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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Market Share for Each Distributor in 1997

RankDistributorMovies1997 GrossTicketsShare
1 Sony Pictures 33 $1,284,982,802 279,952,682 19.75%
2 Buena Vista 35 $921,045,635 200,663,537 14.16%
3 Paramount Pictures 28 $912,785,768 198,864,003 14.03%
4 Warner Bros. 29 $690,127,698 150,354,618 10.61%
5 20th Century Fox 21 $662,534,957 144,343,130 10.19%
6 Universal 13 $618,632,138 134,778,245 9.51%
7 Miramax 30 $423,308,060 92,223,979 6.51%
8 New Line 19 $359,772,959 78,381,909 5.53%
9 MGM 12 $170,456,099 37,136,403 2.62%
10 Dreamworks SKG 3 $107,991,931 23,527,654 1.66%
11 Gramercy 13 $72,928,582 15,888,580 1.12%
12 Fox Searchlight 9 $49,358,642 10,753,516 .76%
13 Polygram 2 $48,270,581 10,516,466 .74%
14 Fine Line 12 $42,066,382 9,164,788 .65%
15 Trimark 7 $29,867,721 6,507,129 .46%
16 Sony Pictures Classics 19 $21,308,739 4,642,429 .33%
17 October Films 10 $20,030,452 4,363,935 .31%
18 Live Entertainment 2 $15,740,109 3,429,217 .24%
19 Orion Pictures 4 $13,697,349 2,984,171 .21%
20 Columbia 4 $12,165,156 2,650,361 .19%
21 Lionsgate 3 $5,129,074 1,117,445 .08%
22 Sony/TriStar 2 $3,985,305 868,258 .06%
23 Vestron 1 $2,868,135 624,866 .04%
24 Warren Miller Entertainment 1 $2,287,639 498,396 .04%
25 Legacy Releasing 5 $2,061,610 449,152 .03%
26 Goldwyn Entertainment 6 $2,059,075 448,600 .03%
27 Distributor Unknown 1 $1,851,655 403,411 .03%
28 Arrow Releasing 1 $1,351,319 294,405 .02%
29 New Yorker 4 $1,079,914 235,276 .02%
30 Strand 7 $783,968 170,800 .01%
31 Kit Parker Films 1 $723,404 157,604 .01%
32 First Look 5 $698,981 152,282 .01%
33 Orion Classics 2 $681,267 148,424 .01%
34 Zeitgeist 2 $593,913 129,393 .01%
35 Cinepix Film Properties 2 $547,152 119,205 .01%
36 Leisure Time Features 1 $316,872 69,035 .00%
37 First Run Features 2 $237,338 51,708 .00%
38 RS Entertainment 1 $189,635 41,315 .00%
39 Northern Arts Entertainment 4 $114,649 24,978 .00%
40 Roxie Releasing 1 $12,836 2,797 .00%
41 Avalanche Releasing 1 $11,251 2,451 .00%
42 Castle Hill Productions 2 $10,000 2,178 .00%
43 Shadow 1 $5,000 1,089 .00%
44 7th Art Releasing 1 $5,000 1,089 .00%
45 Phaedra Cinema 1 $5,000 1,089 .00%