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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributorsn from Jan. 3 to Dec. 4: Market share (Films) Buena Vista: 19.3% (35) Warner Bros.: 15.9% (37) Paramount: 14.3% (17) Universal: 13.2% (21) 20th Century Fox: 9.8% (17) Sony: 9.7% (35)

New Line: 5.5% (13) Miramax: 3.8% (25) MGM / UA: 2.7% (9) Gramercy: 2.0% (13)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 The Santa Buena 4 2,333 $11.4 -44 Clause Vista 2 Star Trek: Paramount 3 2,681 5.8 -56 Generations Paramount 3 Junior Universal 2 1,749 5.1 -47 4 Interview With Warner 4 2,086 5.1 -57 the Vampire Bros. 5 A Low Down Buena 2 1,379 4.8 -40 Dirty Shame Vista 6 The Lion Buena 25 1,558 3.1 -50 King Vista 7 Trapped in Fox 1 1,286 2.7 -- Paradise 8 The Columbia 3 1,220 2.3 -39 Professional 9 Stargate MGM/UA 6 1,904 2.3 -53 10 Miracle on Fox 3 1,219 2.0 -47 34th Street

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $ 84.6 $125 2 57.6 75 3 20.3 37 4 91.0 108 5 17.8 35 6 285.9 297 7 2.7 11 8 15.0 24 9 63.3 70 10 10.7 17

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* 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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