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http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/07/c_136877034.htm
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The total 2017 North American box office hit the 11 billion U.S. dollar mark for the third year in a row, falling 2.3 percent, but still the third highest of all time.
Disney drew the high card this year in the Hollywood North American box office sweepstakes, with their blockbusters bringing in 2.4 billion U.S. dollars for a whopping 21 percent of all Hollywood box office sales in the past year.
Warner Brothers, another perennial top performer, snagged second place with 18 percent of the box office and grosses of 2 billion dollars. Universal/Focus Features (1.65 billion dollars combined), 20th Century Fox/Fox Searchlight (1.4 billion dollars combined) and Sony/Columbia/Sony Classics (1.03 billion dollars combined) followed in 3rd, 4th and 5th place.
With studio slates skewing toward big budget tent-pole superhero franchises, more sophisticated audiences were left clamoring for more highbrow or emotionally-nuanced fare.
Stepping in to fill the popular niche markets for pithy dramas and quirky comedies that the studios left unfilled, the mini-majors were well rewarded, with Lionsgate edging out Paramount for 6th place with 885 million dollars in grosses vs Paramount's far slimmer 534 million dollars.
Though Disney's 2017 cume was slightly lower than last year's mind-boggling 3 billion dollars zenith, that was primarily because their production releases dropped from 10 blockbusters in 2016 to only 8 in 2017.
They have been actively building up their non-kid-oriented, live action slate, which produces movies with more mature themes and adult language that top stars want to sign on to.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The total 2017 North American box office hit the 11 billion U.S. dollar mark for the third year in a row, falling 2.3 percent, but still the third highest of all time.
Disney drew the high card this year in the Hollywood North American box office sweepstakes, with their blockbusters bringing in 2.4 billion U.S. dollars for a whopping 21 percent of all Hollywood box office sales in the past year.
Warner Brothers, another perennial top performer, snagged second place with 18 percent of the box office and grosses of 2 billion dollars. Universal/Focus Features (1.65 billion dollars combined), 20th Century Fox/Fox Searchlight (1.4 billion dollars combined) and Sony/Columbia/Sony Classics (1.03 billion dollars combined) followed in 3rd, 4th and 5th place.
With studio slates skewing toward big budget tent-pole superhero franchises, more sophisticated audiences were left clamoring for more highbrow or emotionally-nuanced fare.
Stepping in to fill the popular niche markets for pithy dramas and quirky comedies that the studios left unfilled, the mini-majors were well rewarded, with Lionsgate edging out Paramount for 6th place with 885 million dollars in grosses vs Paramount's far slimmer 534 million dollars.
Though Disney's 2017 cume was slightly lower than last year's mind-boggling 3 billion dollars zenith, that was primarily because their production releases dropped from 10 blockbusters in 2016 to only 8 in 2017.
They have been actively building up their non-kid-oriented, live action slate, which produces movies with more mature themes and adult language that top stars want to sign on to.
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