Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures On November 16, 2001, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (also called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ) was released in theaters. Based on the book of the same name, the movie broke box-office records and won over critics and audiences. It made around $974 million in its original box-office run and, through rereleases, made over $1 billion in total. It was the highest-grossing movie of 2001 and, at one point, the second-highest-grossing movie...

Courtesy of MGM Studios Project Hail Mary is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and stars Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, a former middle school teacher and molecular biologist who is on a mission to save the sun from dying out. When the movie starts, he has no idea who he is or why he’s in space. Flashback sequences reveal who he is and how he got to this point. The movie is also written by Drew Goddard and is based on Andy Weir’s 2021 novel Project Hail Mary . It’s easy for someone...

After Netflix initially secured the winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in December 2025, Paramount persisted in pursuing a higher bid, even entering hostile takeover territory. By February 2026, Netflix permitted Warner Bros. and Paramount to reopen negotiations. On February 26, 2026, Warner Bros. officially determined that Paramount’s $110.9 billion offer was superior. Although Netflix had a four-day window to match or increase its bid, it declined and withdrew, making Paramount the...