Market Share for Each Distributor in 1998
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 1998 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
Buena Vista
|
28 |
$1,108,750,922 |
236,407,445 |
16.37% |
| 2 |
Paramount Pictures
|
18 |
$1,045,448,541 |
222,910,136 |
15.44% |
| 3 |
Warner Bros.
|
29 |
$741,544,678 |
158,111,871 |
10.95% |
| 4 |
20th Century Fox
|
19 |
$729,550,152 |
155,554,402 |
10.77% |
| 5 |
Sony Pictures
|
37 |
$723,634,781 |
154,293,130 |
10.69% |
| 6 |
New Line
|
17 |
$518,485,611 |
110,551,303 |
7.66% |
| 7 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
7 |
$466,673,844 |
99,504,019 |
6.89% |
| 8 |
Universal
|
19 |
$399,417,316 |
85,163,607 |
5.90% |
| 9 |
Miramax
|
40 |
$393,672,539 |
83,938,706 |
5.81% |
| 10 |
MGM
|
15 |
$184,221,000 |
39,279,530 |
2.72% |
| 11 |
Polygram
|
6 |
$100,312,934 |
21,388,685 |
1.48% |
| 12 |
Sony/TriStar
|
3 |
$58,861,938 |
12,550,520 |
.87% |
| 13 |
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
1 |
$56,145,919 |
11,971,411 |
.83% |
| 14 |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
20 |
$45,439,263 |
9,688,542 |
.67% |
| 15 |
Gramercy
|
11 |
$43,988,032 |
9,379,113 |
.65% |
| 16 |
October Films
|
10 |
$26,569,250 |
5,665,084 |
.39% |
| 17 |
Fox Searchlight
|
8 |
$22,980,594 |
4,899,912 |
.34% |
| 18 |
Artisan
|
9 |
$22,533,076 |
4,804,494 |
.33% |
| 19 |
Lionsgate
|
17 |
$14,842,805 |
3,164,777 |
.22% |
| 20 |
Trimark
|
9 |
$13,906,471 |
2,965,133 |
.21% |
| 21 |
Fine Line
|
8 |
$12,616,420 |
2,690,069 |
.19% |
| 22 |
Live Film & Mediaworks
|
1 |
$6,724,217 |
1,433,735 |
.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 |
$3,385,432 |
721,840 |
.05% |
| 27 |
Distributor Unknown
|
1 |
$2,750,686 |
586,500 |
.04% |
| 28 |
Warren Miller Entertainment
|
1 |
$2,750,064 |
586,368 |
.04% |
| 29 |
Good Machine Releasing
|
1 |
$2,635,624 |
561,967 |
.04% |
| 30 |
Stratosphere Entertainment
|
4 |
$2,550,334 |
543,781 |
.04% |
| 31 |
Strand
|
8 |
$1,359,413 |
289,854 |
.02% |
| 32 |
Legacy Releasing
|
7 |
$1,320,828 |
281,626 |
.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
|
4 |
$461,092 |
98,314 |
.01% |
| 39 |
Roxie Releasing
|
1 |
$441,808 |
94,202 |
.01% |
| 40 |
Orion Pictures
|
2 |
$422,709 |
90,130 |
.01% |
| 41 |
First Run Features
|
4 |
$348,168 |
74,236 |
.01% |
| 42 |
Zeitgeist
|
5 |
$328,481 |
70,038 |
.00% |
| 43 |
Palm Pictures
|
1 |
$116,592 |
24,860 |
.00% |
| 44 |
Atlantic
|
1 |
$84,744 |
18,069 |
.00% |
| 45 |
Phaedra Cinema
|
1 |
$62,626 |
13,353 |
.00% |
| 46 |
Kino International
|
2 |
$61,818 |
13,181 |
.00% |
| 47 |
Empire Pictures
|
1 |
$56,158 |
11,974 |
.00% |
| 48 |
WinStar Cinema
|
1 |
$48,856 |
10,417 |
.00% |
| 49 |
Columbia
|
1 |
$20,167 |
4,300 |
.00% |
| 50 |
Castle Hill Productions
|
5 |
$19,447 |
4,146 |
.00% |
| 51 |
Attitude Films
|
1 |
$16,556 |
3,530 |
.00% |
| 52 |
Cowboy Pictures
|
1 |
$15,631 |
3,333 |
.00% |
| 53 |
Northern Arts Entertainment
|
2 |
$10,000 |
2,132 |
.00% |
| 54 |
Avalanche Releasing
|
1 |
$5,000 |
1,066 |
.00% |
| 55 |
Margin Films
|
1 |
$2,194 |
468 |
.00% |
| 56 |
Shadow
|
1 |
$783 |
167 |
.00% |
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