Motion picture distributors: ranked by total U.S. and Canada box-office receipts for 2005.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DOMESTIC box office movie receipts fell 4 percent in 2005 compared to the previous year, grossing $8.8 billion. Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Domestic Theatrical Distribution claimed the top spot among movie distributors, with three of the seven highest grossing movies of the year. Twentieth Century Fox jumped four spots to No. 2 in 2005 as it grossed $1.36 billion, just $24.4 million less than Warner Bros. Twentieth Century was boosted by the year's highest grossing movie, "Star Wars: Episode III," which brought in $380 million domestically. Sony SONY Standard Oil of New York (common, but untrue; it's an urban legend) Pictures Releasing, No. 1 in 2004, fell to No. 3 as it grossed just over $1 billion. Universal Pictures Distribution just missed becoming the fourth distributor to generate $1 billion in 2005. Led by "King Kong King Kong giant ape brought to New York as “eighth wonder of world.” [Am. Cinema: Payton, 367] See : Giantism " which accounted for $175 million, Universal had a year-end year-end also year·end n. The end of a year. adj. Occurring or done at the end of the year: a year-end audit. Noun 1. total of $999.7 million. DreamWorks Pictures came in at No. 7, down three spots as revenue fell $425 million to $501 million. Founded by Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg , David Geffen Geffen is a surname. The Hebrew word גֶּפֶן gephen (pl. גּפָנִים gəphānīm) means grapevine. and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the studio has agreed to be purchased by Paramount Pictures Corp. in a deal worth $1.6 billion that is expected to close in the first quarter. Newmarket Newmarket, town (1991 pop. 15,861), Suffolk, E England. It has been a horse-racing center since early in the 17th cent. There are four principal races: the One Thousand Guineas, the Two Thousand Guineas, the Cambridgeshire, and the Cesarewitch. Films LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control fell completely off of the list. The distributor of Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ Christ: see Jesus. Christ forgives man for his sins. [Christianity: Misc.] See : Forgiveness Christ See also Passion of Christ. Agnus Dei lamb of god. " had no major releases in 2005. THE PACESETTER WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION THE distribution arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment brought in $1.38 billion, a $169 million increase over the previous year. The distributor released 25 movies in 2005, down four from the previous year. Its box office receipts were anchored by a film in the Harry Potter A potter is someone who makes pottery. Potter may also refer to: People
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" opened on Nov. 18 and drew $103 million on its opening weekend. Other Warner Bros. hits included "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" starring Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9 1963) is an American actor. Biography Early life Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, to John Christopher Depp Sr., a city engineer, and Betty Sue (Wells), a waitress. , which grossed $207 million domestically, and "Batman Begins" starring Christian Christian flees the City of Destruction. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress] See : Escape Christian travels to Celestial City with cumbrous burden on back. [Br. Lit. Bale as the title character, which grossed $205 million domestically. For 2006, Warner Bros. plans to release "Superman Superman invincible scourge of crime. [Comics: Horn, 642–643] See : Crime Fighting Superman superhero under guise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter. Returns" starring Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" as Lex Luthor Lex Luthor (Alexander Luthor) is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and is the primary antagonist of the Superman franchise. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940). , Kate n. 1. (Zool.) The brambling finch. Bosworth Bosworth, England: see Hinckley and Bosworth. as Lois Lane The tense of this article is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. Please consider rewriting to a detached, past tense. For the Dutch girl group, see . Lois Joanne Lane-Kent is a fictional character in the DC Comics’ Superman stories. and Brandon Routh Brandon Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on several television series throughout the early 2000s. as Clark Kent/Superman.
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 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
(818) 954-6000
2 Bruce Snyder
president, domestic distribution
(310) 369-1000
3 Rory Bruer
president, distribution
(310) 244-4000
4 Nikki Rocco
president, distribution
(818) 777-1000
5 Chuck Viane
president, distribution
(818) 560-1000
6 Wayne Lewellen
president, distribution
(323) 956-5000
7 James C. Tharp
head of distribution
(818) 695-5000
8 David Tuckerman
president, domestic theat. dist.
(310) 854-5811
9 Elliot Slutzky
exec. v.p., general manger
(323) 822-4100
10 Steve Rothenberg
exec v.p., domestic theat. dist.
(310) 449-9200
(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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