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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributorsn from Jan. 3 to Dec. 11: Market share (Films) Buena Vista: 19.4% (35) Warner Bros.: 16.0% (38) Paramount: 14.4% (18) Universal: 13.1% (21) 20th Century Fox: 9.8% (17) Sony: 9.6% (35)

New Line: 5.4% (13) Miramax: 3.8% (26) MGM / UA: 2.7% (9) Gramercy: 2.0% (13)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Dec. 9-11, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Disclosure Warner 1 1,675 $10.1 -- Bros. 2 The Santa Buena 5 2,381 8.9 -22 Clause Vista 3 Drop Zone Paramount 1 2,020 6.1 -- 4 Star Trek: Paramount 4 2,245 2.9 -51 Generations 5 Junior Universal 3 1,787 2.7 -47 6 A Low Down Buena 3 1,244 2.5 -48 Dirty Shame Vista 7 Interview With Warner 5 2,086 2.2 -57 the Vampire Bros. 8 The Lion Buena 26 1,574 2.2 -29 King Vista 9 Miracle on Fox 4 1,255 1.5 -27 34th Street 10 Trapped in Fox 2 1,274 1.3 -54 Paradise

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $ 10.1 $60 2 96.0 125 3 6.1 21 4 62.4 72 5 24.0 33 6 21.5 28 7 94.6 102 8 289.0 297 9 12.7 17 10 4.7 8

* 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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