟薇和伊旺·麥奎格主演的原創科幻驚悚片《花谷街Flowervale Street》、電玩續集《真人快打II》、一部由《鳥人》導演阿利安卓·G·伊納利圖和影星湯姆·克魯斯合作的未定名電影《Alejandro G. Iñárritu Film》，以及《沙丘：第三部》。從目前攤開來看片單，這似乎又是另一個充滿驚奇的冒險，將類型電影和導演主導的原創作品置於久經考驗的系列電影之上。但話說回來，華納兄弟 2025 年的大部分片單在上映時也並非是保證賣座的熱門電影。而我們都知道這些賭注獲得了怎樣的回報。
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After ‘Conjuring: Last Rites,’ Warner Bros. Makes Box Office History With 7 Consecutive Movies Opening Above $40 Million.
Talk about a scary-good box office streak.
“The Conjuring: Last Rites,” which scored a franchise-best launch of $83 million domestically and $187 million globally over the weekend, has extended an epic theatrical run for Warner Bros. as the seventh consecutive release to open above $40 million. No other studio has ever achieved that level of consistency at the box office.
After a terrible theatrical stretch with duds like 2024’s “Joker: Folie a Deux” and this March’s “Mickey 17” and “The Alto Knights,” the fortunes at Warner Bros. began to rebound with April’s video game adaptation “A Minecraft Movie” ($162 million debut). The studio’s turnaround continued with Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s vampire thriller “Sinners” ($48 million), followed by a quartet of summer offerings, “Final Destination Bloodlines” ($51.6 million), Brad Pitt’s “F1: The Movie” ($57 million), “Superman” ($125 million) and director Zach Cregger’s horror mystery “Weapons” ($43.5 million).
What’s even better is that all of those films managed to stick around beyond opening weekend, a fate that several major releases recently failed to achieve. (Disney’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and “Thunderbolts,” for example, dropped steeply after promising debuts.) “A Minecraft Movie” is the studio’s biggest earner of the year with $957 million globally, followed by “F1” (which Warner Bros. distributed for Apple) with $617 million, “Superman” with $613 million, “Sinners” with $366 million, “Final Destination: Bloodlines” with $307 million and “Weapons” with $251 million and counting.
“Warner Bros. is having a fantastic run,” says analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. “The studio made outstanding choices and took some big creative risks, and they’re paying off.”
Back in the spring, Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi epic “Mickey 17” with Robert Pattinson, as well as the Robert De Niro-led crime drama “The Alto Knights,” had set the studio back at least $110 million in losses. But the remaining lineup has delivered some enviable profit margins. Case in point: “Sinners” is expected to generate around $60 million in theatrical profits; “Superman” around $125 million; “Final Destination: Bloodlines” approximately $75 million; “Weapons” around $65 million (and counting), according to knowledgeable individuals. For “F1,” Warner Bros. was paid a flat distribution fee as well as a percentage of revenues in line with certain box office benchmarks, resulting in theatrical profits of roughly $34 million. Warner Bros. declined to comment. A studio insider disputed these figures without providing specific numbers; the source added that Warner Bros. has made roughly $600 million in combined year-to-date theatrical profits before counting the latest “Conjuring.”
Thanks to the dramatic turnaround, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy are fully off the hot seat. That wasn’t the case a few months ago, given the studio’s late 2024 and early 2025 run of box office disasters. Right before De Luca and Abdy had to grapple with a steady stream of headlines about whether or not they would keep their jobs, the duo ousted the studio’s marketing chief, Josh Goldstine, and international distribution head Andrew Cripps. The surprise shakeup contributed to a growing sense of uncertainty at the studio.
“Studios get hot, and studios get cold,” Gross adds. “Just before this, they weathered a long, bad run. It won’t last forever. Hopefully they’ll remember this [run] when they go on a cold steak. That’ll happen too; it always does.”
Those outsized wins will take a bit of pressure off the next big Warner Bros. gamble, Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic “One Battle After Another,” which opens later in September. That film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, cost at least $130 million to produce and requires roughly $300 million to break even at the box office. For context, Anderson’s highest-grossing film is 2007’s Western “There Will Be Blood,” which earned $76.4 million globally.
“One Battle After Another” will be the studio’s final release of the year. Then in 2026, Warner Bros. will deliver Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” remake with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s $80 million “Frankenstein” spinoff “The Bride” and two DC’s adventures in “Supergirl” and “Clayface.” There’s also Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor-led original sci-fi thriller “Flowervale Street,” video game sequel “Mortal Kombat II,” an untitled film from “Birdman” director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and star Tom Cruise, and “Dune Part Three.” On paper, it looks like another risky slate that spotlights genre fare and filmmaker-driven originals over time-tested franchises. But then again, most of the studio’s 2025 slate didn’t enter theaters as guaranteed hits. And we know how those bets paid off.