Motion picture distributors: ranked by total U.S., Canada box-office receipts for 2005.

MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS

Ranked by total U.S., Canada box-office receipts for 2005

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

   1    Warner Bros. Domestic Theatrical             $1,384.2
          Distribution (2)                              25
        4000 Warner Blvd.                              15.7%
        Burbank 91522
   2    Twentieth Century Fox (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                999.7
          (5)                                           23
        100 Universal City Plaza                       11.3
        Universal City 91608
   5    Buena Vista Pictures Distribution               928
          Inc. (3)                                      23
        500 S. Buena Vista St.                         10.5
        Burbank 91506
   6    Paramount Domestic Distribution                822.5
          (7)                                           17
        5555 Melrose Ave.                               9.3
        Hollywood 90038
   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
        2700 Colorado Blvd., Suite 200                  19
        Santa Monica 90404                              3.2

Rank     Top-Grossing         Top Film's Data              Parent
             Film         * box office dollars (1)        Company
                                 (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
                                    38.5                    SKG
   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.

                                                Top
Rank         Production Cos. for Which          Distribution Executive
              the Company Distributes           * name
                   (partial list)               * title
                                                * phone

   1    Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Dark     Daniel Fellman
        Castle Entertainment, Section Eight     president, distribution
                    Productions                 [phone]
   2    Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox    Bruce Snyder
        Family Films, Searchlight Pictures,     president, domestic
          Twentieth Century Fox Animation       distribution
                                                [phone]
   3       Columbia Pictures, Revolution        Rory Bruer
         Studios, TriStar Pictures, Screen      president, distribution
                        Gems                    [phone]
   4      Imagine Entertainment, Kennedy/       Nikki Rocco
             Marshall Co., Shady Acres          president, distribution
         Entertainment, Sommers Co., Strike     [phone]
         Entertainment, Working Title Films
   5      Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone      Chuck Viane
            Pictures, Hollywood Pictures        president, distribution
                                                [phone]
   6        Scott Rudin Productions, C/W        Wayne Lewellen
        Productions, Lakeshore, Alphaville,     president, distribution
               Kopelson/Intertainment           [phone]
   7     Image Movers, Montecito Pictures,      James C. Tharp
                  Bandero, Amblin               head of distribution
                                                [phone]
   8            New Line, Fine Line,            David Tuckerman
           Rat Entertainment, Benderspink       president, domestic
                                                theat. dist.
                                                [phone]
   9      A Band Apart, Wes Craven Films,       Elliot Slutzky
                  Dimension Films               exec. v.p.,
                                                general manger
                                                [phone]
  10              Lions Gate Films              Steve Rothenberg
                                                exec v.p., domestic
                                                theat. dist.
                                                [phone]

(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.

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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Researched by David Nusbaum