Revenues elevated and earnings rebounded throughout Lionsgate‘s most up-to-date quarter due to the field workplace success of “The Housemaid.”
General revenues hit $906.5 million, which in contrast favorably to the $865.6 billion in revenues that Lionsgate reported in the identical year-ago quarter. The rise in gross sales was pushed primarily by the movement image group, which noticed income up 23% and phase revenue up 39%. That’s because the film division appears to have recaptured its former glory, releasing hits like “The Long Walk” and “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” after a sustained theatrical droop in 2025.
Extra vital, Lionsgate swung to a internet revenue of $70.2 million for the quarter ending on March 31. A 12 months earlier, the corporate posted a lack of $117.4 million. It additionally logged 37 cents in adjusted earnings per share, with adjusted OIBDA of $165.4 million within the quarter. That beat Wall Avenue’s expectations, with analysts anticipating the studio to earn 23 cents per share on income of $810.6 million, in addition to adjusted OIBDA $154.3 million.
“All of the pieces of our business are coming together,” Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer enthused in a press release.
Along with “The Housemaid,” a twisty thriller based mostly on a best-selling novel by Freida McFadden, the movie studio launched sequels to “Greenland” and “The Strangers” in the course of the interval. Income for the division elevated to $652 million, up from $528.5 million in the identical interval of 2025. Phase revenue hit $187.1 million in comparison with $135.3 million within the year-ago interval. The earnings interval, which led to March, didn’t embody ticket gross sales for “Michael,” the studio’s blockbuster musical biopic, which hit theaters in April. The studio can also be set to start manufacturing later this 12 months on “The Housemaid’s Secret,” a sequel to “The Housemaid,” that may open on Dec. 17, 2027.
Lionsgate’s TV arm releases exhibits just like the Apple TV+ hit “The Studio,” in addition to “Yellowjackets” and “The Rainmaker.” Income for the division was down sharply as a result of timing of supply of episodes, coming in at $254.6 million in comparison with $543.3 million within the year-ago interval. Phase earnings additionally fell to $30.5 million, off from $40.6 million in the course of the prior-year quarter. Lionsgate famous that one other season of “The Studio” shall be launched this 12 months and in addition touted the extension of its procedural “The Rookie” with a derivative sequence, “The Rookie: North.”
“Our success in the quarter is about more than one hit movie,” Feltheimer mentioned. “We’re beginning to see signs that our operating environment is improving: people are returning to theaters. Imax, Dolby, XD and other Premium Large Format screens are transforming the moviegoing experience. Great storytelling is emerging in new and unexpected places across traditional and digital media alike, and Gen Z audiences are enabling shows like “The Rookie” to interrupt out with renewed vitality as we’re once more seeing the resilience of our enterprise.”
