This latest headline on Warner losing money, because it had other investors, just seems like the continuing effort by media to create a buzz-worthy story out of random facts. Warner lost money to other investors and creatives on the film. So they made money for the group of people doing the movie. That's what capitalism is about. Warner never holds onto its money--it's a money generating system where money keeps coming in from investors and from consumers and keeps going out to investors and to employees. That it can do this effectively shows that it's a solid company. If it fails to bring in investors and pay off those investors, that's when a company is in trouble. I'm sure some people at Warner would like to have more of that money--but rewarding other investors ensures Warner that it will be able to get more capital when it needs it in the future.