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Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Mar. 19:

Market share (Films)

Sony: 20.6% (13)

Warner Bros.: 17.4% (13)

Buena Vista: 15.5% (20)

Paramount: 13.6% (11)

Universal: 8.0% (6)

New Line: 7.6% (7)

Miramax: 6.8% (14)

Twentieth Century Fox: 4.3% (7)

Samuel Goldwyn: 1.4% (5)

Gramercy: 1.1% (6)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Mar. 17-19, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Outbreak Warner Bros. 2 2,230 $10.8 -19 2 Candyman 2 Gramercy 1 1,605 6.0 -- 3 Man of Buena Vista 3 2,059 5.8 -15 the House 4 Bye Bye Love Fox 1 1,378 4.5 -- 5 Losing Isaiah Paramount 1 912 2.5 -- 6 The Brady Paramount 5 1,905 2.3 -32 Bunch Movie 7 Pulp Fiction Miramax 23 1,135 2.0 -6 8 Just Cause Warner Bros. 5 1,601 1.7 -43 9 Forrest Gump Paramount 37 1,119 1.6 -11 10 Roommates Buena Vista 3 1,201 1.5 -42

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $28.9 $70 2 6.0 26 3 25.5 45 4 4.5 20 5 2.5 12 6 40.8 48 7 91.6 105 8 33.4 39 9 314.3 322 10 10.0 15

* 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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