The Times Film Index

Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6 to July 13:

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Distributor Films Market Share Sony 25 22.0% Universal 9 15.9% Buena Vista 22 13.9% 20th Century Fox 14 12.5% Paramount 18 10.1% Warner Bros. 17 10.0% New Line 19 6.3% Miramax 21 5.9%

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Tracking the Top 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of July 11-13, in millions of dollars:

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% chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Film (Distributor) release total last to date 1 Men in Black (Sony) 2 $30.1 -41 $139.6 2 Contact (Warner Bros.) 1 20.6 -- 20.6 3 Face/Off (Paramount) 3 12.3 -23 71.8 4 Hercules (Buena Vista) 4 8.3 -32 66.5 5 My Best Friend’s Wedding (Sony) 4 8.3 -23 83.5 6 Out to Sea (20th Century Fox) 2 4.2 -29 14.7 7 Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) 4 4.1 -49 98.8 8 Con Air (Buena Vista) 6 2.9 -24 89.9 9 A Simple Wish (Universal) 1 2.7 -- 2.7 10 The Lost World (Universal) 8 1.4 -48 221.1

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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..