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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2004
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Note: This chart ranks distributors by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004.
Top Grossing of 2004
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2004 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sony Pictures | 34 | $1,349,925,368 | 217,379,283 | 14.38% |
| 2 | Warner Bros. | 31 | $1,218,500,607 | 196,215,879 | 12.98% |
| 3 | Walt Disney | 27 | $1,157,791,189 | 186,439,802 | 12.33% |
| 4 | 20th Century Fox | 19 | $943,941,639 | 152,003,484 | 10.05% |
| 5 | Dreamworks SKG | 10 | $927,469,181 | 149,350,914 | 9.88% |
| 6 | Universal | 20 | $892,095,585 | 143,654,682 | 9.50% |
| 7 | Paramount Pictures | 18 | $628,913,492 | 101,274,311 | 6.70% |
| 8 | New Line | 14 | $438,827,999 | 70,664,734 | 4.67% |
| 9 | Newmarket Films | 8 | $406,670,809 | 65,486,443 | 4.33% |
| 10 | Miramax | 21 | $376,425,092 | 60,615,955 | 4.01% |
| 11 | Lionsgate | 17 | $300,788,126 | 48,436,089 | 3.20% |
| 12 | MGM | 18 | $197,624,599 | 31,823,606 | 2.10% |
| 13 | Fox Searchlight | 11 | $174,509,544 | 28,101,372 | 1.86% |
| 14 | Focus Features | 6 | $93,866,663 | 15,115,404 | 1.00% |
| 15 | Focus/Rogue Pictures | 2 | $30,480,578 | 4,908,305 | 0.32% |
| 16 | Miramax/Dimension | 4 | $23,122,096 | 3,723,365 | 0.25% |
| 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | 17 | $22,030,825 | 3,547,636 | 0.23% |
| 18 | Rainbow Releasing | 1 | $19,904,244 | 3,205,192 | 0.21% |
| 19 | Giant Screen Films | 2 | $16,669,071 | 2,684,229 | 0.18% |
| 20 | IMAX Films | 6 | $15,739,955 | 2,534,612 | 0.17% |
| 21 | IDP Distribution | 9 | $14,553,695 | 2,343,591 | 0.15% |
| 22 | Magnolia Pictures | 10 | $10,476,759 | 1,687,078 | 0.11% |
| 23 | Captured Light | 1 | $10,091,903 | 1,625,105 | 0.11% |
| 24 | New Yorker | 9 | $9,795,038 | 1,577,301 | 0.10% |
| 25 | SK Films | 1 | $9,636,369 | 1,551,750 | 0.10% |
| 26 | IFC Films | 10 | $7,996,864 | 1,287,739 | 0.09% |
| 27 | Warner Independent | 3 | $7,015,410 | 1,129,696 | 0.07% |
| 28 | ThinkFilm | 12 | $6,896,524 | 1,110,548 | 0.07% |
| 29 | Paramount Vantage | 9 | $6,301,005 | 1,014,654 | 0.07% |
| 30 | Alliance Atlantis | 2 | $5,089,496 | 819,564 | 0.05% |
| 31 | Distributor Unknown | 7 | $4,378,332 | 705,046 | 0.05% |
| 32 | WellSpring | 12 | $4,182,179 | 673,455 | 0.04% |
| 33 | Televisa Cine | 1 | $4,180,870 | 673,248 | 0.04% |
| 34 | Yash Raj Films | 4 | $3,958,781 | 637,485 | 0.04% |
| 35 | Benji Returns | 1 | $3,817,362 | 614,712 | 0.04% |
| 36 | Fine Line | 4 | $3,622,726 | 583,369 | 0.04% |
| 37 | Film Foundry | 1 | $2,694,071 | 433,828 | 0.03% |
| 38 | nWave Pictures | 3 | $2,639,208 | 424,992 | 0.03% |
| 39 | Excel Entertainment | 3 | $2,530,834 | 407,541 | 0.03% |
| 40 | Christal Films | 3 | $2,472,267 | 398,111 | 0.03% |
| 41 | Eros Entertainment | 4 | $2,446,637 | 393,984 | 0.03% |
| 42 | Zeitgeist | 6 | $2,381,032 | 383,419 | 0.03% |
| 43 | UTV Communications | 3 | $1,902,761 | 306,401 | 0.02% |
| 44 | Luke Films | 1 | $1,775,292 | 285,876 | 0.02% |
| 45 | Halestorm Entertainment | 2 | $1,365,718 | 219,922 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Rialto Pictures | 3 | $1,256,152 | 202,278 | 0.01% |
| 47 | TLA Releasing | 7 | $1,189,110 | 191,482 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Innovation Film Group | 6 | $1,156,015 | 186,153 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Arenas Entertainment | 2 | $1,117,051 | 179,879 | 0.01% |
| 50 | DreamWorks/Go Fish | 1 | $924,482 | 148,870 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Kino International | 10 | $907,601 | 146,150 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Artisan | 2 | $847,218 | 136,428 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Zee Studios | 1 | $833,648 | 134,243 | 0.01% |
| 54 | Regent Releasing | 7 | $811,156 | 130,621 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Empire Pictures | 6 | $794,466 | 127,932 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Film Movement | 2 | $691,500 | 111,353 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Cinema Libre | 3 | $618,167 | 99,543 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Strand Releasing | 14 | $585,098 | 94,218 | 0.01% |
| 59 | Vitagraph Films | 4 | $567,775 | 91,429 | 0.01% |
| 60 | First Run Features | 12 | $435,481 | 70,125 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Net Effect | 2 | $424,536 | 68,363 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Shadow | 4 | $399,822 | 64,384 | 0.00% |
| 63 | P&A Releasing | 1 | $392,000 | 63,124 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Indican Pictures | 8 | $382,620 | 61,613 | 0.00% |
| 65 | First Independent/Dada Films | 1 | $341,493 | 54,991 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Unico Entertainment | 2 | $333,912 | 53,770 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Cinema Service | 1 | $298,347 | 48,043 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Slugger Films | 1 | $293,793 | 47,310 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Artistic License | 4 | $289,203 | 46,570 | 0.00% |
| 70 | First Look | 2 | $259,161 | 41,733 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Emerging Pictures | 1 | $253,531 | 40,826 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Shakey Pictures | 1 | $251,862 | 40,557 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Palm/Manga | 4 | $251,847 | 40,555 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Palm Pictures | 8 | $194,037 | 31,247 | 0.00% |
| 75 | RBC Radio | 1 | $192,900 | 31,063 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Lantern Lane Entertainment | 2 | $173,915 | 28,005 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Cinema Guild | 3 | $160,378 | 25,826 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Koch Lorber Films | 1 | $150,966 | 24,310 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Pak Films | 1 | $131,451 | 21,168 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Non Fiction Films | 1 | $110,577 | 17,806 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Panorama Entertainment | 4 | $99,858 | 16,081 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Northern Arts Entertainment | 2 | $94,873 | 15,278 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Wolfe Releasing | 2 | $87,086 | 14,023 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Norador Productions | 1 | $81,883 | 13,186 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Painted Zebra Releasing | 1 | $81,250 | 13,084 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Seventh Art Releasing | 1 | $76,481 | 12,316 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Mela Films | 1 | $69,084 | 11,124 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Tartan Films | 3 | $68,560 | 11,040 | 0.00% |
| 89 | The Animation Show/IPMA | 1 | $62,555 | 10,073 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Castle Hill Productions | 2 | $61,791 | 9,950 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Picture This Entertainment | 2 | $59,267 | 9,544 | 0.00% |
| 92 | ArtMattan Films | 3 | $55,779 | 8,982 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Pathfinder | 1 | $54,419 | 8,763 | 0.00% |
| 94 | IFG | 2 | $44,938 | 7,236 | 0.00% |
| 95 | ISA Releasing | 1 | $44,287 | 7,132 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Slowhand Cinema | 1 | $42,311 | 6,813 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Jujitsu Films | 1 | $39,895 | 6,424 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Eden Rock/Abramorama | 1 | $36,830 | 5,931 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Every Tribe Entertainment | 1 | $36,412 | 5,863 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Small Planet | 1 | $29,367 | 4,729 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Newmark/Echelon Ent. | 1 | $26,642 | 4,290 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Avatar | 2 | $23,996 | 3,864 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Screen Media Films | 2 | $22,503 | 3,624 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Cowboy Pictures | 1 | $21,845 | 3,518 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Magic Lamp | 1 | $21,589 | 3,476 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Spit and Glue | 1 | $20,813 | 3,352 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Sky Harbor Basement | 1 | $19,257 | 3,101 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Slamdance on the Road | 1 | $16,265 | 2,619 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Palo Alto Pictures | 1 | $15,679 | 2,525 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Hannover House | 1 | $14,773 | 2,379 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Illuminare | 1 | $14,189 | 2,285 | 0.00% |
| 112 | ContentFilm | 1 | $13,089 | 2,108 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Prime Media Pictures | 1 | $12,077 | 1,945 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Dinsdale Releasing | 1 | $11,647 | 1,876 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Cinema Four | 2 | $11,228 | 1,808 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Mind the Gap | 1 | $9,496 | 1,529 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Random Media | 1 | $9,385 | 1,511 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Atopia | 1 | $9,129 | 1,470 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Off-Hollywood Distribution | 1 | $7,926 | 1,276 | 0.00% |
| 120 | CAVU Releasing | 1 | $7,903 | 1,273 | 0.00% |
| 121 | CameraPlanet/Discovery | 1 | $4,920 | 792 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Roxie Releasing | 1 | $4,048 | 652 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Maxmedia/Endgame | 1 | $3,022 | 486 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Leisure Time Features | 2 | $2,954 | 475 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Watch Releasing | 1 | $2,598 | 418 | 0.00% |
| 126 | RMH Media/Dominion Entertainment | 1 | $2,509 | 404 | 0.00% |
| 127 | Five Sisters Productions | 1 | $2,350 | 378 | 0.00% |
| 128 | Plexifilm | 1 | $2,227 | 359 | 0.00% |
| 129 | First Run/Icarus | 1 | $2,210 | 356 | 0.00% |
| 130 | Cinema Con Sabor | 1 | $1,987 | 320 | 0.00% |
| 131 | Maverick Entertainment | 1 | $1,292 | 208 | 0.00% |
| 132 | Kathi Arts | 1 | $1,042 | 168 | 0.00% |
| 133 | Arab Film Distribution | 1 | $867 | 140 | 0.00% |
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.