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.

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