BIG 5 GLOBAL DOMINANCE

Statista is a great source

Some useful links for now (I've posted similar before with lots of analysis within the posts below...)

A mix of US and global figures/analysis

2020 will be not so useful for assessing big 5 BOX OFFICE dominance as there is so little box office to consider, but...

Deadline analysed the prospects for 2021. Note Paramount's struggles

Statista: Disney were emerging in a league of their own but have lead the shift to PVOD/streaming

Deadline.com's analysis of 2019 + 2020 forecasts.

The-Numbers.com: global, US + international 2019 hits.

Same as above but IMDB table.

ALL-TIME box office - each DISTRIBUTOR's biggest hit (the-numbers)

2019 distributors total box office (the-numbers - no surprise who's #1!! STX [Wiki] join Lionsgate as mini-majors - Paramount actually fell below Lionsgate...) Note that various big 5 subsidiaries are given separate listings

Wiki all-time worldwide box office

UK all-time box office (Wiki)

Most successful 18-rated films (UK: screendaily.com)

Age + gender of UK box office (statista.com)

Proportion of films by age rating (UK: statista.com)

Mark Kermode blog discussion on age ratings

Guide to classification (independentcinemaoffice.org)

How film regulators are responding to an industry in flux (screendaily)