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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2011

Note: This chart ranks distributors by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Top Grossing Distributors of 2011

RankDistributorMovies2011 GrossTicketsShare
1 Paramount Pictures 24 $1,966,460,552 247,977,371 19.27%
2 Warner Bros. 38 $1,840,530,007 232,097,102 18.04%
3 Sony Pictures 29 $1,281,447,753 161,594,923 12.56%
4 Walt Disney 18 $1,245,523,204 157,064,717 12.21%
5 Universal 18 $1,025,035,016 129,260,407 10.04%
6 20th Century Fox 19 $982,812,355 123,935,984 9.63%
7 Summit Entertainment 10 $415,190,024 52,356,876 4.07%
8 Relativity 9 $228,256,080 28,783,869 2.24%
9 Weinstein Co. 15 $215,119,000 27,127,240 2.11%
10 Lionsgate 12 $183,395,606 23,126,810 1.80%
11 Fox Searchlight 13 $147,300,020 18,575,033 1.44%
12 Focus Features 9 $127,538,783 16,083,076 1.25%
13 FilmDistrict 5 $126,059,194 15,896,493 1.24%
14 Sony Pictures Classics 24 $90,503,988 11,408,524 0.89%
15 Weinstein/Dimension 2 $76,717,304 9,674,313 0.75%
16 CBS Films 3 $57,370,219 7,234,580 0.56%
17 Roadside Attractions 15 $30,719,677 3,873,856 0.30%
18 Open Road 1 $25,124,986 3,168,346 0.25%
19 IFC Films 46 $17,515,637 2,208,780 0.17%
20 Eros Entertainment 11 $10,949,129 1,380,724 0.11%
21 Codeblack Entertainment 1 $7,706,436 971,808 0.08%
22 Samuel Goldwyn Films 12 $7,274,608 917,354 0.07%
23 Magnolia Pictures 21 $6,802,459 857,812 0.07%
24 Reliance Big Pictures 5 $6,668,716 840,948 0.07%
25 Music Box Films 14 $5,470,762 689,881 0.05%
26 Alliance Films 5 $5,164,738 651,291 0.05%
27 Rocky Mountain Pictures 2 $5,160,512 650,758 0.05%
28 Visio Entertainment 1 $4,367,448 550,750 0.04%
29 Producers Distribution Agency 1 $4,187,408 528,046 0.04%
30 Entertainment One 4 $3,800,720 479,284 0.04%
31 Seville 3 $3,411,228 430,168 0.03%
32 UTV Communications 9 $3,385,179 426,883 0.03%
33 National Geographic Entertainment 8 $2,994,221 377,581 0.03%
34 Newmarket Films 1 $2,719,296 342,912 0.03%
35 Zeitgeist 6 $2,253,186 284,133 0.02%
36 IMAX Films 1 $2,167,258 273,299 0.02%
37 Quaker Media 1 $1,891,936 238,580 0.02%
38 Paladin 5 $1,739,188 219,317 0.02%
39 Anchor Bay Entertainment 9 $1,616,345 203,827 0.02%
40 Adopt Films 1 $1,574,881 198,598 0.02%
41 Freestyle Releasing 7 $1,551,841 195,692 0.02%
42 International Film Circuit 6 $1,504,765 189,756 0.01%
43 Oscilloscope Pictures 10 $1,394,899 175,901 0.01%
44 Shorts International 1 $1,352,152 170,511 0.01%
45 Omin/Freestyle 1 $1,186,538 149,626 0.01%
46 Viva Entertainment 4 $1,162,135 146,548 0.01%
47 Variance Films 16 $1,112,325 140,267 0.01%
48 Smodshow Productions 1 $1,065,429 134,354 0.01%
49 First Run Features 17 $1,046,065 131,912 0.01%
50 Sony/Screen Gems 1 $1,024,175 129,152 0.01%
51 Magnet Pictures 7 $767,035 96,726 0.01%
52 NeoClassics Films 1 $755,668 95,292 0.01%
53 China Lion Film Distribution 9 $720,240 90,824 0.01%
54 ATO Pictures 1 $655,802 82,699 0.01%
55 Tachyon 1 $644,010 81,212 0.01%
56 Kino International 5 $610,924 77,040 0.01%
57 Indomina Releasing 3 $575,628 72,588 0.01%
58 Vitagraph Films 1 $558,132 70,382 0.01%
59 Abramorama Films 2 $526,187 66,354 0.01%
60 Nocturnal Features 4 $506,765 63,905 0.00%
61 Strand 14 $504,383 63,605 0.00%
62 Yash Raj Films 1 $496,172 62,569 0.00%
63 Arts Alliance America 1 $471,334 59,437 0.00%
64 Janus Films 2 $428,356 54,017 0.00%
65 Hannover House 3 $423,849 53,449 0.00%
66 CanZion Films 1 $422,032 53,220 0.00%
67 Wrekin Hill Entertainment 1 $382,946 48,291 0.00%
68 Peace Film LLC 1 $362,239 45,680 0.00%
69 Lorber Films 12 $345,300 43,543 0.00%
70 Pantelion Films 2 $341,431 43,055 0.00%
71 Cinema Guild 6 $341,250 43,033 0.00%
72 The Bubble Factory 1 $327,000 41,236 0.00%
73 Kino Lorber 5 $314,102 39,609 0.00%
74 Screen Media Films 3 $304,865 38,445 0.00%
75 Alive Mind 4 $285,794 36,039 0.00%
76 TriBeca Films 4 $267,619 33,749 0.00%
77 Image Entertainment 4 $263,114 33,179 0.00%
78 Submarine Deluxe 1 $236,939 29,879 0.00%
79 Millenium Entertainment 3 $203,903 25,713 0.00%
80 Collective Eye 1 $203,100 25,612 0.00%
81 Five & Two Pictures 2 $199,314 25,135 0.00%
82 Self Distributed 3 $172,642 21,770 0.00%
83 Area23a 1 $150,886 19,027 0.00%
84 Motion Film Group 1 $148,994 18,789 0.00%
85 Icarus Films 1 $142,285 17,943 0.00%
86 Dada Films 2 $137,042 17,282 0.00%
87 Rocket Releasing 2 $134,259 16,931 0.00%
88 Cinema Purgatorio 4 $128,310 16,180 0.00%
89 New Yorker 2 $127,443 16,071 0.00%
90 Phase 4 Films 4 $122,831 15,490 0.00%
91 Insurgent Media 1 $116,037 14,633 0.00%
92 Film Movement 8 $109,305 13,783 0.00%
93 Cinedigm 2 $107,845 13,600 0.00%
94 Motion Pictures Film and Television 1 $102,541 12,931 0.00%
95 Monterey Media 4 $98,748 12,452 0.00%
96 Balcony Releasing 2 $95,880 12,091 0.00%
97 Full Moon Features 1 $91,260 11,508 0.00%
98 Truly Indie 3 $85,641 10,799 0.00%
99 Arthouse Films 1 $85,262 10,752 0.00%
100 GKIDS 2 $79,534 10,030 0.00%
101 The Film Desk 3 $75,717 9,548 0.00%
102 ARC Entertainment 2 $68,647 8,657 0.00%
103 Drafthouse Films 1 $67,871 8,559 0.00%
104 Eleven Arts 1 $62,027 7,822 0.00%
105 Rainbow Releasing 1 $61,908 7,807 0.00%
106 Alliance Vivafilm 1 $61,337 7,735 0.00%
107 Life Sentence Films/m Tuckman Media 1 $60,291 7,603 0.00%
108 Argot Pictures 3 $55,932 7,053 0.00%
109 Kristin Marie Productions 1 $53,256 6,716 0.00%
110 Indican Pictures 5 $53,204 6,709 0.00%
111 Long Shot Factory 1 $51,742 6,525 0.00%
112 Faulkner-McLean Entertainment 1 $47,009 5,928 0.00%
113 Miramax 1 $46,310 5,840 0.00%
114 The Film Collaborative 1 $44,462 5,607 0.00%
115 Rialto Pictures 1 $43,184 5,446 0.00%
116 B.D. Fox Independant 1 $41,914 5,285 0.00%
117 Mongrel Media 2 $41,424 5,224 0.00%
118 CJ Entertainment 1 $40,685 5,131 0.00%
119 Shotown Pictures 1 $40,508 5,108 0.00%
120 108 Pics 1 $38,261 4,825 0.00%
121 Corinth Films 2 $37,777 4,764 0.00%
122 Skylight Pictures 1 $36,738 4,633 0.00%
123 Docurama 1 $34,637 4,368 0.00%
124 Cohen Media Group 1 $28,850 3,638 0.00%
125 The World According to Shorts 1 $22,731 2,866 0.00%
126 Olive Films 1 $19,631 2,476 0.00%
127 Rooftop Films 1 $17,981 2,267 0.00%
128 Check Entertainment Distribution 1 $17,107 2,157 0.00%
129 Westchester Films 1 $16,284 2,053 0.00%
130 Category One 1 $16,270 2,052 0.00%
131 Maya Releasing 1 $13,826 1,744 0.00%
132 FilmDemic 1 $12,620 1,591 0.00%
133 Fisher-Klingenstein Films 1 $12,139 1,531 0.00%
134 Kino Classics 1 $10,600 1,337 0.00%
135 CAVU Releasing 1 $9,217 1,162 0.00%
136 Zipporah 1 $6,898 870 0.00%
137 Cinema Libre 2 $5,517 696 0.00%
138 Hiltz Squared 1 $5,303 669 0.00%
139 ArtMattan Productions 1 $4,726 596 0.00%
140 IFC Midnight 1 $4,373 551 0.00%
141 Humble Pie Films 1 $4,227 533 0.00%
142 The Nobility Project 1 $4,000 504 0.00%
143 Plastic Age Productions 1 $3,632 458 0.00%
144 Midwest Movies 1 $3,140 396 0.00%
145 Afterlight Pictures 1 $2,760 348 0.00%
146 Monica Beach Media 1 $2,700 340 0.00%
147 Eammon Films 1 $2,300 290 0.00%
148 Driving With Our Eyes Shut 1 $1,938 244 0.00%
149 Embrem Entertainment 1 $1,442 182 0.00%