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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 4 to Sept. 19, 1993:

Warner Bros.

Market share: 19.0%

Films: 24

Universal

Market share: 15.8%

Films: 15

Buena Vista

Market share: 14.5%

Films: 31

Columbia

Market share: 11.1%

Films: 21

Paramount

Market share: 10.0%

Films: 9

20th Century Fox

Market share: 8.9%

Films: 17

TriStar

Market share: 7.3%

Films: 9

New Line

Market share: 4.1%

Films: 22

Miramax

Market share: 3.3%

Films: 19

MGM

Market share: 2.2%

Films: 8

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the week ended Sept. 19, in millions of dollars: Rank: 1 Film: Striking Distance Distributor: Columbia. Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,889 eekend total: $8.7 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $8.7 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $33.0

Rank: 2 Film: The Fugitive Distributor: Warner Bros. Weeks in release: 7 Screens: 2,332 eekend total: 7.1 % Change from last: -1.4 Box office to date: 154.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $176.0

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Rank: 3 Film: Undercover Blues Distributor: MGM/UA Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 1,596 Weekend total: 2.9 % Change from last: -33 Box office to date: 8.5 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 15.0

Rank: 4 Film: True Romance Distributor: Warner Bros. Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 1,254 Weekend total: 2.6 % Change from last: -35 Box office to date: 8.2 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 15.0

Rank: 5 Film: The Man Without a Face Distributor: Warner Bros. Weeks in release: 4 Screens: 1,332 Weekend total: 2.3 % Change from last: -21 Box office to date: 19.5 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 26.0

Rank: 6 Film: The Age of Innocence Distributor: Columbia Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 83 Weekend total: 2.3 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: 2.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 30.0

Rank: 7 Film: Jurassic Park Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 15 Screens: 1,225 Weekend total: 2.1 % Change from last: -2 Box office to date: 322.1 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 329.0

Rank: 8 Film: Sleepless in Seattle Distributor: Tristar Weeks in release: 13 Screens: 1,164 Weekend total: 1.4 % Change from last: -10 Box office to date: 116.9 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 122.0

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Rank: 9 Film: In to the West Distributor: Miramax Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 550 Weekend total: 1.4 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: 1.4 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 10.0

Rank: 10 Film: The Real McCoy Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 1,672 Weekend total: 1.4 % Change from last: .49 Box office to date: 5.0 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: 7.0

* 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 Good Son’

* Distributor: Fox

* Release date: Friday, on 1,750 screens

* Production cost: About $25 million

* Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson

* Director: Joseph Ruben

* Synopsis: Psychological thriller in which Wood plays a boy who goes to live with the family of his evil cousin, played by Culkin. Drama. Rated R.

* Prognosis: Mixed. Adult audiences may find it hard to accept popular child star Culkin as a nasty kid.

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