Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Feb. 5:

Sony

Market share: 25.0%

Films: 8

Buena Vista

Market share: 14.2%

Films: 17

Warner Bros.

Market share: 13.8%

Films: 10

New Line

Market share: 11.3%

Films: 6

Paramount

Market share: 10.5%

Films: 9

Universal

Market share: 7.8%

Films: 4

Miramax

Market share: 6.7%

Films: 11

Twentieth Century Fox

Market share: 6.3%

Films: 6

MGM/UA

Market share: 1.7%

Films: 2

Fine Line

Market share: 1.0%

Films: 4

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Feb. 3-5, in millions of dollars:

Rank:

Film:

Distributor:

Wks in release:

Screens:

Wknd total:

% Chg from last:

Box office to date:

Proj. U.S. B.O.*:

*

Rank: 1

Film: Legends of the Fall

Distributor: Tristar

Wks in release: 7

Screens: 2,038

Wknd total: $5.1

% Chg from last: -19

Box office to date: $42.6

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $61

*

Rank: 2

Film: Boys on the Side

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Wks in release: 1

Screens: 1,322

Wknd total: $4.8

% Chg from last: 0

Box office to date: $4.8

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $20

*

Rank: 3

Film: The Jerky Boys

Distributor: Buena Vista

Wks in release: 1

Screens: 1,513

Wknd total: $4.4

% Chg from last: 0

Box office to date: $4.4

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $17

*

Rank: 4

Film: In the Mouth of Madness

Distributor: New Line

Wks in release: 1

Screens: 1,510

Wknd total: $3.4

% Chg from last: 0

Box office to date: $3.4

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $14

*

Rank: 5

Film: Dumb and Dumber

Distributor: New Line

Wks in release: 8

Screens: 2,010

Wknd total: $3.4

% Chg from last: -22

Box office to date: $108

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $120

*

Rank: 6

Film: Nobody’s Fool

Distributor: Paramount

Wks in release: 7

Screens: 1,007

Wknd total: $3.0

% Chg from last: -27

Box office to date: $24.5

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $36

*

Rank: 7

Film: Highlander 3

Distributor: Miramax

Wks in release: 2

Screens: 1,593

Wknd total: $2.9

% Chg from last: -49

Box office to date: $9.9

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $17

*

Rank: 8

Film: Higher Learning

Distributor: Columbia

Wks in release: 6

Screens: 1,383

Wknd total: $2.3

% Chg from last: -34

Box office to date: $33.1

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $39

*

Rank: 9

Film: Murder in the First

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Wks in release: 3

Screens: 1,302

Wknd total: $2.2

% Chg from last: -31

Box office to date: $12.7

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $19

*

Rank: 10

Film: Little Women

Distributor: Columbia

Wks in release: 7

Screens: 1,355

Wknd total: $1.7

% Chg from last: -22

Box office to date: $43

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $50

* 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.