Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy on Warner Bros.’ $4B Year and Taking Big Swings | The Rushfield Lunch

No studio has matched Warner Bros.’ 2025 run: The Minecraft Movie, Superman, F1 and Sinners helped the studio cross $4 billion worldwide with just 11 releases. In this episode of The Rushfield Lunch, Richard Rushfield talks with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy about how they stayed the course through what they call “surreal” criticism, why they backed hits like Sinners, and how risk-taking and creative variety became the foundation of their record-breaking year. They also share why, despite industry upheaval and talk of a sale, they remain optimistic about the future of theatrical storytelling — and the next generation of filmmakers coming up behind them.