The Times Film Index

Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors Jan. 5-May 3:

Paramount: 11

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(Distributor) Films Market share Paramount 11 25.2% Sony, 27 13.0% New Line 13 12.2% Warner Bro. 17 11.2% Miramax 18 9.7% Universal 98 6.3% MGA/UA 12 5.6% 20th Century Fox 7 4.1% Buena Vista 12 32.0% DreamWorks SKG 3 2.8%

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Tracking the Top 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of May 1-3, in millions of dollars:

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% chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Film (Distributor) release total last to date 1 He Got Game (Buena Vista) 1 $7.6 - $7.6 2 City of Angels (Warner Bros.) 4 6.6 -27% 55.4 3 The Big Hit (Sony) 2 5.8 -47 19.4 4 Les Miserables (Sony) 1 5.0 - 5.0 5 Black Dog (Universal) 1 4.8 - 4.8 6 Titanic (Paramount) 20 4.0 -19 565.7 7 Paulie (DreamWorks) 3 3.7 -14 15.2 8 The Object of My Affection (20th Cent. Fox) 3 3.4 -34 21.9 9 Lost in Space (New Line) 5 3.0 -26 62.1 10 Sliding Doors (Miramax) 2 1.6 +97 2.7

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Notes: 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