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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

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Year-to-date domestic market share of film distributors for week ending May 9. Walt Disney: 19.1% Warner Bros.: 17.1% Columbia: 12.7% Universal: 11.5% Paramount: 8.2% 20th Century Fox: 8.0% New Line: 6.7% Miramax: 6.4% MGM: 3.8% Tristar: 2.1%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest top 10 box office releases for films grossing at least $1 million during the prior weekend for the week ending May 9. In millions of dollars.

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. From Rank Film Distributor Release Screens Total Last 1 Dragon: Bruce Lee Universal 1 1,887 $10.0 -- 2 Dave Warner 1 1,155 7.3 -- 3 Indecent Proposal Paramount 5 1,922 4.6 -35 4 Sidekicks Triumph 5 1,223 2.3 -40 5 Benny and Joon MGM/UA 4 1,314 1.9 -38 6 Indian Summer Buena Vista 3 1,383 1.7 -46 7 The Sandlot Fox 5 1,624 1.5 -39 8 Who’s The Man New Line 3 954 1.1 -49 9 Cop and a Half Universal 6 1,522 1.0 -40 10 Three of Hearts New Line 2 793 0.9 -52

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Box Proj. Office U.S. Rank To Date B.O.* 1 $10.0 $ 42 2 7.3 65 3 78.4 91 4 8.2 12 5 15.2 19 6 10.1 13 7 23.0 25 8 9.1 10 9 24.3 26 10 3.5 5

* Distributors receive approximately 47% of box office revenue.

Source: Entertainment Data Inc.; Lisbeth R. Barron, S.G. Warburg & Co. Inc.

Coming Attractions . . . ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

* Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Co.

* Release date: Friday, 11 screens

* Production, marketing costs: $15 million

* Synopsis: A spirited update on the Shakespearian comedy

* Cast: Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson, Michael Keaton

* Director: Kenneth Branagh

* Prognosis: Good. Strong showing in New York, averaging $36,000 per screen on three screens

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