Warner Brothers Pictures is the number one studio again this year, thanks largely to a little film called Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Harry Potter’s broom was turbo-charged this year, as the schoolboy wizard’s latest film adventurehelped Warner Bros. fly well north of $2 billion to repeat atop the annual domestic boxoffice rankings.

Warners projects a $2.99 billion domestic tally and nearly 20% market share through Dec. 31. But as certain as the picture is at the pinnacle of year-end rankings, other top positions remain cloaked in uncertainty.

Headed into the final frame, Paramount sits second with $1.44 billion and a 14% share, while Sony is third with $1.43 billion and a similar share. But Fox, with $1.25 billion (12%), has holiday tentpoles ”Avatar” and ”Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” still going strong enough to give the it a real shot at one of the medal positions.

Warner Bros. is certainly consistent, and next year is looking good too. Even with the absence of another Harry Potter film.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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