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\nSony Pictures Entertainment\u2019s operating income for its fiscal first quarter (the three months ending June 30, 2026) was up 21 percent to $154 million from the comparable period a year before, with Q1 sales down 13 percent to $1.98 billion year-on-year.<\/p>\n

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\n\tSPE comprises the motion pictures division, television productions and media networks.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe motion pictures unit (which includes movie sales from theatrical, home entertainment and television\/streaming) saw Q1 revenue fall 13 percent to $645 million from $742 million from a year ago, the drop attributable to lower revenues from theatrical in the period. SPE released only one theatrical movie in North America in the period, the Nate Bargatze comedy The Breadwinner<\/em>. In the same period the year before SPE released four films \u2014 Until Dawn, 28 Years Later, Karate Kid: Legends<\/em> and Materialists<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tSPE\u2019s overall increase in profitability for the quarter is also partly down to the decreased marketing costs due to the reduced number of theatrical releases. <\/p>\n

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\n\tSPE\u2019s TV unit saw Q1 revenue reach $571 million, down 32 percent from $841 million in the same period a year earlier. The large drop in the TV unit\u2019s revenue is down to the decreased delieveries of series in the period. SPE\u2019s major streaming television productions from the period included the latest seasons of Amazon Prime Video\u2019s The Boys<\/em>, Starz\u2019s Outlander<\/em> and Apple TV\u2019s For All Mankind<\/em> and Star City.<\/em> Broadcast staples Jeopardy!<\/em> and Wheel of Fortune<\/em>, and their various spinoffs, as well as ABC\u2019s Shark Tank<\/em> added to the TV unit\u2019s revenues.<\/p>\n

\n\tThird quarter revenue from media networks (that includes TV channels and digital channels including the fast growing Crunchyroll anime streamer) was up 10 percent to $744 million from $674 million. The company revealed that it ended the period with 38 television channels and that Crunchyroll had over 21 million paid subscribers as of March 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, Sony\u2019s music division saw Q1 revenue jump 22 percent (557.9 billion yen from 459 billion yen for the same period a year ago). The music division saw a boost from the renewed interest in Michael Jackson\u2019s music, coinciding with the theatrical release of the Lionsgate biopic Michael<\/em>. Both Jackson\u2019s Thriller<\/em> and Bad<\/em> were among the best performing albums for Sony in the period. Sony\u2019s best-selling music artists for Q1 2026 were Michael Jackson (Thriller<\/em> and Bad<\/em>), Ella Langley (Dandelion<\/em> and Still Hungover<\/em>), Bad Bunny (DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS <\/em>and Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>), Raye (THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE<\/em>), SZA (SOS<\/em>) Luke Combs (The Way I Am<\/em>) and Peso Pluma and Tito Double (DINAST\u00cdA<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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\n\tMore to come\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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