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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 13:

* Warner Bros.

Market share: 21.8%

Films: 15

* Buena Vista

Market share: 17.9%

Films: 14

* Universal

Market share: 15.1%

Films: 9

* 20th Century Fox

Market share: 12.1%

Films: 6

* TriStar

Market share: 8.1%

Films: 5

* Paramount

Market share: 6.3%

Films: 5

* New Line

Market share: 5.8%

Films: 8

* Columbia

Market share: 4.4%

Films: 7

* Savoy

Market share: 3.4%

Films: 3

* 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 13, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Guarding Tess TriStar 1 1,601 $7.1 -- 2 Lightning Jack Savoy 1 1,710 5.4 -- 3 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Bros. 6 1,810 4.1 -19 4 The Ref Buena Vista 1 701 3.0 -- 5 Schindler’s List Universal 13 803 2.8 -11 6 On Deadly Ground Warner Bros. 4 1,860 2.7 -40 7 Greedy Universal 2 1,732 2.6 -45 8 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 16 1,456 2.3 -11 9 Angie Buena Vista 2 1,169 2.2 -19 10 8 Seconds New Line 3 836 2.2 -18

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $7.1 $40.0 2 5.4 25.0 3 57.9 74.0 4 3.1 15.0 5 54.3 75.0 6 31.7 38.0 7 8.7 14.0 8 203.6 215.0 9 6.0 14.0 10 9.7 18.0

* 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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