Motion picture distribution firms: ranked by total domestic box-office receipts for 2005.

MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTION FIRMS Ranked by total
domestic box-office receipts for 2005

Rank   Distributor (Ranking in 2005)                    2005 Results
       * address                                        * box office
       * city/zip                                       receipts (1)
                                                         (millions)
                                                       * number of
                                                          films (1)
                                                         * market
                                                         share (2)

   1   Warner Bros. Domestic Theatrical                   $1,384.2
       Distribution (2)                                      25
       4000 Warner Blvd.                                   15.70%
       Burbank 91522
   2   Twentieth Century Fax (6)                           1,359.8
       10201 W. Pico Blvd.                                  21
       Los Angeles 90035                                    15.4
   3   Sony Pictures Releasing (1)                         1,007.9
       10202 W. Washington Blvd.                            32
       Culver City 90232                                    11.4
   4   Universal Pictures Distribution (5)                  999.7
       100 Universal City Plaza                             23
       Universal City 91608                                 11.3
   5   Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc. (3)           928
       500 S. Buena Vista St.                               23
       Burbank 91506                                        10.5
   6   Paramount Domestic Distribution (7)                  822.5
       5555 Melrose Ave.                                    17
       Hollywood 90038                                       9.3
   7   DreamWorks Pictures (4)                              501.4
       1000 Flower St.                                      10
       Glendale 91201                                        5.7
   8   New Line Cinema Inc. (9)                             418.3
       116 N. Robertson Blvd., Suite 400                    13
       Los Angeles 90048                                     4.7
   9   Miramax Films (10)                                   357.1
       8439 Sunset Blvd.                                    24
       West Hollywood 90069                                  4
  10   Lions Gate Entertainment                             282.7
       10 2700 Colorado Blvd., Suite 200                    19
       Santa Monica 90404                                    3.2

Rank    Top-Grossing        Top Film's Data        Parent Company
            Film             * box office
                         dollars (1) (millions)
                         * % of total receipts
                         derived from top film

   1    Harry Potter             $277.1           Time Warner Inc.
       Goblet of Fire             20%
   2     Star Wars:              380.3               News Corp.
         Episode III              28
   3        Hitch                177.6               Sony Corp.
                                  17.6
   4      King Kong              174.6             NBC Universal
                                  17.5
   5   The Chronicles            225.7            Walt Disney Co.
          of Narnia               24.3
   6     War of the              234.3              Viacom Inc.
           Worlds                 28.5
   7     Madagascar              193.2             DreamWorks SKG
                                  38.5
   8       Wedding               209.2            Time Warner Inc.
          Crashers                50
   9      Sin City                74.1            Walt Disney Co.
                                  20.8
  10       Saw II                 87                 Lions Gate
                                  30.8             Entertainment
                                                       Corp.

Rank          Production Cos. for Which the Company
                           Distributes
                         (partial list)

   1       Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Dark Castle
            Entertainment, Section Eight Productions
   2   Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Family Films,
                      Searchlight Pictures,
                 Twentieth Century Fox Animation
   3         Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios,
                  TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems
   4   Imagine Entertainment, Kennedy/Marshall Co., Shady
            Acres Entertainment, Sommers Co., Strike
               Entertainment, Working Title Films
   5       Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures,
                       Hollywood Pictures
   6        Scott Rudin Productions, C/W Productions,
          Lakeshore, Alphaville, Kopelson/Intertainment
   7            Image Movers, Montecito Pictures,
                         Bandero, Amblin
   8                  New Line, Fine Line,
                 Rat Entertainment, Benderspink
   9             A Band Apart, Wes Craven Films,
                         Dimension Films
  10                    Lions Gate Films

Rank   Top Distribution Executive
       * name
       * title
       * phone

   1   Daniel Fellman
       president, distribution
       [phone]
   2   Bruce Snyder
       president, domestic distribution
       [phone]
   3   Rory Bruer
       president, distribution
       [phone]
   4   Nikki Rocco
       president, distribution
       [phone]
   5   Chuck Viane
       president, distribution
       [phone]
   6   Wayne Lewellen
       president, distribution
       [phone]
   7   James C. Tharp
       head of distribution
       [phone]
   8   David Tuckerman
       president, domestic theat. dist.
       [phone]
   9   Elliot Slutzky
       exec. v.p., general manger
       [phone]
  10   Steve Rothenberg
       exec v.p., domestic theat. dist.
       [phone]

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. 3, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006.

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(1) For the play period Jan. 3, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006.

(2) Percentage of total domestic box-office receipts for the
play period Jan. 3, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006.

Researched by David Nusbaum

Reprinted from the January 9, 2006 issue