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Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to June 11:

Market share (Films)

Buena Vista: 18.4% (21)

Sony: 17.5% (19)

Paramount: 12.5% (15)

Warner Bros.: 12.3% (17)

Universal: 8.7% (10)

Twentieth Century Fox: 8.7% (10)

New Line: 7.4% (17)

Miramax: 5.9% (20)

MGM / UA: 2.9% (8)

Savoy: 2.0% (4)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of June 9-11, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Congo Paramount 1 2,649 $24.6 -- 2 Casper Universal 3 2,756 10.9 -19 3 Bridges of Warner Bros. 2 1,982 9.3 -11 Madison ... 4 Die Hard With Fox 4 2,579 6.6 -29 a Vengeance 5 Braveheart Paramount 3 2,035 5.5 -27 6 Crimson Tide Buena Vista 5 2,148 5.1 -22 7 Forget Paris Columbia 4 1,609 2.5 -28 8 While You Buena Vista 8 1,446 2.4 -21 Were Sleeping 9 Johnny Mnemonic TriStar 3 1,662 1.6 -51 10 Mad Love Buena Vista 3 1,356 1.2 -49

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $ 24.6 $105 2 55.0 95 3 25.1 58 4 72.1 95 5 34.4 54 6 70.6 88 7 24.2 32 8 65.5 72 9 15.3 19 10 12.9 16

* 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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