Vol. V No. 3

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Top 2004 Distributors
(as of 2/13/05; domestic grosses in millions)
Bold type indicates films currently in release.

 
 
1. Warner Bros.
1.
Harry Potter/Prisoner of Azkaban
$249.3
2.
The Polar Express
162.1
3.
Troy
133.2
4.
Ocean's Twelve
124.4
5.
Starsky & Hutch
88.2
6.
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
84.1
7.
A Cinderella Story
51.4
8.
The Phantom of the Opera
45.5
9.
Million Dollar Baby
44.9
10.
Exorcist: The Beginning
41.8
11.
Catwoman
40.1
12.
Alexander
34.2
13.
Taking Lives
32.6
14.
Torque
21.1
15.
Nascar: The Imax Experience
19.8
16.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
19.7
17.
The Whole Ten Yards
16.3
18.
New York Minute
14.0
19.
Chasing Liberty
12.1
20.
The Big Bounce
6.4
21.
Spartan
4.3
22.
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2.8
 
Total: $1,248.3
     
     
     
 
2. Sony
1.
Spider-Man 2
$373.3
2.
50 First Dates
120.7
3.
The Grudge
110.1
4.
Christmas With the Kranks
73.7
5.
White Chicks
69.1
6.
The Forgotten
66.6
7.
Hellboy
59.0
8.
13 Going on 30
55.0
9.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
50.7
10.
Secret Window
47.7
11.
Spanglish
42.0
12.
You Got Served
40.0
13.
Closer
33.9
14.
Anacondas: The Hunt for/Blood Orchid
31.5
15.
Little Black Book
20.4
16.
Breakin' All the Rules
11.8
17.
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
9.1
18.
The Merchant of Venice
1.5
19.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
.11
 
Total: $1,216.2
     
     
     
 
3. Buena Vista
1.
The Incredibles
$258.6
2.
National Treasure
168.8
3.
The Village
114.1
4.
The Princess Diaries 2
95.1
5.
Ladder 49
74.5
6.
Hidalgo
67.2
7.
Miracle
64.3
8.
King Arthur
51.8
9.
Home on the Range
50.0
10.
The Ladykillers
39.6
11.
Raising Helen
37.4
12.
Confessions/Teenage Drama Queen
29.3
13.
Around the World in 80 Days
24.0
14.
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
23.8
15.
The Alamo
22.4
16.
Mr. 3000
21.8
17.
Disney's Teacher's Pet
6.4
18.
The Last Shot
.46
19.
America's Heart and Soul
.31
 
Total: $1,149.8
     
     
     
 
4. Universal
1.
Meet the Fockers
$269.9
2.
The Bourne Supremacy
176.0
3.
Van Helsing
120.0
4.
Along Came Polly
87.8
5.
Ray
74.6
6.
Friday Night Lights
61.1
7.
Dawn of the Dead
58.8
8.
The Chronicles of Riddick
57.6
9.
In Good Company
43.3
10.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
40.2
11.
Two Brothers
18.9
12.
Wimbledon
16.8
13.
Connie & Carla
8.0
14.
Thunderbirds
6.7
 
Total: $1,039.7
     
     
     
 
5. DreamWorks
1.
Shrek 2
$436.4
2.
Shark Tale
160.7
3.
Collateral
100.0
4.
Anchorman
84.1
5.
The Terminal
77.0
6.
Eurotrip
17.7
7.
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
16.9
8.
Envy
12.7
9.
Surviving Christmas
11.1
 
Total: $916.6
     
     
     
 
6. 20th Century Fox
1.
The Day After Tomorrow
$186.7
2.
I, Robot
144.7
3.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
114.3
4.
Alien Vs. Predator
80.2
5.
Man on Fire
77.9
6.
Garfield
75.3
7.
Fat Albert
47.4
8.
Taxi
36.5
9.
Flight of the Phoenix
20.9
10.
Catch That Kid
16.7
11.
Paparazzi
15.7
12.
The Girl Next Door
14.5
13.
Welcome to Mooseport
14.4
14.
First Daughter
9.0
 
Total: $854.2
     
     
     
 
7. Paramount
1.
Lemony Snicket's/Unfortunate Events
$116.9
2.
Mean Girls
86.0
3.
SpongeBob SquarePants
84.8
4.
The Manchurian Candidate
65.9
5.
The Stepford Wives
59.4
6.
Without a Paddle
58.1
7.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
37.7
8.
Team America: World Police
32.7
9.
The Prince & Me
28.1
10.
Twisted
25.1
11.
Alfie
13.3
12.
The Perfect Score
10.3
13.
Suspect Zero
8.7
14.
Against the Ropes
5.8
Total:$632.8
   
   
   
 
8. Miramax
1.
The Aviator
$82.3
2.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
66.2
3.
Shall We Dance?
57.8
4.
Hero
53.5
5.
Finding Neverland
42.5
6.
Jersey Girl
25.2
7.
Ella Enchanted
22.9
8.
Darkness
22.0
9.
My Baby's Daddy
17.3
10.
I'm Not Scared
1.5
11.
Zatoichi
.85
12.
Shaolin Soccer
.48
13.
Valentin
.27
14.
Infernal Affairs
.08
Total:$392.8
   
   
   
 
9. Newmarket
1.
The Passion of the Christ
$370.2
2.
The Woodsman
1.4
3.
Silver City
1.0
4.
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut
.72
5.
P.S.
.17
6.
Stander
.01
 
Total: $373.5
     
     
     
 
10. New Line
1.
The Notebook
$81.0
2.
The Butterfly Effect
57.7
3.
Blade: Trinity
52.2
4.
Cellular
32.0
5.
After the Sunset
28.3
6.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
18.2
7.
Laws of Attraction
17.8
8.
Raise Your Voice
10.4
9.
Birth
5.0
10.
Highwaymen
.36
 
Total: $302.9
     
     
     
 
11. Lions Gate
1.
Fahrenheit 9/11
$119.0
2.
Saw
55.1
3.
The Punisher
33.6
4.
Open Water
30.5
5.
Godsend
14.3
6.
Dirty Dancing Havana Nights
14.1
7.
The Cookout
11.5
8.
Beyond the Sea
6.0
9.
Dogville
1.5
10.
Stage Beauty
.77
11.
The Final Cut
.54
12.
I Am David
.28
13.
A Love Song For Bobby Long
.15
14.
Danny Deckchair
.15
15.
A Slipping Down Life
.09
16.
Eulogy
.07
 
Total: $287.6
     
     
     
 
12. MGM
1.
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
$64.9
2.
Walking Tall
45.8
3.
Agent Cody Banks 2
23.2
4.
Hotel Rwanda
14.1
5.
Soul Plane
13.9
6.
De-Lovely
13.3
7.
Wicker Park
12.8
8.
Saved!
8.7
9.
Sleepover
8.0
10.
Coffee and Cigarettes
1.9
11.
Osama
1.1
12.
Code 46
.19
12.
The Yes Men
.19
14.
Undertow
.12
 
Total: $208.2
     
     
     
 
13. Fox Searchlight
1.
Sideways
$52.7
2.
Napoleon Dynamite
44.5
3.
Johnson Family Vacation*
31.2
4.
Garden State
26.7
5.
I Heart Huckabees
12.7
6.
Kinsey
9.4
7.
The Clearing
5.7
8.
Never Die Alone*
5.6
9.
Broken Lizard's Club Dread*
4.9
10.
The Dreamers
2.5
*also 20th Century Fox
 
Total: $195.9
     
     
     
 
14. Focus
1.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
$34.1
2.
Seed of Chucky
17.0
3.
The Motorcycle Diaries
16.7
4.
Vanity Fair
16.1
5.
Shaun of the Dead
13.4
6.
The Door in the Floor
3.8
7.
Ned Kelly
.07
 
Total: $101.1
     
     
     
 
15. Sony Pictures Classics
1.
House of Flying Daggers
$10.4
2.
Being Julia
5.0
3.
Bad Education
4.1
4.
Good Bye, Lenin!
4.0
5.
Monsieur Ibrahim
2.8
6.
Bon Voyage
2.3
6.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
2.3
8.
Riding Giants
2.2
9.
The Mother
1.0
10.
Young Adam
.76
11.
Touch of Pink
.56
12.
Facing Windows
.54
13.
Broken Wings
.40
14.
Head in the Clouds
.39
15.
Baadasssss!
.36
15.
She Hate Me
.36
17.
Zelary
.32
18.
Carandiru
.21
19.
Lightning in a Bottle
.17
20.
Zhou Yu's Train
.14
21.
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
.08
 
Total: $38.3
     
     
     
 
 
16. IDP
1.
Super Size Me
$11.5
2.
What the #$!* Do We Know?
10.7
3.
Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War
1.0
4.
Rosenstrasse
.73
5.
Remember Me, My Love
.22
6.
Stateside
.17
7.
Tokyo Godfathers
.12
7.
Tying the Knot
.03
9.
La Mentale/The Code
.01
 
Total: $24.4
     
     
     
 
17. Warner Independent Pictures
1.
A Very Long Engagement
$5.8
2.
Before Sunset
5.7
3.
We Don't Live Here Anymore
2.0
4.
A Home at the End of the World
1.0
5.
Criminal
.92
6.
Around the Bend
.19
 
Total: $15.6
     
     
     
 
18. Fine Line
1.
Maria Full of Grace
$6.5
2.
Vera Drake
2.8
3.
A Dirty Shame
1.3
4.
The Sea Inside
.68
 
Total: $11.2
     
     
     
 
19. Magnolia
1.
Woman Thou Art Loosed
$6.8
2.
Control Room
2.5
3.
End of the Century
.39
4.
Bukowski: Born Into This
.31
5.
Guerilla: The Taking/Patty Hearst
.10
6.
The Trilogy: On the Run
.06
7.
Voices of Iraq
.05
8.
The Trilogy: An Amazing Couple
.04
9.
Bang Rajan
.02
9.
The Trilogy: Afterlife
.02
 
Total: $10.2

 

 

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