Market Share for Each Distributor in 2009
Note: This chart ranks distributors by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2009.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009.
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 2009
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros. |
36 |
$2,132,496,426 |
284,332,858 |
20.03% |
| 2 |
20th Century Fox |
23 |
$1,461,617,662 |
194,882,356 |
13.73% |
| 3 |
Paramount Pictures |
16 |
$1,460,075,602 |
194,676,748 |
13.71% |
| 4 |
Sony Pictures |
23 |
$1,447,931,681 |
193,057,557 |
13.60% |
| 5 |
Walt Disney |
23 |
$1,205,647,954 |
160,753,063 |
11.32% |
| 6 |
Universal |
21 |
$897,573,345 |
119,676,446 |
8.43% |
| 7 |
Summit Entertainment |
11 |
$480,388,885 |
64,051,852 |
4.51% |
| 8 |
Lionsgate |
12 |
$402,012,617 |
53,601,684 |
3.78% |
| 9 |
Fox Searchlight |
11 |
$246,172,026 |
32,822,937 |
2.31% |
| 10 |
Weinstein Co. |
9 |
$175,070,403 |
23,342,721 |
1.64% |
| 11 |
Focus Features |
10 |
$159,098,145 |
21,213,086 |
1.49% |
| 12 |
Overture Films |
8 |
$157,614,161 |
21,015,222 |
1.48% |
| 13 |
Paramount Vantage |
5 |
$66,643,114 |
8,885,749 |
0.63% |
| 14 |
Miramax |
8 |
$54,736,063 |
7,298,142 |
0.51% |
| 15 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
26 |
$49,395,750 |
6,586,100 |
0.46% |
| 16 |
Weinstein/Dimension |
1 |
$33,392,973 |
4,452,396 |
0.31% |
| 17 |
MGM |
5 |
$23,747,847 |
3,166,379 |
0.22% |
| 18 |
United Artists |
1 |
$22,373,908 |
2,983,188 |
0.21% |
| 19 |
Apparition |
4 |
$17,101,506 |
2,280,201 |
0.16% |
| 20 |
IMAX Films |
3 |
$16,349,791 |
2,179,973 |
0.15% |
| 21 |
Roadside Attractions |
15 |
$13,129,668 |
1,750,623 |
0.12% |
| 22 |
Freestyle Releasing |
6 |
$12,781,745 |
1,704,233 |
0.12% |
| 23 |
Magnolia Pictures |
27 |
$12,526,258 |
1,670,167 |
0.12% |
| 24 |
IFC Films |
26 |
$9,875,684 |
1,316,756 |
0.09% |
| 25 |
Big Pictures |
7 |
$5,257,818 |
701,042 |
0.05% |
| 26 |
Eros Entertainment |
4 |
$4,497,401 |
599,653 |
0.04% |
| 27 |
UTV Communications |
7 |
$3,853,318 |
513,776 |
0.04% |
| 28 |
National Geographic Entertainment |
3 |
$3,465,013 |
462,002 |
0.03% |
| 29 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
6 |
$2,991,864 |
398,915 |
0.03% |
| 30 |
Regent Releasing |
17 |
$2,610,123 |
348,014 |
0.02% |
| 31 |
Alliance Films |
2 |
$2,203,865 |
293,849 |
0.02% |
| 32 |
Stony Island Entertainment |
1 |
$2,026,756 |
270,234 |
0.02% |
| 33 |
3D Entertainment |
1 |
$2,013,083 |
268,411 |
0.02% |
| 34 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
7 |
$1,953,847 |
260,514 |
0.02% |
| 35 |
Truly Indie |
3 |
$1,758,844 |
234,513 |
0.02% |
| 36 |
Yash Raj Films |
5 |
$1,667,903 |
222,387 |
0.02% |
| 37 |
Vivendi Entertainment |
3 |
$1,632,869 |
217,716 |
0.02% |
| 38 |
Music Box Films |
3 |
$1,453,597 |
193,813 |
0.01% |
| 39 |
First Look |
1 |
$1,433,091 |
191,079 |
0.01% |
| 40 |
International Film Circuit |
3 |
$1,295,474 |
172,730 |
0.01% |
| 41 |
MPI Media Group |
1 |
$1,261,065 |
168,142 |
0.01% |
| 42 |
Indican Pictures |
9 |
$1,222,921 |
163,055 |
0.01% |
| 43 |
Five & Two Pictures |
1 |
$1,167,623 |
155,683 |
0.01% |
| 44 |
Viva Entertainment |
3 |
$1,076,815 |
143,575 |
0.01% |
| 45 |
Equinox |
1 |
$960,240 |
128,032 |
0.01% |
| 46 |
After Dark |
2 |
$863,172 |
115,090 |
0.01% |
| 47 |
Zeitgeist |
12 |
$810,711 |
108,093 |
0.01% |
| 48 |
Screen Media Films |
6 |
$800,294 |
106,705 |
0.01% |
| 49 |
Slowhand Cinema |
2 |
$775,695 |
103,426 |
0.01% |
| 50 |
Gener8xion Entertainment |
1 |
$741,557 |
98,874 |
0.01% |
| 51 |
Abramorama Films |
3 |
$740,280 |
98,705 |
0.01% |
| 52 |
Strand |
14 |
$717,259 |
95,635 |
0.01% |
| 53 |
Shorts International |
1 |
$644,635 |
85,951 |
0.01% |
| 54 |
AdLab Films |
2 |
$593,968 |
79,196 |
0.01% |
| 55 |
Vitagraph Films |
2 |
$532,706 |
71,028 |
0.01% |
| 56 |
Cinema Guild |
7 |
$525,046 |
70,007 |
0.00% |
| 57 |
American Zoetrope |
1 |
$518,522 |
69,136 |
0.00% |
| 58 |
Elephant Eye Films |
1 |
$492,776 |
65,703 |
0.00% |
| 59 |
First Run Features |
14 |
$480,845 |
64,113 |
0.00% |
| 60 |
Shadow |
4 |
$479,565 |
63,942 |
0.00% |
| 61 |
Zipporah |
1 |
$417,932 |
55,724 |
0.00% |
| 62 |
Full Circle Releasing |
1 |
$397,641 |
53,019 |
0.00% |
| 63 |
First Independent Pictures |
3 |
$334,666 |
44,622 |
0.00% |
| 64 |
Arthouse Films |
3 |
$327,388 |
43,652 |
0.00% |
| 65 |
Senator Entertainment |
1 |
$315,000 |
42,000 |
0.00% |
| 66 |
Janus Films |
2 |
$302,444 |
40,326 |
0.00% |
| 67 |
Studio 18 |
1 |
$300,293 |
40,039 |
0.00% |
| 68 |
Balcony Releasing |
3 |
$270,257 |
36,034 |
0.00% |
| 69 |
Argot Pictures |
3 |
$232,707 |
31,028 |
0.00% |
| 70 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
7 |
$222,411 |
29,654 |
0.00% |
| 71 |
Kino/Emerging |
1 |
$204,458 |
27,261 |
0.00% |
| 72 |
Elysian Films |
1 |
$203,305 |
27,107 |
0.00% |
| 73 |
Monterey Media |
12 |
$189,017 |
25,202 |
0.00% |
| 74 |
Third Rail |
2 |
$175,072 |
23,343 |
0.00% |
| 75 |
Variance Films/Everest Films |
1 |
$173,828 |
23,177 |
0.00% |
| 76 |
Film Movement |
9 |
$172,441 |
22,990 |
0.00% |
| 77 |
Rialto Pictures |
3 |
$171,207 |
22,828 |
0.00% |
| 78 |
Blue Water Entertainment |
1 |
$169,340 |
22,579 |
0.00% |
| 79 |
Image Entertainment |
2 |
$167,617 |
22,349 |
0.00% |
| 80 |
Variance Films |
5 |
$165,700 |
22,093 |
0.00% |
| 81 |
Maya Releasing |
4 |
$160,892 |
21,453 |
0.00% |
| 82 |
Seventh Art Releasing |
1 |
$139,418 |
18,589 |
0.00% |
| 83 |
Peace Arch Releasing |
3 |
$130,547 |
17,406 |
0.00% |
| 84 |
Empire Pictures |
1 |
$123,670 |
16,489 |
0.00% |
| 85 |
Paladin |
3 |
$115,847 |
15,447 |
0.00% |
| 86 |
ThinkFilm |
4 |
$110,407 |
14,720 |
0.00% |
| 87 |
Rainbow Releasing |
1 |
$110,175 |
14,690 |
0.00% |
| 88 |
Self Distributed |
6 |
$107,644 |
14,353 |
0.00% |
| 89 |
Lorber Films |
5 |
$103,817 |
13,842 |
0.00% |
| 90 |
Kino International |
5 |
$94,165 |
12,555 |
0.00% |
| 91 |
Westchester Films |
1 |
$88,453 |
11,794 |
0.00% |
| 92 |
Emerging Pictures |
1 |
$79,340 |
10,579 |
0.00% |
| 93 |
The Film Desk |
2 |
$63,880 |
8,518 |
0.00% |
| 94 |
Mitropoulos Films |
2 |
$63,352 |
8,447 |
0.00% |
| 95 |
Thunderstruck Films |
1 |
$61,941 |
8,259 |
0.00% |
| 96 |
Pallisades Tartan |
1 |
$60,200 |
8,027 |
0.00% |
| 97 |
Cinema Libre |
3 |
$60,166 |
8,022 |
0.00% |
| 98 |
Cinedigm |
1 |
$52,453 |
6,994 |
0.00% |
| 99 |
Audience Alliance |
1 |
$50,076 |
6,677 |
0.00% |
| 100 |
GR Films |
1 |
$47,552 |
6,340 |
0.00% |
| 101 |
Wave Releasing |
1 |
$47,071 |
6,276 |
0.00% |
| 102 |
Koch Lorber Films |
1 |
$45,835 |
6,111 |
0.00% |
| 103 |
Bev Pictures |
1 |
$44,802 |
5,974 |
0.00% |
| 104 |
City Lights Pictures |
1 |
$38,557 |
5,141 |
0.00% |
| 105 |
SPEAKproductions |
1 |
$36,592 |
4,879 |
0.00% |
| 106 |
Mypheduh Film |
1 |
$30,071 |
4,009 |
0.00% |
| 107 |
Trela |
1 |
$27,052 |
3,607 |
0.00% |
| 108 |
Palisades |
1 |
$21,438 |
2,858 |
0.00% |
| 109 |
Magnet Pictures |
1 |
$21,152 |
2,820 |
0.00% |
| 110 |
Embrem Entertainment |
1 |
$18,480 |
2,464 |
0.00% |
| 111 |
American World Pictures |
1 |
$18,215 |
2,429 |
0.00% |
| 112 |
Wolfe Twenty |
1 |
$17,625 |
2,350 |
0.00% |
| 113 |
NeoClassics Films |
1 |
$15,000 |
2,000 |
0.00% |
| 114 |
Nocturnal Features |
3 |
$12,372 |
1,650 |
0.00% |
| 115 |
Aliquot Films |
1 |
$11,799 |
1,573 |
0.00% |
| 116 |
MSK Productions |
1 |
$11,581 |
1,544 |
0.00% |
| 117 |
Cinema Epoch |
3 |
$11,500 |
1,534 |
0.00% |
| 118 |
Riverrain |
1 |
$10,019 |
1,336 |
0.00% |
| 119 |
Icarus Films |
1 |
$9,939 |
1,325 |
0.00% |
| 120 |
Mangusta Productions |
1 |
$9,890 |
1,319 |
0.00% |
| 121 |
Atlas Media Group |
1 |
$9,166 |
1,222 |
0.00% |
| 122 |
The Talking Pictures Company |
1 |
$8,030 |
1,071 |
0.00% |
| 123 |
Kanbar Entertainment |
1 |
$6,793 |
906 |
0.00% |
| 124 |
Artistic License |
1 |
$6,000 |
800 |
0.00% |
| 125 |
Fair Trade Pictures |
1 |
$5,364 |
715 |
0.00% |
| 126 |
Eleven Arts |
1 |
$4,970 |
663 |
0.00% |
| 127 |
Cavalier Films |
1 |
$3,516 |
469 |
0.00% |
| 128 |
ArtMattan Productions |
1 |
$3,149 |
420 |
0.00% |
| 129 |
Reliance Big Pictures |
1 |
$1,954 |
261 |
0.00% |
| 130 |
Capitol Films |
1 |
$1,260 |
168 |
0.00% |
| 131 |
Cinevolve Studios |
2 |
$894 |
119 |
0.00% |
| 132 |
New Love Films |
1 |
$632 |
84 |
0.00% |
| 133 |
Here Films |
1 |
$408 |
54 |
0.00% |
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Sunday, May 19, 2013