Financial Analysis and Risk Study of Global Film Companies: A Case Study of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc

Siqi Zhu

doi:10.54097/dg0jrc64

Authors

Siqi Zhu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/dg0jrc64

Keywords:

Movies, Financial analysis, risk prediction

Abstract

The income of the film industry mainly depends on the box office, but the COVID-19 epidemic in the past three years has led to the suspension of cinemas in many regions, the postponement of films under production, and the postponement of the release of films, which has the most direct impact on the film industry. Therefore, this paper takes Warner Bros. Entertainment as an example, this paper introduces the reasons why the film industry is chosen and why Warner Bros. Entertainment is chosen. At the same time, through the introduction of Warner Bros. and the trend of its financial data in the past five years, we can analyze the possible crises and opportunities that the company may encounter. At the same time, we also conducted an industry analysis of the global film industry through this company and gave the specific crisis and the formation of opportunities.

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