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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to May 8:

Market share Films 18.6% Warner Bros. 20 16.4% Buena Vista 19 15.4% Universal 11 9.9% 20th Century Fox 8 8.9% TriStar 8 8.1% Paramount 7 6.8% New Line 13 4.0% Savoy 5 3.2% Miramax 10 2.8% Columbia 7

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of May 8, in millions of dollars:

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% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank & Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 With Honors Warner Bros. 2 1,222 $3.7 -14 2 Four Weddings & Gramercy 9 1,064 3.6 -9 a Funeral 3 3 Ninjas Kick Back TriStar 1 2,038 3.6 -- 4 Clean Slate MGM/UA 1 1,457 3.1 -- 5 No Escape Savoy 2 1,765 3.1 -32 6 Bad Girls Fox 3 1,789 1.6 -41 7 You So Crazy S. Goldwyn 2 472 1.5 -42 8 The Inkwell Buena Vista 3 513 1.4 -1 9 Schindler’s List Universal 21 1,170 1.1 -25 10 The Paper Universal 8 1,004 1.1 -26

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank & Film to date B.O.* 1 With Honors $9.2 $23.0 2 Four Weddings & 30.2 48.0 a Funeral 3 3 Ninjas Kick Back 3.6 14.0 4 Clean Slate 3.1 13.0 5 No Escape 9.2 18.0 6 Bad Girls 11.9 15.0 7 You So Crazy 5.4 10.0 8 The Inkwell 6.0 13.0 9 Schindler’s List 89.6 93.0 10 The Paper 33.0 36.0

* 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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