DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
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Year-to-date domestic market share of film distributors for the week ended Aug. 22:
Warner Bros.: 17.2%
Universal: 16.0%
Buena Vista: 15.4%
Columbia: 11.0%
Paramount: 10.5%
20th Century Fox: 9.0%
TriStar: 7.4%
New Line: 4.3%
Miramax: 3.4%
MGM: 2.0%
TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the week ended Aug. 22, in millions of dollars:
% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 The Fugitive Warner Bros. 3 2,388 $18.1 -19 2 Hard Target Universal 1 1,972 10.1 -- 3 The Secret Warner Bros. 2 1,332 4.3 -7 Garden 4 Rising Sun Fox 4 1,677 4.0 -34 5 Jurassic Park Universal 11 1,653 3.8 -13 6 In the Line of Columbia 7 1,683 3.4 -23 Fire 7 Free Willy Warner Bros. 6 1,715 3.1 -23 8 Heart and Souls Universal 2 1,301 2.8 -35 9 The Firm Paramount 8 1,358 2.6 -24 10 Sleepless Tristar 9 1,394 2.6 -17 in Seattle
Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $89.1 $156.0 2 10.1 35.0 3 12.4 31.0 4 48.0 61.0 5 306.1 322.0 6 89.6 101.0 7 59.0 72.0 8 9.4 17.0 9 143.7 153.0 10 105.9 117.0
* Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.
Source: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, S.G. Warburg & Co. Inc.
Coming Attractions . . . ‘The Man Without a Face’
* Distributor: Warner Bros.
* Release date: Wed., on 850 screens
* Production cost: About $12 million
* Cast: Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Margaret Whittington
* Director: Mel Gibson
* Synopsis: A 12-year-old boy befriends a disfigured recluse. Drama. Rated PG-13.
* Prognosis: Fair. There’s no “Lethal Weapon”-style violence or sex appeal, but Gibson should still draw a respectable audience.