Movie theater operators are reeling after Netflix, long viewed as public enemy No. 1, announced that it has a deal in place to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 million. The sale, which still needs regulatory approval,

Theater owners voiced their displeasured over Netflix's successful bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, slamming the news as an "unprecedented threat" to the movie business. Cinema United, the world's largest exhibition trade association that represents over 30,

Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing. As one of the remaining “big five” studios,