Toby Emmerich

oby Emmerich serves as Chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Under Emmerich's leadership, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, DC-based films and Warner Bros. Feature Animation, operates with the mandate to deliver the industry's most diverse film slate, working across all genres with both established and up-and-coming talent in front of and behind the camera. In 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures Group released the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, "Joker" (DC), which earned $1.08 billion at the global box office and won two Academy Awards, as well as the hugely successful horror sequel "IT Chapter Two" (NL). Emmerich was named President and Chief Content Officer of the Pictures Group in 2017 and promoted to Chairman a year later. Under his leadership, WBPG had its most successful year ever in 2018, with a global box office of $5.57 billion ($1.95 domestic; $3.62 internationally). This success was fueled by a diverse lineup of hit