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World Box Office Total 2008:

Estimated Total: $16,179


(in million $ US) Rec. Admissions Est. Admissions Rec. Gross Est. Gross Captured Release Count % Share
United States: 921 921 $6,728 $6,728 100.0% 381 41.6%
International: 891 1,234 $5,814 $9,451 61.5% 2,910 58.4%
Total: 1,812 2,155 $12,542 $16,179 3,291


Marketshares
By Country




Global Theatrical Market Shares for 2008
   Estimated Global Market Shares - All Distributors across all tracking territories

# Distributor Release Count % Share Releases Estimated Admissions % Share Adm. Rec. Gross Est. Gross % Share Gross
1.
WARNER BROS.

156 4.7% 258 14.5% $1835 $2367 14.6%
2.
UNIVERSAL

121 3.7% 191 11.0% $1390 $1793 11.1%
3.
20TH CENTURY FOX

181 5.5% 157 10.2% $1242 $1603 9.9%
4.
PARAMOUNT

10 0.3% 195 9.1% $1198 $1546 9.6%
5.
BVI

113 3.4% 145 8.1% $1015 $1310 8.1%
6.
PPI

97 2.9% 82 5.2% $644 $830 5.1%
7.
SONY

131 4.0% 71 5.0% $611 $788 4.9%
8.
LIONSGATE

14 0.4% 42 2.2% $292 $377 2.3%
9.
PATHE

11 0.3% 49 2.4% $281 $362 2.2%
10.
SONY/COLUMBIA

2 0.1% 45 2.1% $279 $360 2.2%
11.
SONY/COL

4 0.1% 44 2.1% $279 $360 2.2%
12.
TOHO

15 0.5% 13 1.1% $218 $281 1.7%
13.
WARNER BROS

1 0.0% 24 1.2% $153 $197 1.2%
14.
CJ ENT.

16 0.5% 16 1.1% $117 $151 0.9%
15.
ROADSHOW

30 0.9% 10 0.7% $95 $123 0.8%
16.
OVERTURE FILMS

6 0.2% 13 0.7% $93 $120 0.7%
17.
UIP

88 2.7% 7 0.9% $89 $115 0.7%
18.
MGM

9 0.3% 10 0.7% $86 $111 0.7%
19.
GAGA

9 0.3% 5 0.4% $78 $100 0.6%
20.
FOCUS

4 0.1% 11 0.6% $77 $99 0.6%
21.
01 DIST.

15 0.5% 7 0.6% $72 $92 0.6%
22.
N/A

344 10.5% 2 0.7% $71 $92 0.6%
23.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CINEMA VENTURES

1 0.0% 11 0.5% $69 $89 0.6%
24.
CONSTANTIN

30 0.9% 7 0.6% $68 $87 0.5%
25.
MEDUSA

20 0.6% 5 0.6% $66 $85 0.5%
26.
ENTERTAIN.

5 0.2% 7 0.5% $64 $83 0.5%
27.
FOX

2 0.1% 10 0.5% $64 $82 0.5%
28.
TOEI

5 0.2% 4 0.3% $59 $76 0.5%
29.
D'WORKS/PARAMOUNT

1 0.0% 9 0.4% $56 $72 0.4%
30.
PICTUREHOUSE

6 0.2% 5 0.4% $55 $71 0.4%
31.
NEW LINE

3 0.1% 7 0.4% $52 $67 0.4%
32.
SHOWBOX

10 0.3% 7 0.5% $52 $67 0.4%
33.
SONY/COL/REV

1 0.0% 7 0.3% $46 $59 0.4%
34.
STUDIO CANAL

7 0.2% 5 0.4% $44 $56 0.3%
35.
UNIVERSUM

3 0.1% 7 0.4% $43 $55 0.3%
36.
FILMAURO

3 0.1% 7 0.3% $40 $51 0.3%
37.
GUSSI

35 1.1% 4 0.5% $37 $47 0.3%
38.
SHOCHIKU

4 0.1% 2 0.2% $36 $46 0.3%
39.
STUDIO 2.0

5 0.2% 5 0.3% $35 $46 0.3%
40.
SND

9 0.3% 4 0.3% $35 $45 0.3%
41.
GAUMONT

4 0.1% 5 0.3% $34 $44 0.3%
42.
FOX SEARCHLIGHT

3 0.1% 4 0.2% $33 $42 0.3%
43.
METROPOLITAN

12 0.4% 4 0.3% $31 $40 0.2%
44.
TOBIS

8 0.2% 4 0.3% $31 $39 0.2%
45.
SIDUS

3 0.1% 5 0.3% $29 $38 0.2%
46.
TOHO-TOWA

7 0.2% 0 0.1% $28 $36 0.2%
47.
MOMENTUM

10 0.3% 0 0.2% $27 $35 0.2%
48.
VIDEOCINE

13 0.4% 4 0.3% $27 $35 0.2%
49.
TFM

10 0.3% 2 0.2% $27 $35 0.2%
50.
LUSOMUNDO

63 1.9% 0 0.3% $26 $33 0.2%
Note: For more accurate annual marketshares by territory and distributor, please choose a country from the dropdown list at the top left of this page. The global market share chart above includes all films released in the current year (2008) and may include revenues that were generated in the year prior or the year after (e.g. if Lord of the Rings was released in December of 2005 in a particular territory, the 2005 global market share chart will include the entire gross for this film.


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