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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from May 19-21:

Market share (Films)

Sony: 19.0% (18)

Buena Vista: 18.3% (20)

Warner Bros.: 13.0% (16)

Paramount: 11.4% (13)

New Line: 8.6% (17)

Universal: 7.0% (9)

Twentieth Century Fox: 6.8% (10)

Miramax: 6.6% (18)

MGM / UA: 3.3% (7)

Savoy: 1.8% (3)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of May 19-21, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Die Hard With Fox 1 2,525 $22.2 -- a Vengeance 2 Crimson Tide Buena Vista 2 2,438 11.5 -38 3 Forget Paris Columbia 1 1,609 5.8 -- 4 While You Buena Vista 5 2,086 4.5 -31 Were Sleeping 5 French Kiss Fox 3 1,754 3.8 -42 6 A Little Princess Warner Bros. 2 1,342 2.0 7,026* 7 Friday New Line 4 883 1.9 -32 8 Englishman Miramax 2 961 1.6 -43 Who ... 9 Bad Boys Columbia 7 1,460 1.3 -37 10 My Family New Line 3 415 1.0 -36

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O. 1 $22.2 $135 2 37.1 85 3 5.8 28 4 50.2 67 5 24.5 38 6 2.1 8 7 20.4 26 8 5.3 10 9 59.3 63 10 6.6 10

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Note: Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.

* Movie opened in three theaters its first week and added 1,339 its second, resulting in a huge percentage jump in revenue.

Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, SBCI Swiss Bank Corp.

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