U.S. Film Industry
Information
75th Annual Academy Awards
Nominated Films, 2002
http://www.oscar.com/nominees/films.html
About a Boy - Universal
About Schmidt - New Line Cinema
Adaptation - Columbia/Sony
Bowling for Columbine - MGM/UA
Catch Me If You Can - Dreamworks
Chicago - Miramax
8 Mile - Universal
Far From Heaven - Focus Features
Frida - Miramax
Gangs of New York - Miramax
The Hours - Miramax
Igby Goes Down - MGM/UA (Golden Globe
nominee)
Ice Age - 20th Century Fox
Lilo & Stitch - Disney
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - New
Line Cinema
Minority Report - 20th Century Fox
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - IFC Films
Nicholas Nickleby - United Artists (Golden
Globe nominee)
The Pianist - Focus Features
The Quiet American - Miramax
Road to Perdition - Dreamworks
Spider-Man - Columbia/Sony
Spirit; Stallion of the Cimarron - Dreamworks
Spirited Away - Disney
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- 20th Century Fox
Talk to Her - Sony
The Time Machine - Dreamworks
Treasure Planet - Disney
Unfaithful - 20th Century Fox
The Wild Thornberrys Movie - Paramount
Y Tu Mama Tambien - 20th Century Fox |
Other Film Industry Information:
2002
Critics Awards
http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=features/awards/critics2002
Golden
Globe Awards
http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=features/awards/goldenglobes/2002
Top
50 All Time Highest Grossing Movies
http://movieweb.com/movie/alltime.html
Box
Office Statistics
http://movieweb.com/movie/top25.html
2002
Movie Releases
http://movieweb.com/movie/prev2002l.html
2003
Movie Releases/Previews
http://movieweb.com/movie/previewsl.html
Top Box Office Earners for 2002: (Variety,
12/31/02)
Spider Man $405 million
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
$310 million
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
$240 million
Signs $227 million
My Big Fat Greek Wedding $222
million
(more below...)
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Major U.S. Film Distributors
The Academy Award nominated
films are grouped below by distributors.
Six film distribution companies
usually account for at least 70% of box office revenues.
U.S. distribution companies
were identified from the Internet Movie Database (Company Credits pages)
at http://www.imdb.com
Ultimate parent companies and
company capsules were obtained from Hoover's Online at http://www.hoovers.com
List of all production
& distribution companies is at Hoover's
Online. Follow links: Industries > Media
> Motion Picture & Video Production & Distribution
Top
Box Office Films of 2002 (last updated 2/10/03)
http://www.boxofficereport.com
| 1. Spider-Man |
405.85 million dollars |
| 2. The Two Towers (Rings) |
320.86 |
| 3. Attack of the Clones (S'Wars) |
310.48 |
| 4. Harry Potter 2 |
260.02 |
| 5. My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
239.95 |
| 6. Signs |
227.97 |
| 7. Austin Powers Goldmember |
213.08 |
| 8. Men in Black II |
192.56 |
| 9. Ice Age |
176.39 |
| 10. Die Another Day |
160.20 |
| 11. Catch Me If You Can |
156.43 |
| 12. Scooby-Doo |
153.29 |
| 13. Lilo & Stitch |
145.77 |
| 14. XXX |
141.20 |
| 15. The Santa Clause 2 |
139.23 |
| 16. Minority Report |
132.01 |
| 17. The Ring |
128.58 |
| 18. Sweet Home Alabama |
127.14 |
| 19. Mr. Deeds |
126.20 |
| 20. The Bourne Identity |
121.47 |
| 21. The Sum of All Fears |
118.47 |
| 22. 8 Mile |
116.45 |
| 23. Road to Perdition |
104.05 |
Box Office data for 2003
(2/13/03)
http://www.the-numbers.com
"Best Picture" nominee Chicago
- total gross is $68.1 million (7 weeks)
Top movie so far in '03
is Kangaroo Jack - total gross is $53.7 (4 weeks)
Top movies for the
weekend of Feb.7-9, 2003
#1 How to Lose a Guy in
10 Days
#2 Chicago
#3 Shanghai Knights
Introduction to the U.S.
Film Industry
You've seen and heard the
names Warner Brothers, Miramax, MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox,
Dreamworks…
These companies are film
distributors.
Film distributors finance
moviemaking. They loan the money to a producer or group of producers
(who in turn hire freelance talent). Film distributors then market
the film and control the rights to videos, TV, and merchandising in the
U.S. and worldwide. In return for financing the film, the distributors
keep the profits or bear the losses of the film. Few films are "blockbusters"
(films earning more than $100 at the box office), and the successful films
must cover losses on ones that turn out to be duds.
When you pay for a movie
ticket about half the money goes to the theater and the other half goes
to the film distributor.
A company can be both a film
distributor and a film producer (along with many other entertainment businesses),
depending on its size and configuration.
2002 was the biggest year
ever for movies. Box office receipts were up 13% over 2001, brining
in over $9.2 billion.
Costs for making movies are
skyrocketing as well, mostly from special effects, locations, and headline
star salaries.
Film distributors look for
sure winners—headline stars, sequels, book and story adaptations, remakes
of earlier hits, hot trends in movie genres—something familiar that will
lure audiences into theaters.
Source: "Movies & Home Entertainment,"
Standard & Poor's Industry Survey, November 14, 2002.
S.W.O.T. Analysis of Sony
Pictures Entertainment—
Its Prospects for Increasing
Revenue in 2003
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