The Times Film Index

Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6 to June 29:

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Distributor Films Market Share Sony 24 18.6% Universal 8 17.6% Buena Vista 22 13.7% 20th Century Fox 13 13.4% Paramount 18 9.7% Warner Bros. 15 9.6% New Line 19 7.1% Miramax 20 6.5%

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Tracking the Top 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of June 27-29, in millions of dollars:

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% chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Film (Distributor) release total last to date 1 Face/Off (Paramount) 1 $23.4 -- $23.4 2 Hercules (Buena Vista) 2 21.5 n.a. 23.7 3 Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) 2 15.7 -63 75.2 4 My Best Friend’s Wedding (TriStar) 2 15.0 -31 49.2 5 Con Air (Buena Vista) 4 5.9 -43 78.5 6 The Lost World (Universal) 6 4.5 -44 213.2 7 Speed 2 (20th Century Fox) 3 3.7 -50 38.1 8 Liar Liar (Universal) 15 1.3 +101 172.9 9 Austin Powers (New Line) 9 0.7 -47 49.9 10 Gone Fishin’ (Buena Vista) 5 0.6 -47 17.3

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