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Top-Grossing Distributors 1995 to 2011

		Movies	Total Gross	Average Gross	Market Share
1	Warner Bros.	483	$25,533,257,983	$52,863,888	14.34%
2	Walt Disney Pictures	428	$25,507,319,628	$59,596,541	14.33%
3	Sony Pictures	505	$23,213,138,327	$45,966,611	13.04%
4	Paramount Pictures	326	$20,768,293,154	$63,706,421	11.67%
5	20th Century Fox	340	$19,955,227,222	$58,691,845	11.21%
6	Universal	316	$18,350,486,827	$58,071,161	10.31%
7	New Line	203	$8,742,022,779	$43,064,152	4.91%
8	Dreamworks SKG	77	$5,958,034,817	$77,377,076	3.35%
9	Miramax	377	$5,593,156,769	$14,835,960	3.14%
10	MGM	229	$5,113,116,426	$22,328,019	2.87%

By looking at the list of films each of these studios have produced, Warner Bros. Studios seem to produce the most thriller films which could relate to the film noir genre. Warner Bros. has consistently had dominated the market throughout the years and because thriller films usually require high budgets to produce, Warner is able to cope with these demands being such a dominating franchise.

Information from www.the-numbers.com

Top-Grossing Genres 1995 to 2010

		Movies	Total Gross	Average Gross	Market Share
1	Comedy	1,613	$42,813,957,070	$26,543,061	24.16%
2	Adventure	454	$34,689,752,966	$76,409,148	19.57%
3	Drama	2,795	$31,789,823,166	$11,373,819	17.94%
4	Action	509	$30,052,605,347	$59,042,447	16.96%
5	Thriller/Suspense	475	$13,202,090,452	$27,793,875	7.45%
6	Romantic Comedy	359	$10,469,787,290	$29,163,753	5.91%
7	Horror	292	$8,560,128,560	$29,315,509	4.83%
8	Documentary	880	$1,957,293,597	$2,224,197	1.10%
9	Musical	105	$1,693,113,591	$16,124,891	0.96%
10	Black Comedy	72	$741,364,700	$10,296,732	0.42%
11	Western	35	$599,639,073	$17,132,545	0.34%
12	Concert/Performance	37	$203,647,126	$5,503,976	0.11%
13	Multiple Genres	12	$3,741,687	$311,807	0.00%
14	Genre Unknown	5	$1,677,435	$335,487	0.00%

Today Thriller is considered as a sub-genre of neo-noir and by looking at the table above we can see that the genre is one of the top of those dominating the industry. From 2008 to present, thriller films are slowly becoming more popular and by producing our opening sequence in this genre. There is a big audience which would be interested in the genre.

Most Popular Film-Noir Feature Films

The list below shows that the traditional film noir films were produced during the 50s and then this genre was changed into more modern styles to suit the time, film such as this is Sin City. Because film noir had been outdated and has developed into many other genres, we are going to look at more recent conventions such as neo noir.

1.		8.7/10  Sunset Boulevard (1950)
2.		8.5/10  The Third Man (1949)
3.		8.6/10  Double Indemnity (1944)
4.		8.4/10  The Maltese Falcon (1941)
5.		8.3/10  Notorious (1946)
6.		8.3/10  Strangers on a Train (1951)
7.		8.2/10  The Big Sleep (1946)
8.		8.3/10  Touch of Evil (1958)
9.		8.2/10  The Night of the Hunter (1955)
10.		8.2/10  The Killing (1956)