David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing two of Hollywood’s most storied legacy film studios under one mammoth media and entertainment conglomerate named Skydance.
Now, Skydance must decide how to make the most out of a trove of entertainment assets, including the HBO Max and Paramount+ video streaming services, a film library that includes “Star Trek,” “Barbie,” “Top Gun,” “Harry Potter,” and “Superman,” and two major news organizations, CNN and CBS News.
All are under the direction of Ellison and his new co-CEO Ynon Kreiz.
Here's a look at the new company, by the numbers:
How much it cost Paramount to buy Warner, excluding debt. Skydance acquired Paramount last year for $8 billion.
Skydance's estimated net debt following its acquisition of the two movie studios, according to Morningstar.
Warner CEO David Zaslav’s “golden parachute,” or compensation package, that he is set to receive now that the merger is closed. This is the value Warner Bros. assigned to the executive's severance, stock awards and health coverage in a March regulatory filing.
The compensation package is about 68 times more than “Digger,” Warner’s last movie as a standalone studio, brought in domestically this past weekend.
What you will pay monthly for HBO Max’s basic plan, which includes ads. The cost of an ad-supported monthly subscription to Discovery+ is $5.99, while the Paramount+ ad-supported Essential plan costs $8.99 a month. The subscription costs increase for each of the services’ ad-free plans.
What Skydance says its annual revenue now is following its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Prior to the merger, Paramount Skydance and Warner had a combined revenue of $65.3 billion for the 12 months ended in June, according to FactSet.
The market cap for Warner Bros. Discovery as of Monday, before the merger closed. That is about seven times greater than what Paramount Skydance's market capitalization was on the same day.
Number of movies Ellison promised the combined studios would release per year in the first two years after the merger. The number rises to 32 in the three years after that. Ellison made the promise as part of a settlement with 12 states that sued to block the merger.
Share of total TV viewing that cable, broadcast and streaming properties owned by Paramount (6.5%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (5.3%) accounted for in July, according to Nielsen.
FILE - A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
TORONTO (AP) — No. 1 draft pick Gavin McKenna scored his first NHL goal with the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-4 overtime victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.
McKenna scored on goaltender Juuse Saros in the second period of his fourth professional game. The 18-year-old took a pass from Auston Matthews, beat Saros with a high shot.
McKenna also had an assist on Toronto’s first goal by William Nylander for his first NHL point.
“Big monkey off the back,” McKenna said. “That one felt good. That’s a goal I’ll obviously remember forever.”
Toronto coach Jim Hiller described the shot as “a goal-scorer’s goal.”
“By trade he’s a playmaker, but that was a goal-scorer’s goal," Hiller said. "Got his feet around it on the strong side, and he had some zip on it.”
McKenna scored and dropped to one knee in celebration before getting mobbed by his teammates.
“A bullet, top shelf,” said Toronto winger William Nylander, who finished with a goal and two assists. “I’d be very happy if I scored that one.”
McKenna said his first points felt as though they were a long time coming, longer than three games.
“Every single game I’ve been trying to get better,” he said. “I thought (Tuesday) was my best one. I think I’m taking steps in the right direction. Hopefully there’s a few more to come.”
The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade last spring, and beat the draft lottery odds by winning the right to select McKenna with the first overall selection in June.
The Yukon native who played college hockey at Penn State was just one of a number of new faces to arrive in Toronto during the off season. The Maple Leafs added goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and defenseman Darren Raddysh before the club acquired winger Kirill Marchenko a day before its regular-season opener.
McKenna, who tore up the Canadian Hockey League before spending 2025-26 in the NCAA, entered play averaging 14 minutes, 32 seconds of ice time with three shots on target and a minus-3 rating through three games.
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Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews (34) celebrates his game-winning goal against the Nashville Predators with Gavin McKenna (92) in overtime of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs' Gavin McKenna (92) celebrates his goal against the Nashville Predators during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs' Gavin McKenna (92) celebrates his goal against the Nashville Predators during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs' Gavin McKenna (second right) celebrates his goal against the Nashville Predators with Auston Matthews, left to right, Chris Tanev and Jake McCabe during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs' Gavin McKenna (second right) celebrates his goal against the Nashville Predators with Auston Matthews, left to right, Chris Tanev and Jake McCabe during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
