Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-April 27:

*--*

Distributor Films Market Share Sony 18 20.6% Fox 12 16.9% Universal 7 13.6% Buena Vista 19 12.7% Paramount 14 9.6% Miramax 16 8.8% New Line 13 7.2% Warner 12 6.4% MGM / UA 6 1.1%

*--*

Tracking the Top 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of April 25-27, in millions of dollars:

*--*

Film Wks. in Wknd. % Chg Box Office (Distributor) release total from last to date 1 Volcano (Fox) 1 $14.06 -- $14.6 2 Romy and... (Buena Vista) 1 7.4 -- 7.4 3 Anaconda (Columbia) 3 7.3 -39 43.2 4 Liar Liar (Universal) 6 7.2 -29 143.8 5 The Saint (Paramount) 4 5.0 -30 48.2 6 Murder at 1600 (Warner) 2 4.8 -39 15.3 7 Grosse Pointe Blank (Buena Vista) 3 3.1 -35 18.2 8 Scream (Mirmax) 19 1.4 -10 93.0 9 The Devil’s Own (Columbia) 5 1.2 -52 41.0 10 Chasing Amy (Miramax) 4 1.1 -32 3.9

*--*

*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. Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box-office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, Bear, Stearns & Co.