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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to July 17:

Market share Films 19.7% Buena Vista 23 16.0% Universal 15 15.5% Warner Bros. 23 10.9% 20th Century Fox 11 9.0% Paramount 9 5.7% Columbia 12 5.6% TriStar 8 4.0% Miramax 16 3.9% New Line 9 2.6% Savoy 5

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of July 15-17, in millions of dollars:

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% Chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Rank&Film; Distributor release Screens total last to date 1 True Lies Fox 1 2,368 $27.5 -- $27.5 2 Forrest Gump Paramount 2 2,014 24.1 -1 72.1 3 The Lion King Buena Vista 5 2,624 16.9 -31 174.3 4 Angels in the Buena Vista 1 1,894 8.9 -- 8.9 Outfield 5 Speed Fox 6 1,903 5.1 -33 93.5 6 I Love Trouble Buena Vista 3 1,633 3.4 -34 23.1 7 Blown Away MGM/UA 3 1,862 2.5 -56 23.8 8 The Shadow Universal 3 1,671 2.5 -54 24.7 9 Wolf Columbia 5 1,752 2.1 -51 59.5 10 The Flintstones Universal 8 1,298 1.4 -47 119.5

Proj. U.S. Rank&Film; B.O.* 1 True Lies $150.0 2 Forrest Gump 165.0 3 The Lion King 240.0 4 Angels in the 30.0 Outfield 5 Speed 111.0 6 I Love Trouble 33.0 7 Blown Away 28.0 8 The Shadow 29.0 9 Wolf 64.0 10 The Flintstones 122.0

* 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, SBCI Swiss Bank Corp.

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