Sunday, August 16, 2009

Top 10 Box Office Hit Movies and the Stocks that Benefit

The summer is almost over, kids will be going back to school soon, time to get to the air conditioned movie theaters to see the latest blockbuster hits during the hot month of August. Number one for this weekend is District 9, a movie which just came out about aliens from outer space who are refugees on Earth. It has a weekend gross of $37,000,000, far outperforming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra at $22.5 million. District 9 is distributed by TriStar Pictures, a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, which is owned by Sony Pictures (SNE) and G.I. Joe has distribution through Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom (VIA) (VIA-B).

Here are the top ten:

1 District 9 $37,000,000 TriStar Pictures, a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, which is owned by Sony Pictures (SNE)
2 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $22,500,000 Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom (VIA) (VIA-B)
3 The Time Traveler's Wife $19,205,000 Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, Subsidiary of Time Warner (TWX)
4 Julie & Julia $12,400,000 Sony Pictures Releasing (SNE)
5 G-Force $6,908,000 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, owned by the Walt Disney Co. (DIS)
6 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard $5,350,000 Paramount Vantage, owned by Viacom (VIA) (VIA-B)
7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $5,155,000 Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution (TWX)
8 The Ugly Truth $4,500,000 Sony Pictures Releasing (SNE)
9 Ponyo $3,506,000 Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (DIS)
10 (500) Days of Summer $3,025,000 Fox Searchlight Pictures, a film division of 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NWSA)

By Stockerblog.com

Source of Box Office Gross: Yahoo! Movies from Box Office Mojo, LLC

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