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DOMESTIC MARKET SHAREDomestic market share and number...

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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to March 6:

* Warner Bros.

Market share: 22.3%

Films: 14

* Buena Vista

Market share: 18.0%

Films: 13

* Universal

Market share: 14.9%

Films: 9

* 20th Century Fox

Market share: 12.0%

Films: 6

* TriStar

Market share: 7.7%

Films: 4

* Paramount

Market share: 6.4%

Films: 5

* New Line

Market share: 5.9%

Films: 8

* Columbia

Market share: 4.6%

Films: 7

* Savoy

Market share: 3.0%

Films: 2

* Miramax

Market share: 2.9%

Films: 8

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend ended March 6, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Bros. 5 1,963 $5.1 -22 2 Greedy Universal 1 1,710 4.8 -- 3 On Deadly Ground Warner Bros. 3 2,010 4.5 -30 4 Sugar Hill Fox 2 859 3.5 -39 5 The Chase Fox 1 1,633 3.4 -- 6 Schindler’s List Universal 12 803 3.2 +9 7 Angie Buena Vista 1 808 2.8 -- 8 Blank Check Buena Vista 4 1,577 2.7 -34 9 Blue Chips Paramount 3 1,960 2.7 -34 10 8 Seconds New Line 2 836 2.6 -22

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $52.4 $68.0 2 4.8 19.0 3 27.7 41.0 4 10.6 18.0 5 3.4 13.0 6 50.3 75.0 7 2.8 15.0 8 21.4 27.0 9 19.0 26.0 10 6.9 15.0

* 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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