Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-Dec. 21:

Distributor: Sony

Films: 36

Market share: 21.3

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Distributor: Buena Vista

Films: 32

Market share: 14.4

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Distributor: Warner Bros.

Films: 27

Market share: 11.4

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Distributor: Paramount

Films: 28

Market share: 11.0%

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Distributor: 20th Century

Films: 22

Market share: 10.8%

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Distributor: Universal

Films: 13

Market share: 10.5% *

Distributor: New Line

Films: 29

Market share: 6.4%

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Distributor: Miramax

Films: 33

Market share: 6.3%

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Distributor: MGM/UA

Films: 18

Market share: 2.0%

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Distributor: Gramercy

Films: 14

Market share: 1.3%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of Dec. 12-14, in millions of dollars:

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% chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Film (Distributor) release total last to date 1 Titanic (Paramount) 1 $28.6 -- $28.6 2 Tomorrow Never Dies (MGM/UA) 1 25.1 -- 25.1 3 Scream 2 (Miramax) 2 13.9 --58% 55.1 4 Mouse Hunt (DreamWorks SKG) 1 6.1 -- 6.1 5 Flubber (Buena Vista) 4 4.3 --37 64.3 6 Home Alone 3 (20th Century Fox) 2 3.5 --32 9.4 7 For Richer or Poorer (Universal) 2 3.4 --44 10.9 8 Amistad (DreamWorks SKG) 2 3.3 --28 9.7 9 Anastasia (20th Century Fox) 6 1.7 --45 44.4 10 The Rainmaker (Paramount) 5 1.4 --57 41.6

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

Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases.

Figures for MGM/UA include Goldwyn and Orion releases.

Sources: Entertainment Data Inc.