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Article: Motion Picture distribution firms: ranked by total U.S., Canada box-office receipts for 2003.(The List)(Illustration)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 12, 2004
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BUENA Vista, a unit of Walt Disney Co, pushed Sony Pictures aside in 2003 to become the No. 1 domestic distributor, with $1.5 billion in receipts.
Warner Bros. held onto third place, with the same year release of the second and third movies in the Matrix trilogy. "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions" accounted for more than a third of the distributor's $1.2 billion domestic box-office earnings.
New Line also rode the wave of its popular trilogy, with the final film "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" grossing close to $300 million domestically since its mid-December opening.
Miramax Films moved up ...