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The list of Zack Snyder films is unnecessary, and I dispute whether they (especially the 2017 Justice League cut) are the studio's most successful movies. Also, it isn't 2022 anymore, and 2023 is almost over.
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Warner Bros. Pictures'''<nowiki/>' origins trace back to 1918, when brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack '''Warner''' established a studio on Sunset Boulevard. Sam and Jack would handle the production of the films, while Harry and Albert were in charge of distribution. The studio was incorporated as '''Warner Bros' Pictures Incorporated''' on April 4, 1923, making it the third oldest American movie studio in continuous operation, after [[Paramount Pictures]] (founded on May 8, 1912 as Famous Players Film Corporation) and [[Universal Pictures]] (founded on June 8, 1912). It is one of the "Big Five" studios, alongside Paramount Pictures, [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]] ([[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures]]), Universal Pictures, and [[Walt Disney Pictures]] | '''Warner Bros. Pictures'''<nowiki/>' origins trace back to 1918, when brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack '''Warner''' established a studio on Sunset Boulevard. Sam and Jack would handle the production of the films, while Harry and Albert were in charge of distribution. The studio was incorporated as '''Warner Bros' Pictures Incorporated''' on April 4, 1923, making it the third oldest American movie studio in continuous operation, after [[Paramount Pictures]] (founded on May 8, 1912 as Famous Players Film Corporation) and [[Universal Pictures]] (founded on June 8, 1912). It is one of the "Big Five" studios, alongside Paramount Pictures, [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]] ([[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures]]), Universal Pictures, and [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. | ||
After remaining independent for its first 45 years in operation, Warner Bros. was subject to numerous acquisitions over the decades. First, the studio merged with [[Seven Arts Productions]] to become '''Warner Bros.-Seven Arts''' in 1967. Two years later, the studio was purchased by Kinney National Co., which was later reincorporated as Warner Communications in 1972, when it spun off its non-entertainment assets due to a financial scandal over its parking operations. In 1989, Warner Bros. became a subsidiary of Time Warner, a merger between Warner Communications and [[Time Inc.|Time, Inc.]] In 1992, Time Warner formed Time Warner Entertainment by merging all of its entertainment operations for the first time. In 2001, internet giant AOL merged with Time Warner to become AOL Time Warner, but its name was reverted back to Time Warner two years later due to lawsuits and losing $99 billion from the collapse of the dot-com bubble. AOL officially split from Time Warner in 2009. In 2018, after numerous legal hurdles, telecommunications company AT&T acquired Time Warner, which was later renamed [[WarnerMedia]] in 2018. The status of the acquisition was settled in February 2019, when it was upheld on appeal and the Justice Department declined to pursue their case against the acquisition any further. | After remaining independent for its first 45 years in operation, Warner Bros. was subject to numerous acquisitions over the decades. First, the studio merged with [[Seven Arts Productions]] to become '''Warner Bros.-Seven Arts''' in 1967. Two years later, the studio was purchased by Kinney National Co., which was later reincorporated as Warner Communications in 1972, when it spun off its non-entertainment assets due to a financial scandal over its parking operations. In 1989, Warner Bros. became a subsidiary of Time Warner, a merger between Warner Communications and [[Time Inc.|Time, Inc.]] In 1992, Time Warner formed Time Warner Entertainment by merging all of its entertainment operations for the first time. In 2001, internet giant AOL merged with Time Warner to become AOL Time Warner, but its name was reverted back to Time Warner two years later due to lawsuits and losing $99 billion from the collapse of the dot-com bubble. AOL officially split from Time Warner in 2009. In 2018, after numerous legal hurdles, telecommunications company AT&T acquired Time Warner, which was later renamed [[WarnerMedia]] in 2018. The status of the acquisition was settled in February 2019, when it was upheld on appeal and the Justice Department declined to pursue their case against the acquisition any further. | ||