Market Share for Each Distributor in 1997

Rank	Distributor	Movies	1997 Gross	Tickets	Share
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%