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Banking
Independent Film Financing Grows More Complex
Western Alliance Bank’s Melanie Krinsky says independent film financing is increasingly driven by geography, tax incentives, and pre-sales rather than creative merit, as gap financing continues to disappear and producers are forced to secure talent attachments and equity earlier in the process.
Film
Lionsgate Brings Film Library to Movies Anywhere
Lionsgate will begin adding its film library to Movies Anywhere next month, launching with 225 titles including The Hunger Games, John Wick, and La La Land, with roughly 100 more films set to roll out each month through early 2027.
Television
‘Stranger Things’ Leads Multiplatform TV Rankings
Stranger Things topped the 2025 to 2026 TV season with 32.9 million multiplatform viewers, followed by Netflix’s His & Hers and CBS’s Marshals, while Netflix claimed six of the top ten spots on Nielsen’s 35-day multiplatform rankings.
International
Germany Expands Production Incentives
Germany is nearly doubling its film and TV production incentive budget from €133m to €250m, while advancing legislation that would require streamers to invest at least 8% of revenue into German and European productions, though industry groups say the proposal does not go far enough and streamers continue to oppose the mandate.
Box Office
Micro-Budget Horror ‘Obsession’ Delivers Record Surge
Gen Z filmmaker Curry Barker’s $750,000 horror film Obsession has grossed over $68m domestically in under two weeks, posting a record-breaking 39.4% second-weekend increase, the largest such spike in modern box office history outside the holiday period.
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