Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-Aug. 17:

Distributor: Sony

Films: 26

Market share: 24%

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Distributor: Buena Vista

Films: 25

Market share: 15.6%

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Distributor: Universal

Films: 9

Market share: 13.1%

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Distributor: Warner Bros.

Films: 21

Market share: 11.3%

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Distributor: 20th Century

Films: 15

Market share: 11%

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Distributor: Paramount

Films: 21

Market share: 9.8%

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Distributor: New Line

Films: 20

Market share: 6.3%

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Distributor: Miramax

Films: 25

Market share: 5.5%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of Aug. 15-17, in millions of dollars:

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% chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Film (Distributor) release total last 1 Cop Land (Miramax) 1 $13.5 -- 2 Air Force One (Sony) 4 12.4 -31% 3 Conspiracy Theory (Warner Bros.) 2 12.3 -36 4 Event Horizon (Paramount) 1 9.5 -- 5 Spawn (New Line) 3 5.0 -44 6 George of the Jungle (Buena Vista) 5 4.8 -24 7 Men in Black (Sony) 7 4.2 -26 8 Picture Perfect (20th Century Fox) 3 3.3 -34 9 Contact (Warner Bros.) 6 2.9 -36 10 Def Jam’s How to Be a Player (Gramercy) 2 2.5 -40

Box office Film (Distributor) to date 1 Cop Land (Miramax) $13.5 2 Air Force One (Sony) 130.4 3 Conspiracy Theory (Warner Bros.) 40.7 4 Event Horizon (Paramount) 9.5 5 Spawn (New Line) 46.7 6 George of the Jungle (Buena Vista) 84.6 7 Men in Black (Sony) 225.3 8 Picture Perfect (20th Century Fox) 23.8 9 Contact (Warner Bros.) 88.6 10 Def Jam’s How to Be a Player (Gramercy) 10.0

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* Distributors receive roughly half of box-office revenue, on average.

Note: Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases.

Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.