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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1937 Net Earnings of National Film Producer-Distributors
1.
M-G-M (Loews, Inc.) .
Profit or Loss
. . $14,426,062
2.
20th Century-Fox
8,617,114
3.
Paramount* _ _ _
. 6,045,103
4.
Warner Brothers* . .
_ _ _ 5,876,183
5.
R. K. O.*
. 1,821,166
6.
Columbia
. 1,317,371
7.
Gaumont British .
976,065
8.
Universal
. -1,084,999
9.
Grand National
. 636,202
10.
Monogram
239,076
United Artists (Private Corp.)
No statement issued
Republic (Private Corp.)
No statement issued
Editor's Note:
Where financial statements for the past fiscal year ending December 31, 1937, were not available, then the last financial statement issued for a past 12 months' period, was used instead.
*The net earnings of M-G-M, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and R. K. O. also includes 100% of the theatre incomes of their affiliated circuits.
871/2 % of the 20th Century-Fox earnings were derived from production, as that company has much smaller theatre holdings; (40% of Wesco and National Theaters). Consequently, prac¬ tically $7,500,000 of the Fox profit was made from the production end; and this is the reason that DARRYL F. ZANUCK is so highly regarded in film circles.
Statements furnished courtesy of
E. F. HUTTON AND COMPANY
Members New York Stock Exchange
DISTRIBUTORS’
BATTING AVERAGE
FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 1938
°/
1.
M-G-M
11 Releases .
/o
100
2.
20th-Fox
12 Releases .
100
3.
Paramount
10 Releases
94
4.
R. K. O. .
11 Releases
94
5.
United Artists
8 Releases
89
6.
Warner Brothers
. 14 Releases .
86
7.
Universal ....
6 Releases
84
8.
Columbia
. 9 Releases .
77
9.
Republic
. 9 Releases .
73
10.
Gaumont British
4 Releases .
68
11.
Monogram
2 Releases
68
Distributors7 Batting Average for 193$
DISTRIBUTOR
"NATURALS"
over
200%
"GOLD
MINES"
over
150%
"BIG
PROFITS"
over
120%
"FAIR
PROFITS"
over
100%
"JUST BELOW NORMAL" over
80%
"NO
PROFIT"
over
70%
“FLOPS"
below
70%
M-G-M
(ID
3
1
6
1
20th-FOX
(12)
2
3
3
4
PARAMOUNT
(10)
2
2
2
2
2
R. K. O.
(ID
1
1
2
5
2
UNITED ARTISTS
(8)
3
1
1
3
WARNER BROS.
(14)
1
3
2
7
UNIVERSAL
(6)
1
5
1
COLUMBIA
(9)
2
6
1
REPUBLIC
(9)
8
1
GAUMONT BRITISH
(4)
1
3
MONOGRAM
(2)
2
Totals
(96)
1
2
10
10
19
39
15