In the absence of a total streaming monopoly, the execs surely knew that they could corner the market on holiday movies with their seemingly endless resources.

They will corner the market on opening-round home games.

Jackson’s movies ushered in a new era of mining fantasy properties, with Amazon spending a fortune to corner the market on all things Tolkien.

Although Mikkelsen quips that his “funny accent” has allowed him to corner the market on international baddies — an archetype that he has relished and embraced for nearly two decades, because “it’s better than not doing anything over there” — his most effective star vehicles, including Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Hunt” and Oscar-winning “Another Round,” have been made on home soil.

The largest U.S. newspaper chain, shares in which have risen over a third this year, sued Google in June for trying to corner the market for online advertising by monopolizing ad technology.