Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer Courtesy of Lionsgate Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer saw his total compensation fall to $9.8 million for fiscal 2025, according to the company's latest proxy filing released Tuesday. That's down from fiscal 2024 when Feltheimer received $18.2 million in total pay, and the $21.5 million he earned as part of his overall compensation package for fiscal 2023. Feltheimer's 2025 compensation included an unchanged $1.5 million base salary, but his bonus plunged to $1.2 million, against a $11 million bonus for fiscal 2024. He received $6.7 million in stock awards last year, compared with $5.4 million in year-earlier stock awards and $9.75 million in fiscal 2023. Feltheimer received no option awards or non-equity incentive plan compensation in each of the last three years. Related Stories TV Starz Unleashes 'Spartacus: House of Ashur' Trailer Movies Stephen King's 'Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' Movie in the Works with JT Mollner, Lionsgate (Exclusive) In April, Lionsgte extended Feltheimer's contract for another five years through July 31, 2029. That keeps the studio head in the CEO post he has filled since March 2000 alongside vice chairman Michael Burns. The latest contract extension follows the media giant recently launching Lionsgate Studios as a standalone, publicly traded company, split off from the Starz premium platform. Lionsgate Studios on NASDAQ has aimed to give the Hollywood studio options before completing a long-awaited separation of the film and TV studios and Starz, including raising fresh capital and merging with existing businesses. Also in the SEC filing, Lionsgate reported vice chair Michael Burns in fiscal 2025 received an overall compensation package of $7.72 million, just off the $8.8 million in total pay he received in the year earlier. And CFO James Barge received $7.1 million in overall pay in fiscal 2025, compared to $8.6 million in the year earlier. Virisa Yong/Getty Images; Courtesy of Paramount Global; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Michael Buckner/Getty Images; Michael Kovac/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images; Bryan Steffy/Getty Images; John Nacion/Getty Images; Greg Doherty/Getty Images; Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Christopher Polk/Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; John Shearer/WireImage; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Kristina Bumphrey/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up siriusxm 'Morbid' Podcast Moves to SiriusXM In Multiyear Deal (Exclusive) Verve Moby's Film and TV Banner Signs With Verve (Exclusive) Universal Music Group What's Behind Universal Music Group's U.S. Stock Listing Plan? Business Features As TV Collapses, Digital Firebrands Are Suddenly In Demand international European Creators Slam AI Act Implementation, Warn Copyright Protections Are Failing Theater Broadway Box Office: 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' Closes, 'Wicked' Retakes Top Spot siriusxm 'Morbid' Podcast Moves to SiriusXM In Multiyear Deal (Exclusive) Verve Moby's Film and TV Banner Signs With Verve (Exclusive) Universal Music Group What's Behind Universal Music Group's U.S. Stock Listing Plan? Business Features As TV Collapses, Digital Firebrands Are Suddenly In Demand international European Creators Slam AI Act Implementation, Warn Copyright Protections Are Failing Theater Broadway Box Office: 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' Closes, 'Wicked' Retakes Top Spot