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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Sept. 24:

Market share (Films)

Buena Vista: 17.8% (28)

Warner Bros.: 15.7% (24)

Universal: 14.4% (15)

Sony: 12.6% (26)

Paramount: 11.5% (18)

Twentieth Century Fox: 9.6% (15)

New Line: 6.3% (25)

Miramax: 4.1% (31)

MGM / UA: 3.8% (12)

Savoy: 1.4% (7)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Sept. 22-24, in millions of dollars:

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% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Seven New Line 1 2,441 $13.9 -- 2 Showgirls MGM/UA 1 1,388 8.1 -- 3 To Wong Foo ... Universal 3 1,458 4.5 -32 4 Dangerous Minds Buena Vista 7 1,582 2.8 -18 5 Clockers Universal 2 1,234 2.6 -41 6 Unstrung Heroes Buena Vista 2 576 2.0 +1,237 7 The Usual Gramercy 6 876 2.0 -35 Suspects 8 Hackers MGM/UA 2 1,812 1.6 -49 9 Babe Universal 8 1,551 1.5 -20 10 Braveheart Paramount 18 1,477 1.4 -39

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Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $13.9 $65 2 8.1 35 3 24.3 38 4 71.3 82 5 9.5 15 6 2.7 15 7 15.4 22 8 5.8 10 9 50.0 55 10 64.7 69

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* 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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