Market Share for Each Distributor in 2008
Note: This chart ranks distributors by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2008.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008.
Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year.
The next year starts the following day (Monday).
For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.
Top Grossing Distributors of 2008
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros. |
31 |
$1,785,722,618 |
248,707,886 |
17.95% |
| 2 |
Paramount Pictures |
18 |
$1,608,218,106 |
223,985,810 |
16.17% |
| 3 |
Sony Pictures |
25 |
$1,372,313,523 |
191,130,016 |
13.80% |
| 4 |
Universal |
21 |
$1,074,520,152 |
149,654,614 |
10.80% |
| 5 |
20th Century Fox |
24 |
$1,048,311,696 |
146,004,418 |
10.54% |
| 6 |
Walt Disney |
19 |
$1,034,545,321 |
144,087,094 |
10.40% |
| 7 |
Lionsgate |
19 |
$441,514,034 |
61,492,206 |
4.44% |
| 8 |
Fox Searchlight |
9 |
$249,217,268 |
34,709,926 |
2.51% |
| 9 |
Summit Entertainment |
5 |
$232,752,668 |
32,416,806 |
2.34% |
| 10 |
Focus Features |
8 |
$193,160,036 |
26,902,511 |
1.94% |
| 11 |
MGM |
14 |
$103,928,964 |
14,474,787 |
1.04% |
| 12 |
Overture Films |
8 |
$103,469,106 |
14,410,739 |
1.04% |
| 13 |
Miramax |
10 |
$89,061,326 |
12,404,084 |
0.90% |
| 14 |
Paramount Vantage |
12 |
$82,688,976 |
11,516,569 |
0.83% |
| 15 |
Weinstein Co. |
20 |
$67,148,020 |
9,352,091 |
0.68% |
| 16 |
New Line |
4 |
$63,557,381 |
8,852,004 |
0.64% |
| 17 |
Picturehouse |
6 |
$63,320,916 |
8,819,069 |
0.64% |
| 18 |
United Artists |
2 |
$60,796,629 |
8,467,497 |
0.61% |
| 19 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
6 |
$41,593,847 |
5,793,016 |
0.42% |
| 20 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
24 |
$41,585,466 |
5,791,846 |
0.42% |
| 21 |
National Geographic Entertainment |
2 |
$24,384,721 |
3,396,201 |
0.25% |
| 22 |
Freestyle Releasing |
6 |
$23,554,697 |
3,280,597 |
0.24% |
| 23 |
IMAX Films |
3 |
$16,883,370 |
2,351,445 |
0.17% |
| 24 |
Magnolia Pictures |
22 |
$9,962,870 |
1,387,587 |
0.10% |
| 25 |
Rocky Mountain Pictures |
3 |
$8,042,786 |
1,120,165 |
0.08% |
| 26 |
Roadside Attractions |
14 |
$7,419,204 |
1,033,315 |
0.07% |
| 27 |
Vivendi Entertainment |
2 |
$7,088,330 |
987,233 |
0.07% |
| 28 |
Music Box Films |
5 |
$6,771,311 |
943,079 |
0.07% |
| 29 |
UTV Communications |
8 |
$6,738,073 |
938,449 |
0.07% |
| 30 |
ThinkFilm |
16 |
$6,596,570 |
918,745 |
0.07% |
| 31 |
IFC Films |
29 |
$6,063,956 |
844,561 |
0.06% |
| 32 |
3D Entertainment |
1 |
$5,243,604 |
730,307 |
0.05% |
| 33 |
Alliance Films |
4 |
$5,145,165 |
716,597 |
0.05% |
| 34 |
Eros Entertainment |
10 |
$5,044,922 |
702,636 |
0.05% |
| 35 |
Yash Raj Films |
6 |
$4,826,349 |
672,193 |
0.05% |
| 36 |
Studio 18 |
3 |
$3,165,186 |
440,834 |
0.03% |
| 37 |
First Look |
8 |
$2,923,462 |
407,168 |
0.03% |
| 38 |
AdLab Films |
1 |
$2,192,682 |
305,387 |
0.02% |
| 39 |
Zeitgeist |
6 |
$1,979,879 |
275,750 |
0.02% |
| 40 |
Maya Releasing |
5 |
$1,775,548 |
247,291 |
0.02% |
| 41 |
Warner Independent |
2 |
$1,697,498 |
236,420 |
0.02% |
| 42 |
Strand |
10 |
$1,414,290 |
196,976 |
0.01% |
| 43 |
City Lights Pictures |
5 |
$930,966 |
129,660 |
0.01% |
| 44 |
Emerging Pictures |
12 |
$875,524 |
121,940 |
0.01% |
| 45 |
Candlelight Media |
1 |
$872,427 |
121,508 |
0.01% |
| 46 |
Crane Movie Company |
1 |
$719,556 |
100,217 |
0.01% |
| 47 |
Film Movement |
7 |
$694,365 |
96,707 |
0.01% |
| 48 |
First Run Features |
11 |
$569,421 |
79,307 |
0.01% |
| 49 |
Logo Features |
1 |
$532,878 |
74,217 |
0.01% |
| 50 |
Peace Arch Releasing |
3 |
$505,774 |
70,443 |
0.01% |
| 51 |
Senart/Scranton-Lacy |
1 |
$488,393 |
68,021 |
0.00% |
| 52 |
Kino International |
7 |
$488,001 |
67,966 |
0.00% |
| 53 |
Abramorama Films |
3 |
$452,257 |
62,988 |
0.00% |
| 54 |
Hammer the Movie |
1 |
$442,638 |
61,649 |
0.00% |
| 55 |
IFC First Take |
4 |
$439,751 |
61,247 |
0.00% |
| 56 |
Regent Releasing |
28 |
$402,686 |
56,085 |
0.00% |
| 57 |
nWave Pictures |
2 |
$353,231 |
49,196 |
0.00% |
| 58 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
5 |
$352,512 |
49,096 |
0.00% |
| 59 |
Indican Pictures |
6 |
$317,340 |
44,198 |
0.00% |
| 60 |
Cinema Guild |
5 |
$314,729 |
43,834 |
0.00% |
| 61 |
First Independent Pictures |
2 |
$299,699 |
41,741 |
0.00% |
| 62 |
Elephant Eye Films |
2 |
$290,600 |
40,473 |
0.00% |
| 63 |
Yari Film Group Releasing |
2 |
$283,640 |
39,504 |
0.00% |
| 64 |
Self Distributed |
5 |
$269,432 |
37,525 |
0.00% |
| 65 |
Mitropoulos Films |
3 |
$269,078 |
37,476 |
0.00% |
| 66 |
Truly Indie |
4 |
$234,146 |
32,611 |
0.00% |
| 67 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
7 |
$216,841 |
30,201 |
0.00% |
| 68 |
Fair Trade Pictures |
1 |
$207,625 |
28,917 |
0.00% |
| 69 |
Image Entertainment |
2 |
$206,326 |
28,736 |
0.00% |
| 70 |
Excel Entertainment |
1 |
$195,184 |
27,184 |
0.00% |
| 71 |
Shadow |
2 |
$176,831 |
24,628 |
0.00% |
| 72 |
Empire Pictures |
2 |
$170,864 |
23,798 |
0.00% |
| 73 |
Balcony Releasing |
6 |
$157,001 |
21,867 |
0.00% |
| 74 |
Railroad Square |
1 |
$156,090 |
21,740 |
0.00% |
| 75 |
Lightsource |
1 |
$131,672 |
18,339 |
0.00% |
| 76 |
Screen Media Films |
4 |
$124,500 |
17,340 |
0.00% |
| 77 |
Noruz Films |
1 |
$123,731 |
17,233 |
0.00% |
| 78 |
New Yorker |
5 |
$119,198 |
16,601 |
0.00% |
| 79 |
Vitagraph Films |
2 |
$117,893 |
16,419 |
0.00% |
| 80 |
BerKela Films |
1 |
$113,730 |
15,840 |
0.00% |
| 81 |
Monterey Media |
5 |
$110,137 |
15,339 |
0.00% |
| 82 |
The Bigger Picture |
4 |
$109,917 |
15,309 |
0.00% |
| 83 |
Koch Lorber Films |
3 |
$107,748 |
15,006 |
0.00% |
| 84 |
International Film Circuit |
2 |
$106,464 |
14,827 |
0.00% |
| 85 |
TLA Releasing |
1 |
$104,828 |
14,600 |
0.00% |
| 86 |
CAVU Releasing |
2 |
$95,973 |
13,367 |
0.00% |
| 87 |
Newstyle Releasing |
1 |
$94,715 |
13,192 |
0.00% |
| 88 |
Rialto Pictures |
2 |
$92,799 |
12,925 |
0.00% |
| 89 |
Typecast Releasing |
1 |
$89,672 |
12,489 |
0.00% |
| 90 |
Spark Entertainment |
1 |
$89,169 |
12,419 |
0.00% |
| 91 |
SPEAKproductions |
1 |
$88,788 |
12,366 |
0.00% |
| 92 |
Slowhand Cinema |
1 |
$87,939 |
12,248 |
0.00% |
| 93 |
Five & Two Pictures |
1 |
$84,093 |
11,712 |
0.00% |
| 94 |
Reel Diva Consultants |
2 |
$80,090 |
11,155 |
0.00% |
| 95 |
Cinema Libre |
5 |
$73,745 |
10,271 |
0.00% |
| 96 |
Film Sales Company |
2 |
$72,383 |
10,081 |
0.00% |
| 97 |
Embrem Entertainment |
1 |
$72,349 |
10,076 |
0.00% |
| 98 |
Palm Pictures |
2 |
$69,410 |
9,668 |
0.00% |
| 99 |
Arcangelo Entertainment |
1 |
$69,221 |
9,641 |
0.00% |
| 100 |
Stone Five Studios |
1 |
$67,665 |
9,424 |
0.00% |
| 101 |
Kino/Emerging |
1 |
$63,973 |
8,910 |
0.00% |
| 102 |
Borotoro |
1 |
$60,905 |
8,483 |
0.00% |
| 103 |
InterPositive Media |
1 |
$60,332 |
8,403 |
0.00% |
| 104 |
Sidetrack Films |
1 |
$56,386 |
7,853 |
0.00% |
| 105 |
Janus Films |
1 |
$54,828 |
7,636 |
0.00% |
| 106 |
Priority Films |
1 |
$54,817 |
7,635 |
0.00% |
| 107 |
Better World Distribution |
1 |
$51,576 |
7,183 |
0.00% |
| 108 |
Magic Lamp |
1 |
$51,408 |
7,160 |
0.00% |
| 109 |
Magnet Pictures |
1 |
$50,440 |
7,025 |
0.00% |
| 110 |
Equinox |
1 |
$49,954 |
6,957 |
0.00% |
| 111 |
Somerset Films |
1 |
$47,935 |
6,676 |
0.00% |
| 112 |
Waldo West Productions |
1 |
$43,905 |
6,115 |
0.00% |
| 113 |
Menemsha Entertainment |
1 |
$38,928 |
5,422 |
0.00% |
| 114 |
Shemaroo Entertainment |
2 |
$37,678 |
5,247 |
0.00% |
| 115 |
First Independent/Dada Films |
1 |
$30,591 |
4,261 |
0.00% |
| 116 |
Cavalier Films |
1 |
$30,552 |
4,255 |
0.00% |
| 117 |
Present Pictures/Morning Knight |
1 |
$28,835 |
4,016 |
0.00% |
| 118 |
Pathe Contemporary Films |
1 |
$26,516 |
3,693 |
0.00% |
| 119 |
Picture Park |
1 |
$23,095 |
3,217 |
0.00% |
| 120 |
New Love Films |
1 |
$22,653 |
3,155 |
0.00% |
| 121 |
Unison Films |
1 |
$22,251 |
3,099 |
0.00% |
| 122 |
MCR Releasing |
1 |
$21,489 |
2,993 |
0.00% |
| 123 |
Variance Films |
1 |
$20,705 |
2,884 |
0.00% |
| 124 |
Laemmle/Zeller Film |
1 |
$20,440 |
2,847 |
0.00% |
| 125 |
Reel Source |
1 |
$19,712 |
2,745 |
0.00% |
| 126 |
Arts Alliance America |
2 |
$18,555 |
2,584 |
0.00% |
| 127 |
Newroz Films |
1 |
$15,427 |
2,149 |
0.00% |
| 128 |
Lantern Lane Entertainment |
3 |
$15,423 |
2,148 |
0.00% |
| 129 |
First Run/Icarus |
4 |
$14,536 |
2,024 |
0.00% |
| 130 |
Anywhere Road Entertainment |
1 |
$14,251 |
1,985 |
0.00% |
| 131 |
Troma Entertainment |
1 |
$13,804 |
1,923 |
0.00% |
| 132 |
Aron Govil Productions |
1 |
$12,500 |
1,741 |
0.00% |
| 133 |
Mile End Films |
1 |
$12,306 |
1,714 |
0.00% |
| 134 |
41 Inc. |
1 |
$12,000 |
1,671 |
0.00% |
| 135 |
ArtMattan Productions |
2 |
$11,604 |
1,616 |
0.00% |
| 136 |
Mandt Brothers |
1 |
$11,340 |
1,579 |
0.00% |
| 137 |
Warrior Poets |
1 |
$11,232 |
1,564 |
0.00% |
| 138 |
Thunderstruck Films |
1 |
$10,510 |
1,464 |
0.00% |
| 139 |
Icon Film Distribution |
1 |
$10,342 |
1,440 |
0.00% |
| 140 |
After Dark |
1 |
$9,913 |
1,381 |
0.00% |
| 141 |
Riverrain |
1 |
$9,841 |
1,371 |
0.00% |
| 142 |
Lafayette Films |
1 |
$8,443 |
1,176 |
0.00% |
| 143 |
Third Rail |
1 |
$7,321 |
1,020 |
0.00% |
| 144 |
Revolver Entertainment |
1 |
$7,202 |
1,003 |
0.00% |
| 145 |
Vagrant Films |
1 |
$7,197 |
1,002 |
0.00% |
| 146 |
Liberation Entertainment |
1 |
$6,627 |
923 |
0.00% |
| 147 |
Atlantik Films |
1 |
$6,176 |
860 |
0.00% |
| 148 |
World Wide Motion Pictures |
1 |
$6,000 |
836 |
0.00% |
| 149 |
CJ Entertainment |
1 |
$5,976 |
832 |
0.00% |
| 150 |
Diversa Films |
1 |
$5,729 |
798 |
0.00% |
| 151 |
Abkco Films |
2 |
$5,695 |
793 |
0.00% |
| 152 |
Romantic Troubadour Entertainment |
1 |
$5,508 |
767 |
0.00% |
| 153 |
Blue Water Entertainment |
1 |
$4,915 |
685 |
0.00% |
| 154 |
Direct Cinema Ltd |
1 |
$4,740 |
660 |
0.00% |
| 155 |
Eliot Lives Productions, LLC |
1 |
$4,345 |
605 |
0.00% |
| 156 |
A-Mark Entertainment |
1 |
$3,849 |
536 |
0.00% |
| 157 |
Artistic License |
1 |
$3,081 |
429 |
0.00% |
| 158 |
Icarus Films |
1 |
$2,072 |
289 |
0.00% |
| 159 |
Captured Films |
1 |
$410 |
57 |
0.00% |
| 160 |
Lavender House Films |
1 |
$401 |
56 |
0.00% |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013