With the #1 release of "The Pursuit of Happyness", Sony Pictures Entertainment's box office receipts for 2006 have surpassed $1.5 billion, setting a new motion picture industry record for North American box-office in a single year.In passing the industry record, the studio caps an extraordinary year in which SPE released a record-breaking 13 #1 films.
The studio also launched 13 films to opening weekends of more than $20 million, surpassing more than $3 billion in global ticket sales.
As Sony finishes the year, the studio controls over 18% of all tickets sold in the United States and Canada.
Led by "The Da Vinci Code", grossing over $750 million at the box office, SPE has seen four films open to more than $40 million in the US and Canada; ultimately, each exceeded more than $100 million in domestic box office including "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby", "Click", "The Da Vinci Code" and "Casino Royale".
Other highlights of the 2006 slate include "Pink Panther", "Open Season", "Monster House", "R.V.", "Gridiron Gang", "The Holiday", "Silent Hill", "Underworld: Evolution" and "When A Stranger Calls".
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries.
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