In just six months, Warner Bros has gone from ailing Hollywood giant reportedly mulling a leadership change to the industry's hottest studio -- and the rumored target of a $70 billion takeover bid.

With a string of box offices smashes like "Superman," "A Minecraft Movie" and "Sinners" -- plus the acclaimed "One Battle After Another" starring Leonardo DiCaprio -- Warner Bros Discovery's film division was the first studio to hit $4 billion at the box office this year.

It is a dramatic turnaround from as recently as March, when Warner was reeling from expensive flops like "Mickey 17" and its high-profile, roundly reviled "Joker" sequel.

"We're doing our part," movie studio co-head Michael De Luca said Thursday, in an interview at the Bloomberg Screentime summit in Los Angeles that trade pr

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