Now-solo Lionsgate on Thursday posted higher overall film and TV studio revenues and a widened loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 after spinning off its Starz streaming platform.
The Hollywood studio, led by CEO Jon Feltheimer, posted a net loss attributable to shareholders at $46.2 million, compared to a year-earlier $ $21.9 million loss. During the latest quarter to Dec. 31, 2025, overall revenue rose to $724.3 million, against $628.2 million in the same period of last year. That beat an analyst forecast for the latest overall third quarter revenues at Lionsgate to come in at $705.9 million.
Lionsgate posted an earnings per-share loss of 16 cents, compared to a year-earlier per-share loss of 9 cents, while the adjusted diluted net income per-share came to 1 cent. The adjusted OIBDA came to $85.3 million, against a year-earlier $115.2 million, and the trailing 12-month library revenue grew 10 percent to $1.05 billion.
Lionsgate is the studio behind John Wick, The Hunger Games and other movie franchises. The biggest box office performers during the third quarter included Paul Feig’s The Housemaid and Ruben Fleischer’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.
Lionsgate’s motion picture segment revenue rose 35 percent to $421.2 million, against a year-earlier $311.4 million. That offset TV production revenue falling to $303.1 million, against $404.6 million in the same period of fiscal 2025, due to the timing of episodic deliveries, which was partly offset by strong TV library revenue.
“I’m pleased to report a quarter that keeps us on track for our fiscal 2026 financial targets and positions us for significant growth in fiscal 2027 and beyond,” Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said in a statement that accompanied his latest financial results. “Our investment in our IP portfolio is achieving its intended results: our film and television pipelines are strong, our library continues to grow, and our extension of franchise properties across multiple platforms continues to increase.”