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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to July 16:

Market share (Films)

Buena Vista: 19.3% (23)

Warner Bros.: 16.9% (19)

Sony: 13.9% (20)

Paramount: 12.0% (16)

Universal: 10.9% (11)

Twentieth Century Fox: 8.9% (12)

New Line: 5.5% (18)

Miramax: 4.7% (25)

MGM / UA: 3.4% (9)

Savoy: 1.6% (4)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of July 14-16, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Apollo 13 Universal 3 2,302 $15.6 -20 2 Under Siege 2 Warner Bros. 1 2,150 12.6 -- 3 Nine Months Fox 1 1,458 12.5 -- 4 Species MGM/UA 2 2,310 10.0 -41 5 Pocahontas Buena Vista 5 2,757 8.1 -25 6 The Indian ... Paramount 1 1,723 7.7 -- 7 First Knight Columbia 2 2,161 6.6 -39 8 Batman Forever Warner Bros. 5 2,487 5.3 -43 9 Mighty Fox 3 2,039 2.8 -53 Morphin ... 10 Judge Dredd Buena Vista 3 1,805 2.4 -55

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $90.9 $145 2 12.6 60 3 16.3 50 4 34.4 60 5 106.3 140 6 7.7 30 7 22.2 39 8 164.6 185 9 30.9 38 10 29.2 35

* 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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