Greetings!The summer box office season is over, and while the overall picture remains challenging, one undeniable winner has been Warner Bros. It's been on an incredible hot streak over the last five months, with seven consecutive releases that have earned at least $40 million in their opening weekends. The films have been varied, from original genre mashup "Sinners" to standard superhero fare like "Superman." But, as our own Jeremy Fuster notes, quietly powering this success has been New Line Cinema, which released four films that have contributed to roughly a fifth of the $3.7 billion in global grosses Warner Bros. has seen this year. It's also noteworthy that Michael De Luca, who now runs Warner Bros. with Pam Addy, was head of New Line Cinema during its prior hot streak in the '90s, so its fitting the studio is having another resurgence. The run has shown why it's important for a studio to not only have a diverse mix of films in its lineup, but also exercise some restraint when budgeting for these films. Fuster notes that the four films had a total combined reported production budget of $153 million, slightly more than megahit "Minecraft." Read on for a breakdown of how New Line succeeded with its films. Roger Cheng PS: Jeffrey Katzenberg. Irving Azoff. Jerry Bruckheimer. All and more at TheGrill 2025. Subscribers get 40% off with WrapPRO40. 
When "The Conjuring: Last Rites" opened to a projection-topping $84 million domestic/$194 million global weekend, it capped off a strong run for New Line Cinema, which has been on point with its horror offering... 
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