Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

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

Market share (Films)

Sony: 19.9% (14)

Warner Bros.: 17.7% (13)

Buena Vista: 15.4% (22)

Paramount: 13.4% (11)

Universal: 8.2% (7)

Miramax: 7.1% (15)

New Line: 7.1% (7)

Twentieth Century Fox: 4.4% (7)

Samuel Goldwyn: 1.5% (5)

Gramercy: 1.4% (6)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of March 24-26, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Outbreak Warner Bros. 3 2,230 $8.0 -26 2 Major Payne Universal 1 1,989 7.0 -- 3 Dolores Claiborne Columbia 1 1,216 5.7 -- 4 Man of the House Buena Vista 4 1,995 3.5 -40 5 Tall Tale Buena Vista 1 2,065 3.0 -- 6 Candyman 2 Gramercy 2 1,594 2.8 -54 7 Bye Bye Love Fox 2 1,379 2.6 -43 8 Muriel’s Wedding Miramax 3 573 2.6 344 9 Pulp Fiction Miramax 24 1,102 2.5 25 10 Forrest Gump Paramount 38 1,119 2.0 24

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $40.7 $70 2 7.0 29 3 5.7 28 4 30.4 40 5 3.0 12 6 10.1 17 7 8.4 15 8 3.7 14 9 95.1 105 10 317.1 325

* 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.