Market Charts > 1997 > Distributors
Market Share for Each Distributor in 1997
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Note: This chart ranks distributors by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997.
Top Grossing of 1997
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 1997 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sony Pictures | 36 | $1,269,256,493 | 276,526,450 | 20.49% |
| 2 | Walt Disney | 33 | $887,275,879 | 193,306,277 | 14.32% |
| 3 | Paramount Pictures | 27 | $717,471,071 | 156,311,767 | 11.58% |
| 4 | Warner Bros. | 30 | $670,885,506 | 146,162,406 | 10.83% |
| 5 | 20th Century Fox | 21 | $644,378,002 | 140,387,356 | 10.40% |
| 6 | Universal | 13 | $614,947,075 | 133,975,392 | 9.93% |
| 7 | Miramax | 33 | $424,243,964 | 92,427,863 | 6.85% |
| 8 | New Line | 19 | $334,211,383 | 72,812,928 | 5.39% |
| 9 | MGM | 12 | $170,682,629 | 37,185,753 | 2.75% |
| 10 | Dreamworks SKG | 3 | $115,388,430 | 25,139,089 | 1.86% |
| 11 | Gramercy | 14 | $75,550,740 | 16,459,850 | 1.22% |
| 12 | Fox Searchlight | 10 | $49,861,834 | 10,863,139 | 0.80% |
| 13 | Polygram | 2 | $48,270,581 | 10,516,466 | 0.78% |
| 14 | Fine Line | 12 | $39,276,182 | 8,556,897 | 0.63% |
| 15 | Trimark | 7 | $29,963,585 | 6,528,010 | 0.48% |
| 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | 19 | $21,998,981 | 4,792,797 | 0.36% |
| 17 | October Films | 10 | $18,737,992 | 4,082,344 | 0.30% |
| 18 | Live Entertainment | 2 | $15,740,109 | 3,429,217 | 0.25% |
| 19 | Orion Pictures | 4 | $13,799,249 | 3,006,371 | 0.22% |
| 20 | Lionsgate | 3 | $5,220,478 | 1,137,357 | 0.08% |
| 21 | Sony/TriStar | 2 | $4,012,889 | 874,266 | 0.06% |
| 22 | Vestron | 1 | $2,868,135 | 624,866 | 0.05% |
| 23 | New Yorker | 7 | $2,304,077 | 501,974 | 0.04% |
| 24 | Warren Miller Entertainment | 1 | $2,287,639 | 498,396 | 0.04% |
| 25 | Legacy Releasing | 5 | $2,061,610 | 449,151 | 0.03% |
| 26 | Distributor Unknown | 1 | $1,851,655 | 403,410 | 0.03% |
| 27 | Goldwyn Entertainment | 6 | $1,822,105 | 396,971 | 0.03% |
| 28 | Arrow Releasing | 1 | $1,351,319 | 294,405 | 0.02% |
| 29 | Orion Classics | 2 | $841,696 | 183,375 | 0.01% |
| 30 | First Look | 5 | $825,797 | 179,910 | 0.01% |
| 31 | Strand Releasing | 7 | $799,818 | 174,249 | 0.01% |
| 32 | Kit Parker Films | 1 | $793,112 | 172,791 | 0.01% |
| 33 | Zeitgeist | 3 | $625,977 | 136,376 | 0.01% |
| 34 | Cinepix Film Properties | 2 | $569,507 | 124,075 | 0.01% |
| 35 | Rialto Pictures | 1 | $528,428 | 115,125 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Northern Arts Entertainment | 6 | $316,681 | 68,991 | 0.01% |
| 37 | First Run Features | 3 | $278,084 | 60,584 | 0.00% |
| 38 | Embassy | 1 | $75,702 | 16,492 | 0.00% |
| 39 | Seventh Art Releasing | 1 | $18,665 | 4,066 | 0.00% |
| 40 | Roxie Releasing | 1 | $12,836 | 2,796 | 0.00% |
| 41 | Avalanche Releasing | 1 | $11,251 | 2,451 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Broken Twig Productions | 1 | $10,174 | 2,216 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Castle Hill Productions | 2 | $10,000 | 2,178 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Greycat Films | 1 | $8,526 | 1,857 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Shadow | 1 | $5,000 | 1,089 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Phaedra Cinema | 1 | $5,000 | 1,089 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Dove Entertainment | 1 | $1,406 | 306 | 0.00% |
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