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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to June 25:

Market share (Films)

Buena Vista: 18.4% (22)

Warner Bros.: 16.6% (18)

Sony: 15.6% (19)

Paramount: 13.0% (15)

Universal: 8.5% (10)

Twentieth Century Fox: 8.2% (10)

New Line: 6.6% (18)

Miramax: 5.3% (21)

MGM / UA: 2.6% (8)

Savoy: 1.8% (4)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of June 23-25, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Pocahontas Buena Vista 2 2,569 $29.5 998 2 Batman Forever Warner Bros. 2 2,893 29.2 -45 3 Congo Paramount 3 2,676 8.1 -24 4 Bridges of Warner Bros. 4 1,961 6.2 -6 Madison County 5 Casper Universal 5 2,544 4.9 -26 6 Braveheart Paramount 5 1,885 4.0 -2 7 Die Hard With Fox 6 1,936 3.9 -7 a Vengeance 8 Crimson Tide Buena Vista 7 1,540 3.1 -12 9 Forget Paris Columbia 6 1,048 1.8 8 10 While You Buena Vista 10 1,001 1.5 -12 Were Sleeping

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $ 34.5 $150 2 106.6 235 3 58.0 84 4 46.3 69 5 75.3 93 6 47.1 62 7 85.0 100 8 80.9 92 9 29.6 36 10 70.8 76

* 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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