Company Town : TRACKING THE TOP SUMMER MOVIES

Total grosses of the Top 20 summer films, ranked by box office for the period May 27 through June 30, in millions of dollars:

Play Box Wks. in Opening period office Rank&Film; Distributor release date total to date* 1 The Flintstones Universal 5 May 27 $108.0 $108.0 2 The Lion King Buena Vista 2 June 15 70.3 70.3 3 Speed Fox 3 June 10 62.0 62.0 4 Maverick Warner Bros. 6 May 20 58.5 81.7 5 Wolf Columbia 2 June 17 41.9 41.9 6 Beverly Hills Cop 3 Paramount 5 May 25 36.4 40.0 7 City Slickers 2 Columbia 3 June 10 32.3 32.3 8 When a Man Buena Vista 9 April 29 21.7 44.8 Loves a Woman 9 Renaissance Man Buena Vista 4 June 3 21.4 21.4 10 The Crow Miramax 7 May 11 20.5 46.8 11 The Cowboy Way Universal 4 June 3 16.2 16.2 12 Getting Even MGM/UA 2 June 17 12.8 12.3 With Dad 13 Wyatt Earp Warner Bros. 1 June 24 10.3 10.3 14 Four Weddings Gramercy 16 March 9 10.0 48.0 & a Funeral 15 Crooklyn Universal 7 May 13 4.5 12.9 16 Widow’s Peak Fine Line 7 May 13 3.2 3.7 17 Little Buddha Miramax 5 May 25 3.2 3.3 18 Blank Check Buena Vista 20 Feb. 11 2.8 29.8 19 With Honors Warner Bros. 9 April 29 2.6 18.7 20 Schindler’s List Universal 28 Dec. 15 2.6 94.8

* Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.

Source: Top 20 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.