"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

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for new films opening this weekend:

Enchanted (Buena Vista) / 3,730
Hitman (Fox) / 2,458
The Mist (MGM (Weinstein)) / 2,423
August Rush (Warner Bros.) / 2,310
This Christmas (Sony / Screen Gems) / 1,858
I'm Not There (Weinstein Company) / 130
Starting Out in the Evening (Roadside Attractions) / 7
Nina's Heavenly Delights (Regent Releasing) / 1

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for new films opening this weekend:

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Fox) / 3,164
Beowulf (Paramount) / 3,153
Love in the Time of Cholera (New Line) / 852
Southland Tales (Samuel Goldwyn) / 63
Redacted (Magnolia) / 13
Margot at the Wedding (Paramount Vantage) / 2
Smiley Face (First Look) / 1

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for new films opening this weekend:

Fred Claus (Warner Bros.) / 3,603
Lions for Lambs (United Artists) / 2,215
P2 (Summit Entertainment) / 2,131
After Dark's Horrorfest 2 (After Dark Films) / 323
Saawariya (Sony / Columbia) / 85
I'll Believe You (Stand Up Films) / 30
No Country for Old Men (Miramax) / 28
War/Dance (ThinkFilm) / 3

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for new films opening this weekend:

Bee Movie (Paramount (DreamWorks)) / 3,928
American Gangster (Universal) / 3,054
Martian Child (New Line) / 2,020
Darfur Now (Warner Independent) / 3
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (IFC) / 2
Diva (re-issue) (Rialto) / 1

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for new films opening this weekend:

Saw IV (Lionsgate) / 3,183
Dan in Real Life (Buena Vista) / 1,921
Bella (Roadside Attractions) / 165
Mr. Untouchable (Magnolia) / 25
Music Within (MGM) / 17
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (Sony Classics) / 7
Slipstream (Strand) / 6
Rails & Ties (Warner Bros.) / 5
How to Cook Your Life (Roadside Attractions) / 4
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (ThinkFilm) / 2

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for new films opening this weekend:

The Heartbreak Kid (Paramount (DreamWorks) / 3,229
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (Fox) / 3,141
Feel the Noise (Sony BMG) / 1,015
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.) / 15
My Kid Could Paint That (Sony Classics) / 8
The Good Night (Yari Film Group) / 2
Finishing the Game (IFC) / 1

At Box Office Mojo, a list of theater counts for the upcoming weekend:

Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,828
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) / 2,612
Sydney White (Universal) / 2,102
The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony Classics) / 25
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.) / 15
Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage) / 4
The Last Winter (IFC) / 2