Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Oct. 1:

Market share (Films)

Buena Vista: 17.7% (29)

Warner Bros.: 15.4% (25)

Universal: 14.3% (15)

Sony: 12.5% (28)

Paramount: 11.3% (18)

Twentieth Century Fox: 9.5% (15)

New Line: 6.6% (25)

Miramax: 4.3% (32)

MGM / UA: 3.9% (12)

Savoy: 1.4% (8)

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, in millions of dollars:

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% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Seven New Line 2 2,472 $12.4 -11 2 Halloween 6 Miramax 1 1,679 7.3 -- 3 Devil in a TriStar 1 1,432 5.4 -- Blue Dress 4 The Big Green Buena Vista 1 2,072 4.7 -- 5 Showgirls MGM/UA 2 1,388 3.5 -57 6 To Wong Foo ... Universal 4 1,489 2.9 -34 7 Dangerous Minds Buena Vista 8 1,578 2.3 -19 8 Steal Big, Savoy 1 1,080 1.8 -- Steal Little 9 Unstrung Heroes Buena Vista 3 576 1.6 -36 10 The Usual Gramercy 7 803 1.5 -24 Suspects

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $30.8 $75 2 7.3 30 3 5.4 25 4 4.7 20 5 14.6 25 6 28.5 36 7 74.3 82 8 1.8 7 9 5.0 9 10 17.6 22

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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.