"Sequels had their day in the sun in 2007, but specialty films found dwindling auds," Variety is reporting in their year end look at the Indiewood company box office grosses, noting a 4% drop overall from last year. Pamela McClintock includes the following ranked list of reported annual grosses for each company in '07 and '06:
1) Fox Searchlight
2007: $136.2 million
2006: $161.6 million
2) Miramax
2007: $125.4 million
2006: $46.2 million
3) Focus Features
2007: $124.8 million
2006: $178.6 million
4) Paramount Vantage
2007: $60.9 million
2006: $46.9 million
5) Picturehouse
2007: $58.3 million
2006: $24 million
6) Sony Pictures Classics
2007: $37.8 million
2006: $59.7 million
7) Warner Independent
2007: $15.6 million
2006: $27.4 million
