Market Share for Each Distributor in 1998
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 1998 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
20th Century Fox
|
19 |
$1,166,154,587 |
248,647,035 |
17.31% |
| 2 |
Buena Vista
|
28 |
$1,110,929,457 |
236,871,951 |
16.49% |
| 3 |
Warner Bros.
|
29 |
$743,228,054 |
158,470,799 |
11.03% |
| 4 |
Sony Pictures
|
36 |
$686,138,697 |
146,298,228 |
10.18% |
| 5 |
Paramount Pictures
|
18 |
$602,826,797 |
128,534,499 |
8.95% |
| 6 |
New Line
|
17 |
$518,917,979 |
110,643,492 |
7.70% |
| 7 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
7 |
$467,538,639 |
99,688,409 |
6.94% |
| 8 |
Universal
|
19 |
$400,705,587 |
85,438,291 |
5.95% |
| 9 |
Miramax
|
38 |
$394,499,331 |
84,114,995 |
5.86% |
| 10 |
MGM
|
14 |
$182,287,967 |
38,867,371 |
2.71% |
| 11 |
Polygram
|
6 |
$102,311,859 |
21,814,895 |
1.52% |
| 12 |
Sony/TriStar
|
2 |
$58,856,776 |
12,549,419 |
.87% |
| 13 |
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
1 |
$56,145,919 |
11,971,411 |
.83% |
| 14 |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
20 |
$45,634,716 |
9,730,216 |
.68% |
| 15 |
Gramercy
|
10 |
$44,103,738 |
9,403,783 |
.65% |
| 16 |
Fox Searchlight
|
9 |
$30,492,047 |
6,501,502 |
.45% |
| 17 |
October Films
|
8 |
$26,377,704 |
5,624,242 |
.39% |
| 18 |
Artisan
|
9 |
$22,557,766 |
4,809,758 |
.33% |
| 19 |
Trimark
|
7 |
$14,001,359 |
2,985,364 |
.21% |
| 20 |
Fine Line
|
8 |
$12,830,102 |
2,735,629 |
.19% |
| 21 |
Lionsgate
|
15 |
$9,003,948 |
1,919,818 |
.13% |
| 22 |
Live Film & Mediaworks
|
1 |
$6,754,958 |
1,440,290 |
.10% |
| 23 |
Discovery/IMAX
|
1 |
$4,119,728 |
878,407 |
.06% |
| 24 |
First Look
|
2 |
$3,637,502 |
775,587 |
.05% |
| 25 |
IMAX Films
|
2 |
$3,524,317 |
751,454 |
.05% |
| 26 |
Live Entertainment
|
2 |
$3,389,614 |
722,732 |
.05% |
| 27 |
Distributor Unknown
|
1 |
$2,750,686 |
586,500 |
.04% |
| 28 |
Warren Miller Entertainment
|
1 |
$2,750,064 |
586,368 |
.04% |
| 29 |
Stratosphere Entertainment
|
4 |
$2,643,035 |
563,547 |
.04% |
| 30 |
Good Machine Releasing
|
1 |
$2,635,624 |
561,967 |
.04% |
| 31 |
Strand
|
8 |
$1,359,413 |
289,854 |
.02% |
| 32 |
Legacy Releasing
|
6 |
$1,287,828 |
274,590 |
.02% |
| 33 |
Alliance Atlantis
|
2 |
$1,065,180 |
227,117 |
.02% |
| 34 |
New Yorker
|
6 |
$911,657 |
194,383 |
.01% |
| 35 |
Rainbow Releasing
|
1 |
$821,997 |
175,266 |
.01% |
| 36 |
Rialto Pictures
|
1 |
$752,045 |
160,351 |
.01% |
| 37 |
Goldwyn Entertainment
|
2 |
$574,877 |
122,575 |
.01% |
| 38 |
Artistic License
|
3 |
$454,076 |
96,818 |
.01% |
| 39 |
Roxie Releasing
|
1 |
$441,808 |
94,202 |
.01% |
| 40 |
Orion Pictures
|
1 |
$417,709 |
89,064 |
.01% |
| 41 |
First Run Features
|
4 |
$348,168 |
74,236 |
.01% |
| 42 |
Zeitgeist
|
4 |
$328,436 |
70,028 |
.00% |
| 43 |
Leisure Time Features
|
1 |
$316,872 |
67,563 |
.00% |
| 44 |
RS Entertainment
|
1 |
$189,635 |
40,434 |
.00% |
| 45 |
Palm Pictures
|
1 |
$116,592 |
24,860 |
.00% |
| 46 |
Atlantic
|
1 |
$84,744 |
18,069 |
.00% |
| 47 |
Phaedra Cinema
|
1 |
$62,626 |
13,353 |
.00% |
| 48 |
Kino International
|
2 |
$61,818 |
13,181 |
.00% |
| 49 |
Empire Pictures
|
1 |
$56,158 |
11,974 |
.00% |
| 50 |
Columbia
|
1 |
$20,167 |
4,300 |
.00% |
| 51 |
Attitude Films
|
1 |
$16,556 |
3,530 |
.00% |
| 52 |
Cowboy Pictures
|
1 |
$15,631 |
3,333 |
.00% |
| 53 |
Castle Hill Productions
|
3 |
$10,921 |
2,328 |
.00% |
| 54 |
Margin Films
|
1 |
$2,194 |
468 |
.00% |
|