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YEAR-END DOMESTIC MARKET SHAREDomestic market share for...

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YEAR-END DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share for 1993 and number of films currently in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 4, 1993, to Jan. 2, 1994:

Warner Bros.: 37 (18.7%)

Buena Vista: 38 (16.5%)

Universal: 22 (14.2%)

Columbia: 26 (11.2%)

20th Century Fox: 22 (11.0%)

Paramount: 15 (9.4%)

Tristar: 13 (6.5%)

New Line: 27 (3.7%)

Miramax: 24 (3.0%)

MGM: 12 (1.9%)

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TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend ended Jan 2, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 6 2,325 $16.3 +74 2 The Pelican Brief Warner Bros. 3 2,008 13.1 +18 3 Tombstone Buena Vista 2 1,955 8.7 +35 4 Sister Act 2 Buena Vista 4 2,106 8.2 +56 5 Beethoven’s 2nd Universal 3 2,048 7.6 +78 6 Grumpy Old Men Warner Bros. 2 1,244 7.5 +93 7 Wayne’s World 2 Paramount 4 2,240 4.0 +12 8 The Piano Miramax 8 523 2.4 +67 9 Geronimo: A ... Legend Columbia 4 1,636 2.0 +18 10 Ghost in the Machine Fox 1 1,031 1.9 --

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $122.5 $157.0 2 61.1 88.0 3 23.2 37.0 4 41.2 58.0 5 31.9 48.0 6 17.0 35.0 7 40.1 46.0 8 17.2 22.0 9 15.1 18.0 10 2.6 7.0

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

Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, S.G. Warburg & Co.

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