Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-April 20:

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Distributor Films Market Share Sony 18 20.8% Fox 11 16.8% Universal 7 13.5% Buena Vista 18 12.5% Paramount 14 9.7% Miramax 16 8.9% New Line 12 7.5% Warner 12 6.3% MGM / UA 6 1.1%

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Tracking the Top 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of April 18-20, in millions of dollars:

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Film Wks. in Wknd. % Chg Box Office (Distributor) release total from last to date 1 Anaconda (Columbia) 2 $12.0 -28 $32.7 2 Liar Liar (Universal) 5 10.1 -30 133.5 3 Murder at 1600 (Warner) 1 8.0 -- 8.0 4 The Saint (Paramount) 3 7.2 -34 41.2 5 Grosse Pointe Blank (Buena Vista) 2 4.7 -31 13.6 6 The Devil’s Own (Columbia) 4 2.4 -42 39.1 7 McHale’s Navy (Universal) 1 2.1 -- 2.1 8 That Old Feeling (Universal) 3 2.1 -40 13.2 9 8 Heads in a Duffel... (Orion) 1 2.0 -- 2.0 10 Chasing Amy (Miramax) 3 1.6 +443 2.2

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* Distributors receive roughly half of box-office revenue, on average.

Note: Market share figures for Sony include Columbia, TriStar and Triumph releases. Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases. Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box-office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, Bear, Stearns & Co.