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The Times Film Index

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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 27:

Market share Films 19.8% Warner Bros. 15 17.5% Buena Vista 15 15.9% Universal 10 11.1% 20th Century Fox 6 8.4% TriStar 5 8.1% Paramount 6 6.6% New Line 11 3.7% Columbia 7 3.7% Savoy 3 2.9% Miramax 9

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend ended March 27, in millions of dollars:

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% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 D2: The Mighty Ducks Buena Vista 1 2,182 $10.4 -- 2 Naked Gun 33 1/3 Paramount 2 2,383 8.0 -39 3 The Paper Universal 2 1,092 7.0 +3982 4 Schindler’s List Universal 15 1,378 5.7 +31 5 Above the Rim New Line 1 836 3.7 -- 6 Guarding Tess TriStar 3 1,614 3.1 -37 7 Monkey Trouble New Line 2 1,413 2.4 -46 8 Philadelphia TriStar 14 888 1.9 +70 9 Lightning Jack Savoy 3 1,565 1.9 -40 10 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 18 1,153 1.9 +8

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $10.4 $45.0 2 24.9 53.0 3 7.3 40.0 4 68.4 90.0 5 4.7 20.0 6 19.0 31.0 7 7.8 15.0 8 66.8 78.0 9 12.9 18.0 10 208.7 215.0

* 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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