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Box-Office Duds Are Becoming Streaming Hits

Movie studios are rethinking how to get the most value out of their films in the streaming age

David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Skydance Corp., during the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Screentime gathers the moguls, celebrities, and entrepreneurs defining the next phase of pop culture to discuss and debate the future of Hollywood studios, the boom in sports and live music and the impact of AI on the creative industries.Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

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By Lucas Shaw

November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC

Good afternoon from Los Angeles, home of the back-to-back World Series champions. I just got back from Ojai, where we ate well, hiked and checked out a very cute movie theater with some dangerous frozen palomas.

I will be in Stockholm and New York later this month, reach out if we should meet up. We’re going to talk through some scoops on the movie business, a savvy David Zaslav move and two huge podcast deals.