The Times Film Index

DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Nov. 27:

Buena Vista

Market share: 19.1%

Films: 35

Warner Bros.

Market share: 16.0%

Films: 36

Paramount

Market share: 14.4%

Films: 17

Universal

Market share: 13.1%

Films: 21

Sony *

Market share: 9.8%

Films: 35

20th Century Fox

Market share: 9.8%

Films: 16

New Line

Market share: 5.5%

Films: 13

Miramax

Market share: 3.8%

Films: 24

MGM/UA

Market share: 2.6%

Films: 9

Gramercy

Market share: 2.1%

Films: 13

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Nov. 25-27 in millions of dollars:

Wks in Rank Film Distributor release Screens 1 The Santa Clause Buena Vista 3 2,269 2 Star Trek Generations Paramount 2 2,681 3 Interview With the Vampire Warner Bros. 3 2,604 4 Junior Universal 1 1,749 5 A Low Down Dirty Shame Buena Vista 1 1,379 6 The Lion King Buena Vista 24 1,510 7 Stargate MGM/UA 5 2,033 8 The Pagemaster Fox 1 1,803 9 Miracle on 34th Street Fox 2 1,192 10 The Professional Columbia 2 1,220

% change Box office Rank Film Wknd total from last to date 1 The Santa Clause $20.4 19 $ 70.3 2 Star Trek Generations 13.2 -43 49.0 3 Interview With the Vampire 11.8 -32 83.4 4 Junior 9.8 -- 13.4 5 A Low Down Dirty Shame 8.0 -- 11.4 6 The Lion King 6.3 14 281.8 7 Stargate 4.8 8 60.2 8 The Pagemaster 4.2 -- 5.1 9 Miracle on 34th Street 3.8 38 8.1 10 The Professional 3.8 -29 11.7

Proj. Rank U.S. B.O.** 1 $130 2 85 3 115 4 40 5 35 6 300 7 74 8 16 9 20 10 22

* Combined market share for Columbia, TriStar and Triumph releases

** 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.