Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-Warner Bros has come up on top in the top grossing movie distributor’s category with an average gross take of nearly US14 billion, representing 14% market share, in a period from 1995 to 2016.
In that span the company that has distributed 658 movies that include, The Hangover, Ocean’s Eleven, American Sniper, Inception and The Matrix Reloaded according to data released by movie tracker The Numbers, raked in 28, 7 billion.
Its leading money grossing top five movies consist of The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Twister and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.
Second on the list of best distributors is Walt Disney which has grossed 28, 6 billion from 519 movies giving it an almost equal market share with Warner Bros at 14, 93%.
Its highest grossing movie Star Wars Ep VII: The Force Awakens got 936 million.
Its other hits include The Avengers, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Finding Nemo and The Sixth Sense.
Sony Pictures comes third with 12% market share and a gross take of US$24 billion from 627 movies.
Its greatest movies include Spider Man and its Spider Man 2 sequel, Men In Black, Spider-Man 3 and the Bond movie Skyfall.
At fourth is 20th Century Fox which has released 452 movies since 1995 grossing over US422 billion.
Amongst its top movies are James Cameron’s Avatar, the epic Stars Wars Ep I: The Phantom Menace, Independence Day, Stars Wars Ep III: Revenge of the Sith and another Stars Wars movie, Attack of the Clones.
Paramount Pictures completes the top 5 with its 424 movies having taken in US$21 billion.
Titanic leads the company’s top five movies followed by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Shrek the Third, Transformers and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
The other five companies to complete the top ten highest grossing distributors are Universal (21 billion), Lionsgate (6 billion), New Line (6 billion), Dreamworks SKG (4 billion) and Miramax (3billion).
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