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Domestic Market Share

Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 5-Feb. 1:

Distributor: Paramount

Films: 7

Market share: 31.8%

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Distributor: Miramax

Films: 7

Market share: 15.0%

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Distributor: Sony

Films: 13

Market share: 13.4%

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Distributor: New Line

Films: 6

Market share: 6.6%

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Distributor: Warner Bros.

Films: 7

Market share: 5.7%

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Distributor: DreamWorks SKG

Films: 2

Market share: 5.5%

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Distributor: Universal

Films: 4

Market share: 5.1%

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Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Films: 5

Market share: 5.0%

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Distributor: MGM/UA

Films: 7

Market share: 5.0%

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Distributor: Buena Vista

Films: 8

Market share: 4.4%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 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) 7 $25.9 +3% $308.1 2. Great Expectations (20th Cent. Fox) 1 9.6 -- 9.6 3. Good Will Hunting (Miramax) 9 8.4 --1 59.5 4. Spice World (Sony) 2 7.0 --33 19.0 5. As Good as It Gets (Sony) 6 6.6 --12 85.6 6. Desperate Measures (Sony) 1 5.8 -- 5.8 7. Wag the Dog (New Line) 6 4.8 +9 29.5 8. Deep Rising (Buena Vista) 1 4.7 -- 4.7 9. Fallen (Warner Bros.) 3 2.8 --43 21.4 10. Hard Rain (Paramount) 3 2.7 --27 16.6

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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.

Source: ACNielsen EDI

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