Distributors’ market share of the Australian box office

2009 | 2007–2008 | 2003–2006

2009

Films released through Roadshow/Warner Bros earnt the largest share of the Australian box office in 2009 - 21 per cent, down slightly from 23 per cent the previous year - with gross takings of $223.2 million.

Roadshow is the largest locally owned distributor. It maintains a long-standing arrangement to distribute films made by Warner Bros, many of them produced as part of a joint venture between Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Ltd. Of their combined 2009 share, Roadshow contributed 13 per cent with 8 per cent from Warner Bros.

Fox achieved the second largest distributor's share in 2009 with Paramount dropping to third place with Sony.

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA), compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
Figures are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation) and per calendar year. Based on annual data accessed on 19 January 2010 in the MPDAA market share report and does not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
1. All box office revenue earnt that year, including from films released in previous years.
2. Includes all films that earnt box office revenue that year, regardless of their original year of release.
3. Includes more than 30 smaller distributors.

2007–2008

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA), compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
Figures are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation) and per calendar year. Each year is based on annual data released the following January in the MPDAA market share report and does not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
n.a. Not available.
1. In 2007 Buena Vista International (BVI) changed its name to Walt Disney and UIP ceased to exist, splitting into Paramount and Universal, although some UIP releases continued to generate box office earnings.
2. All box office revenue earnt that year, including from films released in previous years.
3. From 2007, includes all films that earnt box office revenue that year, regardless of their original year of release.
4. Includes more than 30 smaller distributors.

2003–2006

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA), compiled by the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
Figures are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation) and per calendar year. Each year is based on annual data released the following January in the MPDAA market share report and does not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
1. All box office revenue earnt that year, including from films released in previous years.
2. Until 2007, includes only films released during that year.
3. Includes more than 30 smaller distributors.