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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to June 18:

Market share (Films)

Buena Vista: 17.8% (22)

Sony: 16.6% (19)

Warner Bros.: 14.7% (18)

Paramount: 13.0% (15)

Universal: 8.7% (10)

Twentieth Century Fox: 8.5% (10)

New Line: 7.0% (18)

Miramax: 5.6% (21)

MGM / UA: 2.7% (8)

Savoy: 2.0% (4)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of June 16-18, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Batman Forever Warner Bros. 1 2,842 $52.8 -- 2 Congo Paramount 2 2,676 10.7 -57 3 Casper Universal 4 2,757 6.6 -39 4 Bridges of Warner Bros. 3 1,986 6.6 -30 Madison County 5 Die Hard With Fox 5 2,200 4.2 -36 a Vengeance 6 Braveheart Paramount 3 2,037 4.1 -25 7 Crimson Tide Buena Vista 6 1,804 3.5 -31 8 Pocahontas Buena Vista 1 6 2.7 -- 9 Forget Paris Columbia 5 1,380 1.7 -33 10 While You Buena Vista 9 1,242 1.7 -30 Were Sleeping

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $ 52.8 $235 2 44.5 80 3 66.3 90 4 36.1 60 5 79.1 95 6 41.0 55 7 76.2 90 8 2.7 150 9 27.0 32 10 68.3 74

* 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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