Market Share for Each Distributor in 1997

Rank	Distributor	Movies	1997 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Sony Pictures	32	$1,255,688,316	273,570,441	20.18%
2	Buena Vista	34	$885,749,304	192,973,700	14.24%
3	20th Century Fox	22	$802,083,335	174,745,825	12.89%
4	Warner Bros.	28	$670,957,864	146,178,184	10.78%
5	Universal	12	$614,627,568	133,905,790	9.88%
6	Paramount Pictures	25	$602,945,234	131,360,618	9.69%
7	Miramax	31	$423,922,615	92,357,867	6.81%
8	New Line	19	$334,207,053	72,811,995	5.37%
9	MGM	12	$170,599,751	37,167,700	2.74%
10	Dreamworks SKG	3	$107,998,794	23,529,149	1.74%
11	Gramercy	11	$75,482,048	16,444,891	1.21%
12	Fox Searchlight	8	$49,298,327	10,740,375	.79%
13	Polygram	1	$48,265,581	10,515,377	.78%
14	Fine Line	11	$39,220,906	8,544,859	.63%
15	Trimark	5	$29,931,691	6,521,067	.48%
16	Sony Pictures Classics	19	$21,912,181	4,773,897	.35%
17	October Films	10	$18,737,992	4,082,353	.30%
18	Live Entertainment	2	$15,740,109	3,429,217	.25%
19	Orion Pictures	3	$13,794,249	3,005,283	.22%
20	Columbia	3	$12,027,750	2,620,426	.19%
21	Lionsgate	3	$5,220,478	1,137,360	.08%
22	Sony/TriStar	2	$4,012,889	874,268	.06%
23	Vestron	1	$2,868,135	624,866	.05%
24	Warren Miller Entertainment	1	$2,287,639	498,396	.04%
25	New Yorker	7	$2,268,059	494,132	.04%
26	Legacy Releasing	4	$2,056,610	448,063	.03%
27	Goldwyn Entertainment	6	$1,911,898	416,535	.03%
28	Distributor Unknown	1	$1,851,655	403,411	.03%
29	Arrow Releasing	1	$1,351,319	294,405	.02%
30	Orion Classics	2	$809,984	176,467	.01%
31	Kit Parker Films	1	$793,112	172,791	.01%
32	Strand	7	$783,968	170,800	.01%
33	First Look	3	$753,836	164,234	.01%
34	Zeitgeist	2	$593,913	129,393	.01%
35	Cinepix Film Properties	2	$547,152	119,205	.01%
36	First Run Features	2	$237,338	51,708	.00%
37	Embassy	1	$75,702	16,493	.00%
38	Northern Arts Entertainment	2	$45,923	10,005	.00%
39	Roxie Releasing	1	$12,836	2,797	.00%
40	Avalanche Releasing	1	$11,251	2,451	.00%