DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to April 3:
Studio market share films Warner Bros 19.7% 17 Buena Vista 17.3% 15 Universal 16.2% 10 20th Century Fox 10.5% 6 Paramount 8.5% 7 Tristar 8.2% 5 New Line 6.8% 11 Savoy 3.5% 3 Columbia 3.4% 7 Miramax 3.2% 10
TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend ended April 3, in millions of dollars:
% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Major League 2 Warner Bros. 1 2,167 $7.0 -- 2 D2: The Mighty Buena Vista 2 2,215 6.3 -39 Ducks 3 The Paper Universal 3 1,544 5.6 -20 4 Naked Gun 33 1/3 Paramount 3 2,383 5.3 -33 5 Schindler’s List Universal 16 1,382 3.8 -33 6 Above the Rim New Line 2 863 2.7 -27 7 Clifford Orion 1 1,014 2.6 -- 8 Thumbelina Warner Bros. 1 1,502 2.3 -- 9 Four Weddings Gramercy 4 240 2.0 +309 and a Funeral 10 Guarding Tess TriStar 4 1,445 1.8 -42
Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $9.8 $30.0 2 21.1 37.0 3 15.6 35.0 4 33.5 48.0 5 74.7 90.0 6 8.8 19.0 7 2.6 10.0 8 3.1 11.0 9 3.9 20.0 10 22.0 27.0
* 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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