Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6 - July 20:

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Distributor Films Market Share Sony 25 22.2% Universal 9 15.3% Buena Vista 24 14.7% 20th Century Fox 14 12.1% Warner Bros. 17 10.5% Paramount 19 10.1% New Line 19 6.0% Miramax 23 5.7%

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Tracking the Top 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of July 18-20, 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) 3 $19.0 -37% $172.1 2 George of the Jungle (Buena Vista) 1 16.5 -- 22.9 3 Contact (Warner Bros.) 2 16.1 -22 47.4 4 Nothing to Lose (Buena Vista) 1 11.6 -- 11.6 5 Face/Off (Paramount) 4 8.9 -28 86.3 6 My Best Friend’s Wedding (Sony) 5 6.5 -22 94.7 7 Hercules (Buena Vista) 5 5.2 -38 76.8 8 Operation Condor (Miramax) 1 4.7 -- 4.7 9 Out to Sea (20th Century Fox) 3 3.2 -24 20.1 10 Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) 5 1.8 -56 102.8

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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.