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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to April 2:

Market share (Films)

Sony: 19.3% (14)

Warner Bros.: 17.6% (14)

Buena Vista: 15.1% (23)

Paramount: 13.9% (12)

Universal: 8.4% (7)

New Line: 7.8% (12)

Miramax: 7.5% (15)

Twentieth Century Fox: 4.3% (7)

Gramercy: 1.6% (6)

Samuel Goldwyn: 1.5% (5)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Mar. 31 to April 2, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Tommy Boy Paramount 1 2,165 $8.0 -- 2 Outbreak Warner Bros. 4 2,230 5.7 -29 3 Major Payne Universal 2 1,991 5.2 -25 4 Dolores Claiborne Columbia 2 1,249 4.5 -21 5 Forrest Gump Paramount 39 1,135 2.7 33 6 Muriel’s Wedding Miramax 4 836 2.6 2 7 Circle of Friends Savoy 3 339 2.5 55 8 Man of the House Buena Vista 5 1,812 2.2 -37 9 Pulp Fiction Miramax 25 1,099 2.2 -14 10 Tank Girl MGM/UA 1 1,341 2.0 --

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $8.0 $30 2 48.8 70 3 14.1 31 4 11.9 28 5 321.1 330 6 7.1 16 7 4.8 16 8 33.6 40 9 98.3 107 10 2.0 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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