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Warner Brothers, the production company behind the Harry Potter films, is reporting record earnings for 2009 – primarily boosted by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Warner Brothers projects a $2.99 billion domestic balance sheet – not too shabby!
Coming in close behind WB was Paramount, Sony, and then Fox. Here are more stats about how this all plays out:
Warners — also ringing up lots of loot with recently released “Sherlock Holmes” — used the heftiest slate in Hollywood to nail down its repeat roost atop domestic rankings. Warners had 36 films in the market this year, including 27 new pics released in ‘09.
Its winning ways this year featured nine No. 1 openings and 12 weekends in which its pics topped boxoffice rankings, both annual bests.
“Breaking through a barrier like the $2 billion market — that really makes a statement that I’m proud to be a part of,” Warners domestic distribution president Dan Fellman said. “It just doesn’t happen that easily. You really need to have a terrific schedule of great movies, as we have under film group president Jeff Robinov.”
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