As the summer season winds down, each major studio seems to have at least one win this summer — a film that has performed above expectations.

Moolah!

Paramount has Iron Man ($315.6M) and Kung Fu Panda ($210.4M), not to mention Indy 4 ($314.3M).

Universal has to be pleased  with Wanted ($131M on a $75M production budget) and the strong showing for Mamma Mia! ($87.4M after three weeks). Hulk and Hellboy are minor successes because they didn’t outright tank.

Warner Bros. is killing it with Dark Knight, of course, but also can point to solid takes for Sex and the City ($151.4M) and Get Smart ($126.5M).

Sony banked on Will Smith, and Hancock delivered with $215.8M. Save for I Am Legend ($256.3M), this is Smith’s highest grossing domestic film since the first Men In Black (1997).

The Disney/Pixar partnership toed the line. With $204M, the fantastic WALL-E so far has outgrossed Pixar counterparts Toy Story and A Bug’s Life. It’s about to pass Ratatouille ($206M), but might fall short of Cars ($244M … considered a disappointment at the time). DIsney’s Narnia sequel, meanwhile, underperformed at $140M. It cost a reported $200M, and its predecessor took home $291.7M domestically.

And then there’s 20th Century Fox, which struggled to find a home-run hit. Its highest-grossing summer film, What Happens In Vegas, couldn’t crack $100M (it made $80M to date). The Happening didn’t happen ($64M on a reported $60M budget). No one wanted to Meet Dave ($11.2M) and few believed in a new X-Files ($17M). Tough sledding.

In the season’s final weeks, a few small battles will shake out. Indy 4 might pass Iron Man for overall gross, and WALL-E could challenge the Panda for top animated dog. But when all is said and done, this royal summer belongs not to Prince Caspian, but to Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight.