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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to May 1:

Warner Bros.

Market share: 18.7%

Films: 19

Buena Vista

Market share: 16.7%

Films: 19

Universal

Market share: 15.7%

Films: 11

20th Century Fox

Market share: 10.0%

Films: 8

TriStar

Market share: 8.8%

Films: 7

Paramount

Market share: 8.1%

Films: 7

New Line

Market share: 6.9%

Films: 13

Savoy

Market share: 3.7%

Films: 5

Miramax

Market share: 3.2%

Films: 10

Columbia

Market share: 2.9%

Films: 7

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of May 1, in millions of dollars: Rank: 1 Film: No Escape Distributor: Savoy Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,763 Weekend total: $4.6 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $4.6 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $19.0

*Rank: 2 Film: With Honors Distributor: Warner Bros. Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,102 Weekend total: $4.3 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $4.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $23.0

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*Rank: 3 Film: Four Weddings & a Funeral Distributor: Gramercy Weeks in release: 8 Screens: 1,002 Weekend total: $4.0 % Change from last: -9 Box office to date: $25.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $43.0

*Rank: 4 Film: Bad Girls Distributor: Fox Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 2,012 Weekend total: $2.8 % Change from last: -45 Box office to date: $9.4 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $16.0

*Rank: 5 Film: You So Crazy Distributor: S. Goldwyn Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 417 Weekend total: $2.5 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $3.2 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $20.0

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*Rank: 6 Film: PCU Distributor: Fox Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,741 Weekend total: $2.1 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $2.1 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $9.0

*Rank: 7 Film: D2: The Mighty Ducks Distributor: Buena Vista Weeks in release: 6 Screens: 1,561 Weekend total: $1.7 % Change from last: -24 Box office to date: $39.6 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $44.0

*Rank: 8 Film: The Paper Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 7 Screens: 1,239 Weekend total: $1.5 % Change from last: -36 Box office to date: $31.5 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $35.0

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*Rank: 9 Film: Schindler’s List Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 20 Screens: 1,203 Weekend total: $1.5 % Change from last: -10 Box office to date: $87.8 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $95.0

*Rank: 10 Film: The Favor Distributor: Orion Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,029 Weekend total: $1.5 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $1.5 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $8.0

* 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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