Vol. IV No. 3

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Top 2003 Distributors
(as of 2/8/04; domestic grosses in millions)
Bold type indicates films currently in release.

 
1.Buena Vista
1.
Finding Nemo
$339.7
2.
Pirates of the Caribbean
305.4
3.
Bringing Down the House
132.5
4.
Freaky Friday
110.2
5.
Brother Bear
84.6
6.
The Haunted Mansion
73.2
7.
Holes
67.3
8.
Shanghai Knights
60.4
9.
Open Range
58.3
10.
The Recruit
52.7
11.
The Jungle Book 2
47.8
12.
Under the Tuscan Sun
43.6
13.
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
42.6
14.
Calendar Girls
27.0
15.
Piglet’s Big Movie
23.0
16.
Cold Creek Manor
21.3
17.
Ghosts of the Abyss
15.3
18.
Young Black Stallion
4.4
19.
Veronica Guerin
1.5
 
Total $1,510.8
     
     
     
2. Sony
1.
Bad Boys II
$138.3
2.
Anger Management
133.7
3.
S.W.A.T.
116.6
4.
Something’s Gotta Give
115.4
5.
Daddy Day Care
104.1
6.
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
100.7
7.
Mona Lisa Smile
63.1
8.
Big Fish
59.7
9.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
55.6
10.
Radio
52.2
11.
Identity
51.4
12.
Underworld
51.4
13.
Tears of the Sun
43.4
14.
National Security
35.6
15.
Darkness Falls
32.1
16.
Hollywood Homicide
30.0
17.
The Missing
26.8
18.
Basic
26.5
19.
The Medallion
22.1
20.
Gigli
5.6
21.
In the Cut
4.7
22.
From Here to Eternity [rr]
.01
   
Total $1,269.01
 
     
     
3. Warner Bros.
1.
The Matrix Reloaded
$281.4
2.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
150.3
3.
The Matrix Revolutions
139.1
4.
The Last Samurai
108.6
5.
Mystic River
69.8
6.
Kangaroo Jack
66.7
7.
Gothika
59.1
8.
Matchstick Men
36.8
9.
What a Girl Wants
35.9
10.
Cradle 2 the Grave
34.6
11.
Malibu’s Most Wanted
34.3
12.
Dreamcatcher
33.6
13.
Love Don’t Cost a Thing
21.6
14.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
20.9
15.
The In-Laws
20.4
16.
A Mighty Wind
17.5
17.
Alex & Emma
14.2
18.
Gods and Generals
12.8
19.
Grind
5.1
   
Total $1,162.7
 
     
     
4. Universal
1.
Bruce Almighty
$242.5
2.
Hulk
132.1
3.
2 Fast 2 Furious
127.0
4.
Seabiscuit
120.1
5.
American Wedding
104.3
6.
Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
100.4
7.
Love Actually
59.2
8.
The Rundown
47.5
9.
Peter Pan
46.8
10.
Intolerable Cruelty
35.0
11.
Honey
30.1
12.
Johnny English
27.9
13.
The Life of David Gale
19.5
14.
The Guru
3.0
   
Total  $1,095.4
 
     
     
5. New Line
1.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
$351.1
2.
Elf
172.9
3.
Freddy Vs. Jason
82.1
4.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
80.1
5.
Final Destination 2
46.4
6.
Secondhand Lions
41.4
7.
A Man Apart
26.1
8.
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry …
26.0
9.
How to Deal
14.1
10.
Willard
6.8
11.
The Real Cancun
3.7
   
Total  $850.7
 
     
     
6. 20th Century Fox
1.
X2
$214.9
4.
Cheaper by the Dozen
131.3
2.
Daredevil
102.5
3.
Master and Commander: Far Side …
89.6
4.
The League of Extraordinary …
66.4
5.
Just Married
56.1
6.
Runaway Jury
49.3
7.
Phone Booth
46.5
8.
Stuck on You
33.5
9.
Down With Love
20.2
10.
Wrong Turn
15.4
11.
The Order
7.6
12.
Chasing Papi
6.1
13.
From Justin to Kelly
4.9
14.
Alien [rr]
1.9
 
Total  $846.2
     
     
7. Paramount
1.
The Italian Job
$106.1
2.
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days
105.8
3.
School of Rock
81.1
4.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle …
65.6
5.
Paycheck
53.3
6.
Rugrats Go Wild
39.3
7.
The Hunted
34.2
8.
The Core
31.1
9.
The Fighting Temptations
30.2
10.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
22.7
11.
Timeline
19.4
12.
Tupac: Resurrection
7.7
13.
Beyond Borders
4.4
14.
Marci X
1.6
   
Total  $602.5
 
     
     
8. Miramax
1.
Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
$111.7
2.
Scary Movie 3
109.9
3.
Cold Mountain
82.8
4.
Kill Bill Vol. 1
69.8
5.
Bad Santa
59.4
6.
My Boss’s Daughter
15.5
7.
View From the Top
15.5
8.
Duplex
9.6
9.
Dirty Pretty Things
8.1
10.
The Station Agent
5.3
11.
The Human Stain
5.3
12.
City of God
5.2
13.
The Magdalene Sisters
4.5
14.
Dysfunktional Family
2.2
15.
The Barbarian Invasions
1.1
16.
Pokémon Heroes
.74
17.
Jet Lag
.54
18.
Blue Car
.46
19.
Buffalo Soldiers
.35
20.
The Battle of Shaker Heights
.27
21.
People I Know
.12
22.
Only the Strong Survive
.05
   
Total  $508.4
 
     
     
9. MGM
1.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White …
$89.8
2.
Agent Cody Banks
47.2
3.
Out of Time
40.9
4.
Good Boy!
37.5
5.
Uptown Girls
36.9
6.
Jeepers Creepers 2
35.1
7.
Bulletproof Monk
23.0
8.
A Guy Thing
15.4
9.
Dark Blue
9.0
10.
It Runs in the Family
7.3
11.
Pieces of April
2.3
12.
Assassination Tango
.97
13.
City of Ghosts
.35
   
Total  $345.7
 
     
     
10. DreamWorks
1.
Old School
$74.6
2.
Head of State
37.7
3.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
26.2
4.
Biker Boyz
21.7
5.
House of Sand and Fog
11.4
6.
Anything Else
3.2
   
$174.8
 
 
     
     
11. Fox Searchlight
1.
28 Days Later
$45.0
2.
Bend It Like Beckham
32.5
3.
In America
11.1
4.
Le Divorce
9.0
5.
Thirteen
4.5
6.
The Good Thief
3.5
7.
L’Auberge Espagnole
2.8
8.
The Dancer Upstairs
2.3
9.
Lucia, Lucia
.26
10.
Garage Days
.02
   
Total  $110.9
 
     
     
12. Focus
1.
Lost in Translation
$39.8
2.
Deliver Us From Eva
17.3
3.
21 Grams
13.9
4.
Swimming Pool
10.1
5.
Sylvia
1.3
6.
The Shape of Things
.73
7.
Scarface [rr]
.65
   
Total  $83.7
 
     
     
13. Lions Gate
1.
Cabin Fever
$21.1
2.
House of 1000 Corpses
12.5
3.
Confidence
12.2
4.
The Cooler
6.5
5.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
5.8
6.
Shattered Glass
2.2
7.
Wonderland
1.0
8.
Irreversible
.75
9.
The Hard Word
.42
10.
Sweet Sixteen
.30
11.
Civil Brand
.24
12.
May
.14
13.
Mondays in the Sun
.14
14.
Stevie
.09
   
Total  $63.3
 
     
     
14. Newmarket
1.
Whale Rider
$20.7
2.
Monster
15.2
3.
Spun
.41
4.
Lilya 4-Ever
.18
5.
Open Hearts
.12
   
Total  $36.6
 
     
     
15. Sony Pictures Classics
1.
Winged Migration
$10.7
2.
Laurel Canyon
3.6
3.
The Triplets of Belleville
2.5
4.
Spider
1.6
5.
The Company
1.3
6.
The Fog of War
1.2
7.
Respiro
1.0
8.
The Man Without a Past
.92
9.
Owning Mahowny
.83
10.
The Statement
.66
11.
All the Real Girls
.54
12.
Masked & Anonymous
.53
13.
The Legend of Suriyothai
.45
14.
My Life Without Me
.38
15.
Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary
.37
16.
The Cuckoo
.24
17.
Levity
.20
18.
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
.17
   
Total  $27.1
 

 

 

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