Estimated 2002 income for US boxoffice movie sales. For more information, see the Hollywood Reporter, August 2003 special edition on film finances, www.hollywoodreporter.com. To be more economically relevant, the following figures really should be supplemented with economic data about the sales of adult movies. Interspersed below are a few figures for the adult film industry for the year 2001.
(adult) All tape and DVD rentals $3,950,000,000
Sony $1,473,802,111
Buena Vista $1,174,764,198
Warner Brothers Pictures $1,044,956,220
(adult) Vivid $1,000,000,000 (film,TV,Web)
Fox $ 920,542,286
New Line $ 862,684,882
Universal $ 704,602,253
Paramount $ 696,907,043
Dreamworks $ 582,573,549
Miramax $ 533,620,247
MGM $ 381,219,727
(adult) All adult pay-per-view $ 324,000,000
IFC Films $ 255,401,625
Fox Searchlight $ 149,881,784
(Note: The combined income of the 11th and 12th companies on this list,
IFC Films and Fox Searchlight, was greater than the total of all of the
income for the remaining 13th-75th companies listed below.)
Focus Features $ 77,165,054
Artisan $ 55,125,056
IMAX $ 42,036,334
Lions Gate $ 34,789,501
Sony Pictures Classics $ 28,482,843
IDP $ 8,963,013
Paramount Classics $ 7,200,244
HBO Films / NewMarket Films $ 5,844,929
Manhattan Pictures $ 4,550,046
Lot 47 Films $ 4,202,179
Wellspring Media $ 3,893,738
Thinkfilm $ 3,779,262
Magnolia Pictures $ 3,057,890
Kino International $ 2,989,135
Cowboy Pictures $ 2,345,440
Fine Line $ 1,888,458
Palm Pictures $ 1,866,931
Roxie Releasing $ 1,828,488
Christal Films $ 1,251,325
Halestorm Entertainment $ 1,250,798
Five & Two Pictures $ 1,242,970
Media Partners $ 1,174,368
First Run Features $ 974,826
Rainforest Films $ 881,950
Empire Pictures $ 879,571
Excel Entertainment $ 813,685
Strand Releasing $ 709,766
Rialto Pictures $ 694,400
Outrider Pictures $ 683,051
Yash Raj Films $ 679,489
First Look Pictures $ 588,941
Zeitgeist Films $ 584,982
Small Planet Pictures $ 433,264
Five Sisters Productions $ 416,699
New Yorker Films $ 370,916
Innovation Film Group $ 326,793
Jour de Fete Films $ 296,456
Silver Nitrate $ 269,707
David Keith $ 247,740
Magic Lamp Releasing $ 245,660
Indican Pictures $ 162,206
Peninsula $ 156,076
Artistic License $ 131,125
Jenkins Entertainment $ 111,806
Streetlight Films $ 104,209
Picture This! Entertainment $ 98,011
Impact Entertainment $ 77,358
Vitagraph $ 54,102
Cinebella Entertainment $ 51,549
Pathfinder Pictures $ 46,277
TLA Releasing $ 43,922
Arrow Releasing $ 34,190
Keystone Pictures $ 30,077
Urbanworlds Films $ 27,000
Steve Drowman Enterprises $ 23,144
Castle Hill $ 14,248
Odyssey Films $ 13,623
Passport Pictures $ 11,454
Seventh Art Releasing $ 6,366
Leisure Time $ 3,417
Eros Entertainment $ 2,710
Ctomgo Releasing $ 1,392
Bavaria Films $ 1,265