DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 2 to April 7:
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Distributor Films Market share Buena Vista 18 21.9% MGM/UA 12 11.8% Sony 16 11.0% Warner Bros. 13 11.0% Universal 9 10.0% Fox 5 9.9% Paramount 11 7.5% Miramax 17 6.3 New Line 12 5.7% Gramercy 7 3.5%
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TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest top 10 box-office releases for the weekend of April 5-7, in millions of dollars:
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% change Box Wks in Wknd. from office Film (distributor) release total last to date 1. Primal Fear (Paramount) 1 $9.9 -- $11.9 2. Thin Line Between...(New Line) 1 9.3 -- 11.9 3. The Birdcage (MGM/UA) 5 9.2 -9 87.6 4. Sgt. Bilko (Universal) 2 6.1 -25 16.7 5. Executive Decision (Warner Bros.) 4 4.8 -30 42.9 6. Oliver & Company (Buena Vista) 2 3.7 -17 10.0 7. Fargo (Gramercy) 5 2.5 -6 12.2 8. Up Close and...(Buena Vista) 6 2.0 -27 43.0 9. A Family Thing (MGM/UA) 2 2.0 -34 6.0 10. Flirting With Disaster (Miramax) 3 1.8 +150 3.0
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Distributors receive roughly half of box-office revenue, on average.
Note: Market share figures for Sony include Columbia, TriStar and Triumph releases. Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases. Figures for Twentieth Century Fox include Fox Searchlight releases.
Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.