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Paramount has filed a motion in the Northern District of California asking states and the Writers Guild of America to post a $1,884,726,092.73 bond by September 30, 2026, or face dissolution of the no-close order blocking its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The company calculates roughly $6.97 million in daily ticking fees beginning October 1, plus $190 million in financing costs, as its basis for the figure. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín will hear arguments on September 24, with the antitrust trial itself not scheduled until March 2027.

Domestic summer box office revenue reached an estimated $4.765 billion from May 1 through September 7, 2026, narrowly surpassing the 2013 record of $4.755 billion in unadjusted dollars, according to Rentrak figures reported by trade publications. The comparison carries notable caveats: the 2026 measurement window was seven days longer than 2013's, the figures are not inflation-adjusted, and attendance remained below pre-pandemic levels with higher ticket prices driving much of the revenue gain. Universal led all distributors at $1.23 billion, while Spider-Man: Brand New Day topped individual titles at $923.2 million domestically.