Lionsgate Studios on Thursday released its fourth-quarter financial results, with the Hollywood studio without Starz reporting higher revenue thanks the maid And the swing in profitability for the three months ending in March.
Lionsgate reported fourth-quarter net income attributable to shareholders of $70.2 million, compared to the prior year’s loss of $117.4 million, with total revenue rising to $906.5 million, versus total revenue of $865.6 billion last year when accounting for $206.2 million in divestitures between segments in the same period last year before the Starz spinoff deal when Lionsgate reported media network revenues, and no longer did so after the split was completed in May. 2025.
This exceeds analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue of $810.14 million. Lionsgate also saw adjusted OIBDA rise to $165.4 million, versus $141.6 million a year earlier, and beat consensus expectations of $153.4 million. Adjusted EPS of 37 cents, compared to adjusted EPS of 14 cents a year earlier, also beat analysts’ expectations of 23 cents for the latest fiscal period.
During the quarter ending March 31, 2026, the company’s studios business, which combines the motion picture and television production segments, saw motion picture revenue rise to $652 million, compared to $528.5 million in the same period in 2025.
During the first quarter the studio released a huge box office success the maid It grossed about $400 million at the box office worldwide. Paul Feig is on board to direct a sequel before its December 17, 2027 release, and the studio is developing a live-action theatrical version of the film. the maid. Auxiliary performance Now you see me: Now you don’t see me It also led the motion picture division’s revenue during the fourth quarter.
The studio is scheduled to open in the current first quarter of fiscal year 2027 Michaelwith CEO John Feltheimer during a post-market analyst call predicting that the film, which has not yet opened in Japan, will be Lionsgate’s first film to gross more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office. After a recent weekend, Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic, also produced by Graham King, became only the second film of 2026 so far to surpass the $700 million mark in global ticket sales.
Adam Fogelson, president of the Motion Picture Group at Lionsgate, spoke during a post-market analyst call about Michael A sequel is now in the works. “All the conversations we’ve had with all the appropriate parties continue to go very well, and I would say there’s a lot of Michael Jackson’s incredibly entertaining story, and a lot of the bigger, more popular parts of his music catalog that weren’t touched upon in the first film,” he said.
Lionsgate also announced that it will release a supernatural revenge thriller Sharp today It will be released in theaters on March 26, 2027. The film stars Johnny Depp, Madeleine Cline, and Penelope Cruz, and is directed by Marc Webb.
Lionsgate’s television production revenue was $254.6 million, versus $543.3 million a year earlier, with the decline due to the timing of occasional deliveries, particularly for Apple TV. studio With the second season moving to fiscal 2027. After securing renewals for 12 of its 13 scripted series, Lionsgate expects its television to nearly double the number of spin-offs from fiscal 2026 to fiscal 2027.
Segment profits, a key metric, for the motion picture division rose to $187.1 million, compared to $135.3 million the previous year. Television production segment profits decreased to US$30.5 million, compared to US$40.6 million in the previous year. Lionsgate cited trailing 12-month library revenue, including from Rising and crazy Ring sales exceeded $1 billion, with growth expected for the next year.
“All the pieces of our business are coming together – our library has generated $1 billion in 12-month revenue for three straight quarters, and more than half of our film, TV and live entertainment rosters consist of branded, repeatable properties that have achieved tremendous success such as the maid and Michael It strengthens our brand and increases our future vision. “We enter FY27 positioned to deliver the earnings power and value creation that our shareholders expect,” Feltheimer said in a statement accompanying its latest results.
During the analyst call, Feltheimer noted that Gen Z audiences are driving YouTube growth and movie theater attendance. “This is the group we are trying to deal with now,” he said, which includes series such as… Rising Headed into Season 9 and as premium theatrical experiences – Lionsgate and Imax have done an impressive job with Michael – They drive overall box office growth.
Lionsgate executives also talked about the completion of the Warner Bros. Discovery and Skydance Paramount to create a larger buyer for the studio series. “Our hypothesis is that having a strong, unified player, whether that differentiates between two brands or just one, is better than perhaps two that are weaker in terms of firepower and ability to buy into the external market,” Kevin Biggs, chairman and chief creative officer at Lionsgate Television, told analysts.
