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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 April 17:

Market share Films 19.3% Warner Bros. 15 17.0% Buena Vista 15 16.2% Universal 10 9.7% 20th Century Fox 6 8.7% TriStar 5 8.5% Paramount 6 7.0% New Line 11 3.4% Savoy 3 3.2% Miramax 9 3.1% Columbia 7

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of April 17, in millions of dollars:

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% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank & Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Four Weddings & a Funeral Gramercy 6 721 $4.2 +6 2 Cops and Robbersons TriStar 1 1,831 3.7 -- 3 The Paper Universal 5 1,577 3.3 -27 4 D2: The Mighty Ducks Buena Vista 4 2,119 3.3 -40 5 Major League 2 Warner Bros. 3 2,092 3.0 -41 6 Surviving the Game New Line 1 1,025 2.9 -- 7 Naked Gun 33 1/3 Paramount 5 1,774 2.7 -33 8 White Fang 2 Buena Vista 1 1,853 2.7 -- 9 Threesome TriStar 2 1,218 2.6 -34 10 Schindler’s List Universal 18 1,343 2.3 -29

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank & Film to date B.O.* 1 Four Weddings & a Funeral $14.0 $35.0 2 Cops and Robbersons 3.7 15.0 3 The Paper 26.3 36.0 4 D2: The Mighty Ducks 34.3 45.0 5 Major League 2 21.8 30.0 6 Surviving the Game 2.9 14.0 7 Naked Gun 33 1/3 43.5 51.0 8 White Fang 2 2.7 11.0 9 Threesome 7.9 14.0 10 Schindler’s List 83.1 90.0

* 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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