Motion Picture distribution firms: ranked by total U.S., Canada box-office receipts for 2003.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BUENA Vista, a unit of Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co, pushed Sony SONY Standard Oil of New York (common, but untrue; it's an urban legend) Pictures aside in 2003 to become the No. 1 domestic distributor, with $1.5 billion in receipts. Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . held onto third place, with the same year release of the second and third movies in the Matrix trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. . "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions" accounted for more than a third of the distributor's $1.2 billion domestic box-office earnings. New Line also rode the wave of its popular trilogy, with the final film "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" grossing close to $300 million domestically since its mid-December Noun 1. mid-December - the middle part of December period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Dec, December - the last (12th) month of the year opening. Miramax Films moved up two places, with an 83 percent increase in domestic box-office earnings, to $695 million. The distributor had Oscar-winning "Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. ," initially released in late December December: see month. 2002, as well as third installments of the "Spy Kids" and "Scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar Movie" franchises. DreamWorks had the toughest year, with domestic receipts down more than half in 2003, to $234 million. None of the distributor's films hit $100 million. Overall, domestic box-office receipts held steady, with the 10 largest domestic distributors gaining about 1 percent, to $8.6 billion, over the previous year. THE TRENDS [GRAPHICS OMITTED] BUENA VISTA PICTURES DISTRIBUTION INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . THE open seas were kind to Buena Vista in 2003, with blockbusters Finding Nemo and "Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse Curse Ancient Mariner cursed by the crew because his slaying of the albatross is causing their deaths. [Br. Poetry: Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner] Andvari king of the dwarfs; his malediction spurs many events in the of the Black Pearl The Black Pearl, originally HEIC Wicked Wench, is a fictional ship in , , and . The Black Pearl is easily recognised by her distinctive black hull and sails. This turns out to be an advantage in more than one way. each grossing more than $300 million in domestic box office receipts and propelling pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin Buena Vista to the top of the list. The distribution arm for Walt Disney Co. increased its domestic box-office receipts by 29 percent, to $1.5 billion, and captured 16.6 percent of the domestic market. Buena Vista offered a family-friendly slate of entertainment in 2003, with remake re·make tr.v. re·made , re·mak·ing, re·makes To make again or anew. n. 1. The act of remaking. 2. Something in remade form, especially a new version of an earlier movie or song. hit "Freaky Friday Freaky Friday is a children's novel by Mary Rodgers first published in the USA in 1972, in which a teenage girl, Annabelle Andrews, and her mother, Ellen Andrews, switch bodies and learn to understand each other better. ," animated "Brother Bear" and kid mystery "Holes" pulling in a combined $260 million. Buena Vista also released movies for a slightly older crowd, including the PG-13 comedy "Bringing Down the House," which grossed $133 million domestically. The Disney Dis·ney , Walter Elias Known as "Walt." 1901-1966. American animator, showman, and film producer. Noted for his creation of the cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, he produced the first animated film with sound, distributor had 29 movies in release during 2003, placing it in second for the most movies behind Miramax, which is also owned by Disney. Disney's stock jumped more than 40 percent in 2003, helped "Finding Nemo": Top grosser. by the strong slate of movies. But stalled stall 1 n. 1. A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed. 2. a. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market. b. contract negotiations with computer animation computer animation also known as computer generated images (CGI) Form of animated graphics that has replaced “stop-motion” animation of scale-model puppets or drawings. powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment. Pixar are casting a shadow over the company's success. For 2004, Buena Vista will be retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. such classics as "King Arthur King Arthur: see Arthurian legend. " and "Around the World in 80 Days," as well as revisiting its summer 2001 teen hit with "Princess Diaries 2." Delayed from its December 2003 opening for reworking, Buena Vista will also be releasing "The Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. " in April.
Rank Distributor (Ranking in 2003) 2003 Results
* address * box-office receipts
* city/zip (millions)
* number of films (1)
* market share (2)
1 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Inc. (2) $1,522
500 S. Buena Vista St. 29
Burbank 91506 16.6%
2 Sony Pictures Releasing (1) 1,207
10202 W. Washington Blvd. 24
Culver City 90232 13.2
3 Warner Bros. Domestic Theatrical
Distribution (3) 1,162
4000 Warner Blvd. 23
Burbank 91522 12.7
4 Universal Pictures Distribution (6) 1,083
100 Universal City Plaza 17
Universal City 91608 11.8
5 New Line Cinema Inc. (5) 924
116 N. Robertson Blvd., Suite 200 15
Los Angeles CA 90048 10.1
6 Twentieth Century Fox (4) 801
10201 W. Pico Blvd. 19
Los Angeles 90035 8.7
7 Miramax Films (9) 695
8439 Sunset Blvd. 32
West Hollywood 90069 7.6
8 Paramount Domestic Distribution (7) 650
5555 Melrose Ave. 20
Hollywood 90038 7.1
9 MGM Distribution Co. (10) 364
10250 Constellation Blvd. 22
Los Angeles 90067 4
10 DreamWorks Pictures (8) 238
10 1000 Flower St. 8
Glendale 91201 2.6
Rank Top-Grossing Film Top Film's Data Parent Company
* box-office
dollars
(millions)
* % of total
receipts
derived from
top film
1 Finding Nemo $339.7 Walt Disney Co.
22.3%
2 Bad Boys 2 138.4 Sony Corp.
11.5
3 The Matrix Reloaded 281.5 Time Warner Inc.
24.2
4 Bruce Almighty 242.6 Vivendi Universal
22.4
5 Lord of the Rings: 290.4 Time Warner Inc.
Return of the King 31.4
6 X2: X-Men United 214.9 News Corp.
26.8
7 Chicago 159.2 Walt Disney Co.
22.9
8 The Italian Job 106.1 Viacom Inc.
16.3
9 Legally Blonde 2: 89.9 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Red, White & Blonde 24.7
10 Old School 74.7 DreamWorks SKG
31.4
Rank Production Cos. for
Which the Company Distributes
(partial list)
1 Walt Disney Pictures,
Touchstone Pictures
2 Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios,
TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems
3 Warner Bros., Silver Pictures,
Dark Castle Entertainment,
Section Eight Productions
4 Imagine Entertainment, Kennedy/Marshall Co.,
Shady Acres Entertainment, Sommers Co.,
Strike Entertainment, Working Title Films
5 New Line, Fine Line, Rat Entertainment,
Benderspink
6 Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox
Family Films, Searchlight Pictures,
Twentieth Century Fox Animation
7 A Band Apart, Wes Craven Films,
Dimension Films
8 Scott Rudin Productions,C/W Productions,
Mutual Film Co., Lakeshore, Alphaville,
Kopelson/Intertainment
9 MGM Pictures, United Artists Films
10 Image Movers, Montecito Pictures,
Bandero, Amblin
Rank Top Local Executive
* title
* phone
1 Charles Viane
president, distribution
(818) 560-5000
2 Rory Bruer
president, distribution
(310) 244-4000
3 Daniel Fellman
president, distribution
(818) 954-6000
4 Nikki Rocco
president, distribution
(818) 777-1000
5 David Tuckerman
president, domestic theatrical dist.
(310) 854-5811
6 Bruce Snyder
president, domestic distribution
(310) 369-1000
7 Elliot Slutzky
exec. vice president, gen. mgr.
(323) 822-4100
8 Wayne Lewellen
president, distribution
(323) 956-5000
9 Erik Lomis
president, distribution
(310) 449-3000
10 James C. Tharp
president, theatrical distribution
(818) 695-5000
(1) For the play period Jan. 6, 2003 through Jan. 4, 2004.
(2) Percentage of total domestic box-office receipts for the play
period Jan. 6, 2003 through Jan. 4, 2004.
Note: The information on this list was supplied by Nielsen EDI Inc.
Additional information was provided by representatives of the
distributors. Distributors are ranked by total domestic box-office
receipts for the play period Jan. 6, 2003 through Jan. 4, 2004.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
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Researched by Nicole Taylor
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