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Films generate most of Lionsgate Studios’ revenue, with home entertainment and international licensing together bringing in much more than theatrical releases. The company produces films and buys rights to others. Theaters pass on a share of ticket sales, digital platforms pay for licenses or share rental and purchase proceeds, and overseas distributors pay for rights in their territories. New releases and older library titles can earn through successive distribution channels.
Television production is the other major business. Networks and streaming platforms pay to license its programs, including original series supplied to Starz, which is now a separate company. After an initial run, Lionsgate can license programs again to other domestic and international buyers.
This business requires spending on production, rights and marketing before revenue arrives over time. Earnings depend on the appeal of particular films and programs and on keeping the rights needed to sell them: rights can be limited by medium, territory and duration. Home-entertainment sales also lean on a small group of retailers and distributors; Amazon and its subsidiaries account for a substantial share of company revenue.
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Lionsgate’s results hinge on film performance and buyers’ programming budgets; Warner Bros. and Paramount are also important studio rivals to watch beyond this list.
Starz Entertainment Corp. pays Lionsgate for films under multiyear new-release and library agreements and for original series offered to its paying subscribers. Since the separation, those film and series licenses count toward Lionsgate’s consolidated revenue rather than being eliminated as internal transactions.
Sony’s Pictures business competes with Lionsgate to produce and distribute films and television shows, vying for audiences and buyers of programming rights. Watch its film and television production business, rather than PlayStation, for the competition facing Lionsgate.
The Walt Disney Company competes with Lionsgate for moviegoers, theatrical releases and payments from buyers licensing film and television programming. Disney’s release schedule is worth watching because competing films’ timing affects Lionsgate’s own release decisions.
Comcast is both a rival and a buyer: its studios compete with Lionsgate in entertainment production and distribution, while Peacock and Xfinity pay to license Lionsgate content. Watch content purchases for Peacock’s subscription service and Xfinity’s pay-per-title offering for the customer side of that relationship.
Lionsgate depends materially on Amazon, which buys discs for resale and licenses programming for Prime Video, while also producing competing content. Amazon and its subsidiaries accounted for approximately 18% of Lionsgate’s fiscal 2026 revenue, making those purchases and licenses important to watch.
Netflix pays to license Lionsgate programming for its subscription service but also competes with Lionsgate to acquire and develop original films and television shows. Watch its purchases of licensed programming alongside its original-content plans to distinguish demand for Lionsgate’s shows from competition for new projects.
Angel Studios, Inc. competes with Lionsgate for theatrical audiences and distribution opportunities for films and series. Both receive a share of ticket sales from theaters, so watch Angel’s theatrical releases and box-office performance for competition facing Lionsgate’s films.
Ticket sales for Lionsgate films at AMC generate revenue for both companies: AMC licenses the films, collects admissions and pays Lionsgate its distributor share. Watch AMC’s admissions revenue rather than food-and-beverage sales for the theatrical demand that matters to Lionsgate.
NetFlix Inc earningsNFLX
Netflix's report will show whether its demand for Lionsgate's licensed programs is holding up, even as its own productions compete for new projects.
Read Netflix's licensed-program purchases alongside its original-content plans. More licensing purchases without a similar expansion in originals would suggest continuing demand for Lionsgate's shows and less pressure in the contest for new projects; fewer purchases as originals expand would point to a weaker outlet and tougher competition. The question is whether Netflix is acting more as a continuing buyer or a stronger rival for content.
Amazon.Com Inc earningsAMZN
Amazon's report will help show whether the major Lionsgate customer continues buying its discs for resale and licensing programs for Prime Video.
Watch Amazon's purchases of Lionsgate discs for resale and its licenses for Prime Video. Continued buying would support a revenue channel for Lionsgate; weaker buying would carry added weight because Amazon and its subsidiaries accounted for about 18% of Lionsgate revenue in fiscal 2026. The point is whether this major customer's purchases continue, not whether Amazon's overall business is strong.
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. earningsAMC
AMC's report will show whether moviegoers are buying tickets, shaping the admissions revenue it shares with Lionsgate when it licenses its films.
Focus on AMC's admissions revenue, not food-and-beverage sales. Stronger ticket sales mean more box-office receipts for AMC and Lionsgate to share; weaker sales leave a smaller pool and put Lionsgate's theatrical distribution revenue under pressure. This shows whether moviegoing demand is still supporting Lionsgate's theatrical release window.
Lionsgate Studios Corp. earningsThis company
This report will show whether Lionsgate's film release windows and television-program licenses are still bringing in revenue and segment profit.
Compare revenue with segment profit in Motion Picture and Television Production. If both hold up, Lionsgate's films and programs are still finding buyers and leaving earnings after segment costs; if revenue or profit falls, especially in Television Production, the returns from licensing and releasing content are weakening. Segment profit is segment revenue less specified segment expenses, before some corporate and other items. The conclusion is whether both content businesses are still turning titles into earnings.
Sony Group Corporation earningsSONY
Sony's Pictures results will show how strongly it competes with Lionsgate for viewers and buyers of film and television rights.
Focus on Sony's film and television production business, not PlayStation. Stronger results there would point to more competition for audiences and buyers of programming rights; weaker results could ease that pressure, but would not prove Lionsgate's titles will succeed. The conclusion is whether Lionsgate faces a tougher or easier contest for viewers and rights buyers.
