Market Share for Each Distributor in 2005
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
Warner Bros.
|
27 |
$1,439,785,617 |
224,615,538 |
16.25% |
| 2 |
20th Century Fox
|
21 |
$1,352,531,756 |
211,003,393 |
15.27% |
| 3 |
Universal
|
23 |
$992,440,814 |
154,826,960 |
11.20% |
| 4 |
Buena Vista
|
23 |
$919,315,313 |
143,418,924 |
10.38% |
| 5 |
Paramount Pictures
|
17 |
$821,959,361 |
128,230,790 |
9.28% |
| 6 |
Sony Pictures
|
22 |
$755,916,384 |
117,927,674 |
8.53% |
| 7 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
10 |
$502,142,682 |
78,337,392 |
5.67% |
| 8 |
New Line
|
13 |
$418,061,480 |
65,220,199 |
4.72% |
| 9 |
Lionsgate
|
20 |
$284,607,247 |
44,400,507 |
3.21% |
| 10 |
Miramax/Dimension
|
7 |
$181,365,687 |
28,294,180 |
2.05% |
| 11 |
MGM
|
10 |
$181,208,986 |
28,269,732 |
2.05% |
| 12 |
Miramax
|
17 |
$175,848,837 |
27,433,516 |
1.99% |
| 13 |
Sony/Screen Gems
|
4 |
$152,610,979 |
23,808,264 |
1.72% |
| 14 |
Warner Independent
|
6 |
$110,241,433 |
17,198,351 |
1.24% |
| 15 |
Focus Features
|
8 |
$106,055,182 |
16,545,271 |
1.20% |
| 16 |
Fox Searchlight
|
11 |
$102,571,085 |
16,001,730 |
1.16% |
| 17 |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
26 |
$58,637,745 |
9,147,857 |
.66% |
| 18 |
Focus/Rogue Pictures
|
3 |
$54,626,190 |
8,522,027 |
.62% |
| 19 |
Weinstein Co.
|
6 |
$48,624,732 |
7,585,762 |
.55% |
| 20 |
Paramount Vantage
|
8 |
$32,527,569 |
5,074,505 |
.37% |
| 21 |
IMAX Films
|
6 |
$17,854,838 |
2,785,467 |
.20% |
| 22 |
ThinkFilm
|
17 |
$13,866,531 |
2,163,265 |
.16% |
| 23 |
Sony/TriStar
|
2 |
$13,344,437 |
2,081,815 |
.15% |
| 24 |
IDP/Goldwyn/Roadside
|
3 |
$13,045,529 |
2,035,184 |
.15% |
| 25 |
Giant Screen Films
|
2 |
$10,115,984 |
1,578,156 |
.11% |
| 26 |
nWave Pictures
|
4 |
$9,242,265 |
1,441,850 |
.10% |
| 27 |
Magnolia Pictures
|
8 |
$9,190,082 |
1,433,710 |
.10% |
| 28 |
Newmarket Films
|
5 |
$7,392,777 |
1,153,319 |
.08% |
| 29 |
IFC Films
|
13 |
$7,329,312 |
1,143,418 |
.08% |
| 30 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films
|
6 |
$4,896,468 |
763,880 |
.06% |
| 31 |
Eros Entertainment
|
12 |
$4,859,748 |
758,152 |
.05% |
| 32 |
Yash Raj Films
|
7 |
$4,542,312 |
708,627 |
.05% |
| 33 |
Fine Line
|
5 |
$3,963,838 |
618,383 |
.04% |
| 34 |
Shadow
|
5 |
$3,374,849 |
526,496 |
.04% |
| 35 |
Aloha Releasing
|
1 |
$3,020,784 |
471,261 |
.03% |
| 36 |
Freestyle Releasing
|
8 |
$2,812,206 |
438,722 |
.03% |
| 37 |
WellSpring
|
17 |
$2,790,057 |
435,265 |
.03% |
| 38 |
SK Films
|
1 |
$2,757,946 |
430,257 |
.03% |
| 39 |
PictureHouse
|
5 |
$2,721,913 |
424,635 |
.03% |
| 40 |
UTV Communications
|
6 |
$2,384,330 |
371,970 |
.03% |
| 41 |
Excel Entertainment
|
2 |
$2,356,849 |
367,683 |
.03% |
| 42 |
Vineyard Distribution
|
1 |
$1,917,246 |
299,102 |
.02% |
| 43 |
Slowhand Cinema
|
3 |
$1,896,325 |
295,838 |
.02% |
| 44 |
Holedigger Studios
|
2 |
$1,637,799 |
255,507 |
.02% |
| 45 |
Tartan Films
|
9 |
$1,570,599 |
245,023 |
.02% |
| 46 |
Embassy
|
1 |
$1,190,000 |
185,647 |
.01% |
| 47 |
Palm Pictures
|
7 |
$1,116,519 |
174,184 |
.01% |
| 48 |
Empire Pictures
|
5 |
$1,094,923 |
170,815 |
.01% |
| 49 |
Zeitgeist
|
5 |
$1,049,823 |
163,779 |
.01% |
| 50 |
Strand
|
14 |
$975,567 |
152,194 |
.01% |
| 51 |
Luke Films
|
1 |
$850,520 |
132,686 |
.01% |
| 52 |
Captured Light
|
1 |
$849,898 |
132,589 |
.01% |
| 53 |
BB Entertainment
|
1 |
$837,878 |
130,714 |
.01% |
| 54 |
Indican Pictures
|
15 |
$834,500 |
130,187 |
.01% |
| 55 |
Regent Releasing
|
9 |
$762,247 |
118,916 |
.01% |
| 56 |
Kino International
|
12 |
$758,842 |
118,383 |
.01% |
| 57 |
Vitagraph Films
|
6 |
$575,483 |
89,779 |
.01% |
| 58 |
New Yorker
|
10 |
$561,400 |
87,582 |
.01% |
| 59 |
Halestorm Entertainment
|
2 |
$530,092 |
82,698 |
.01% |
| 60 |
Cinema Guild
|
5 |
$380,214 |
59,316 |
.00% |
| 61 |
Picture This Entertainment
|
7 |
$331,503 |
51,716 |
.00% |
| 62 |
Mela Films
|
1 |
$312,141 |
48,696 |
.00% |
| 63 |
First Run Features
|
16 |
$309,881 |
48,344 |
.00% |
| 64 |
First Look
|
4 |
$280,808 |
43,808 |
.00% |
| 65 |
TLA Releasing
|
8 |
$273,628 |
42,688 |
.00% |
| 66 |
Bauer Martinez
|
1 |
$208,507 |
32,528 |
.00% |
| 67 |
Arrival Pictures
|
1 |
$204,997 |
31,981 |
.00% |
| 68 |
DEJ Productions
|
1 |
$181,041 |
28,244 |
.00% |
| 69 |
First Independent Pictures
|
1 |
$176,056 |
27,466 |
.00% |
| 70 |
Lange
|
1 |
$175,000 |
27,301 |
.00% |
| 71 |
Ariztical Entertainment
|
1 |
$155,212 |
24,214 |
.00% |
| 72 |
Televisa Cine
|
1 |
$138,555 |
21,615 |
.00% |
| 73 |
Geneon Entertainment
|
1 |
$129,135 |
20,146 |
.00% |
| 74 |
Emerging Pictures
|
1 |
$124,693 |
19,453 |
.00% |
| 75 |
Matson
|
1 |
$120,620 |
18,817 |
.00% |
| 76 |
Cinema Libre
|
4 |
$111,779 |
17,439 |
.00% |
| 77 |
Koch Lorber Films
|
3 |
$110,031 |
17,166 |
.00% |
| 78 |
Illuminare
|
2 |
$104,328 |
16,276 |
.00% |
| 79 |
Northern Arts Entertainment
|
1 |
$103,280 |
16,112 |
.00% |
| 80 |
International Film Circuit
|
1 |
$97,614 |
15,228 |
.00% |
| 81 |
Castle Hill Productions
|
7 |
$87,681 |
13,679 |
.00% |
| 82 |
Lovett
|
1 |
$85,625 |
13,358 |
.00% |
| 83 |
Meadowbrook
|
1 |
$84,423 |
13,171 |
.00% |
| 84 |
Goodbye Cruel Releasing
|
1 |
$77,070 |
12,023 |
.00% |
| 85 |
Avatar
|
2 |
$75,884 |
11,838 |
.00% |
| 86 |
First Independent/Dada Films
|
2 |
$74,474 |
11,619 |
.00% |
| 87 |
Film Movement
|
2 |
$72,036 |
11,238 |
.00% |
| 88 |
Jour de Fete
|
1 |
$70,945 |
11,068 |
.00% |
| 89 |
Maxmedia/Endgame
|
1 |
$70,631 |
11,019 |
.00% |
| 90 |
California Newsreel
|
1 |
$68,249 |
10,647 |
.00% |
| 91 |
Kria
|
3 |
$64,084 |
9,998 |
.00% |
| 92 |
Wolfe Releasing
|
3 |
$52,764 |
8,232 |
.00% |
| 93 |
Economic Projections
|
1 |
$49,048 |
7,652 |
.00% |
| 94 |
Five Sisters Productions
|
1 |
$46,822 |
7,304 |
.00% |
| 95 |
Painted Zebra Releasing
|
1 |
$44,771 |
6,985 |
.00% |
| 96 |
Sky Island
|
1 |
$44,701 |
6,974 |
.00% |
| 97 |
Fader Films
|
1 |
$38,384 |
5,988 |
.00% |
| 98 |
Laemmle/Zeller Film
|
2 |
$37,561 |
5,859 |
.00% |
| 99 |
Rialto Pictures
|
1 |
$37,285 |
5,817 |
.00% |
| 100 |
RBC Radio
|
1 |
$34,514 |
5,384 |
.00% |
| 101 |
Artistic License
|
2 |
$33,454 |
5,219 |
.00% |
| 102 |
Dark Forest Releasing
|
1 |
$32,833 |
5,122 |
.00% |
| 103 |
Rainbow Releasing
|
1 |
$31,908 |
4,978 |
.00% |
| 104 |
Viz Pictures
|
1 |
$29,500 |
4,602 |
.00% |
| 105 |
Balcony Releasing
|
2 |
$28,463 |
4,440 |
.00% |
| 106 |
Menemsha Entertainment
|
1 |
$26,676 |
4,162 |
.00% |
| 107 |
First Run/Icarus
|
2 |
$22,475 |
3,507 |
.00% |
| 108 |
Embrem Entertainment
|
1 |
$21,515 |
3,356 |
.00% |
| 109 |
Panorama Entertainment
|
1 |
$15,026 |
2,344 |
.00% |
| 110 |
Lifesize Entertainment
|
2 |
$14,537 |
2,268 |
.00% |
| 111 |
Cockeyed Caravan
|
1 |
$14,305 |
2,232 |
.00% |
| 112 |
Lumpy Rock
|
1 |
$12,405 |
1,935 |
.00% |
| 113 |
7th Art Releasing
|
3 |
$12,077 |
1,885 |
.00% |
| 114 |
High Cotton Films
|
1 |
$11,975 |
1,868 |
.00% |
| 115 |
Psychic Girls
|
1 |
$11,089 |
1,730 |
.00% |
| 116 |
Silver Plane Films
|
1 |
$10,629 |
1,658 |
.00% |
| 117 |
Dinsdale Releasing
|
1 |
$10,289 |
1,605 |
.00% |
| 118 |
Margin Films
|
1 |
$10,178 |
1,588 |
.00% |
| 119 |
Typecast Releasing
|
1 |
$9,623 |
1,501 |
.00% |
| 120 |
FilmMates Partners
|
1 |
$9,064 |
1,414 |
.00% |
| 121 |
Rumur
|
1 |
$8,018 |
1,251 |
.00% |
| 122 |
Arab Film Distribution
|
3 |
$7,326 |
1,143 |
.00% |
| 123 |
Unico Entertainment
|
1 |
$6,470 |
1,009 |
.00% |
| 124 |
Women Make Movies
|
1 |
$5,965 |
931 |
.00% |
| 125 |
Atopia
|
1 |
$5,260 |
821 |
.00% |
| 126 |
Artmattan Productions
|
2 |
$4,795 |
748 |
.00% |
| 127 |
Big Fat Movies
|
1 |
$4,655 |
726 |
.00% |
| 128 |
IDP Distribution
|
1 |
$4,569 |
713 |
.00% |
| 129 |
Fabrication Films
|
1 |
$4,134 |
645 |
.00% |
| 130 |
Minority Films
|
1 |
$3,724 |
581 |
.00% |
| 131 |
Romar
|
1 |
$3,700 |
577 |
.00% |
| 132 |
Rogue Arts
|
1 |
$2,841 |
443 |
.00% |
| 133 |
HB Filmworks
|
1 |
$2,386 |
372 |
.00% |
| 134 |
Lumiere Productions
|
1 |
$1,806 |
282 |
.00% |
| 135 |
Cineville
|
1 |
$1,600 |
250 |
.00% |
| 136 |
Entertainment Highway
|
1 |
$1,345 |
210 |
.00% |
| 137 |
End of All Cinema
|
1 |
$1,262 |
197 |
.00% |
| 138 |
Leisure Time Features
|
1 |
$996 |
155 |
.00% |
|