Warner Bros. Entertainment
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Warner Bros.'s offices in Burbank, California | |
| Warner Bros. | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | April 4, 1923 (earliest predecessor) December 3, 2002 (current incorporated entity) |
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| Headquarters | 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California , US |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$12.15 billion (2020) |
| US$2.07 billion (2020) | |
Number of employees | est. 8,000 (2014) |
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| Website | warnerbros.com |
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI) is an American multinational film and entertainment corporation currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California. The modern Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. entity was formed on December 3, 2002, at which time it was part of AOL Time Warner.
Warner Bros. Entertainment is best known for its film studio division of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment, and DC Studios. Warner Bros. Pictures is one of the "Big Five" major American film studios and is the third oldest film studio in the United States still in operation, after Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, both founded in 1912. It also includes Warner Bros. Television Group which includes the television production company Warner Bros. Television Studios, which includes a 12% ownership interest in the CW broadcast television network co-owned with Paramount Skydance and the Nexstar Media Group.
It is commonly referred to as simply "Warner Bros.", although some Warner Bros. branded entities are not part of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences is a separate division of Warner Bros. Discovery that includes Warner Bros. Games as well as theme park operations. Warner Music Group has been an independent company since being spun off from Time Warner in 2004.
The company's official mascot is Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character created by Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton, Charles Thorson, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Bob Givens, and Robert McKimson as part of the Looney Tunes film series.