Sony Pictures Entertainment Full-Year Profit Slips 4 Percent to $774 Million

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In simple terms, Sony Pictures’ full-year earnings (operating income) decreased by 4% from last year, going from $808 million to $774 million. Similarly, their annual sales dropped by 4%, falling from $10.315 billion to $9.899 billion over the same period.

During the final quarter of the financial year, SPE experienced a significant jump in earnings compared to the preceding quarter, with an over 70% increase that brought it up to approximately $354 million from its original $208 million. However, the revenue for this quarter remained fairly stable, showing a minimal decrease to around $2,729 billion from $2,743 billion.

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For the last financial quarter, SPE saw a substantial growth in earnings, surpassing the previous quarter’s figure by over 70%, reaching approximately $354 million from an initial $208 million. Nevertheless, the revenue for this quarter experienced only a slight dip, falling to around $2,729 billion from its original $2,743 billion.

SPE comprises the motion pictures division, television productions and media networks.

In the fiscal year, our film division experienced a 7% increase in revenue, climbing from $3.742 billion to $4.008 billion. During this period, Sony Pictures Entertainment released 17 movies such as Tarot, The Garfield Movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Fly Me to the Moon, Harold and the Purple Crayon, It Ends with Us, The Forge, AfrAId, Saturday Night, Venom: The Last Dance, Here, Kraven the Hunter, One of Them Days, I’m Still Here, Heart Eyes, Becoming Led Zeppelin, and Paddington in Peru.

The highest earners during the fiscal year were movies such as “Venom 3” (earning $479 million), “Bad Boys 4” (earning $405 million), the controversial box office hit “It Ends With Us” (bringing in $351 million) and the movie titled “Garfield” ($235 million).

Last fiscal year, SPE’s TV division recorded a revenue of $3.028 billion, which represents a 20% decrease compared to the $3.808 billion earned in the previous fiscal year. During this period, SPE produced hit shows such as Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Wheel of Time’ and ‘Clean Slate’, Netflix’s ‘The Night Agent’ and ‘Cobra Kai’, Starz’s ‘Outlander’, Disney+’s ‘Goosebumps’, and Peacock’s ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Long Bright River’.

In a recent disclosure, the company reported an increase of 3% in media network revenue, reaching $2.812 billion compared to last year’s $2.724 billion. At the end of their fiscal year on March 31st, they operated 39 television channels and boasted a total subscriber base of approximately 627 million.

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2025-05-14 08:24