DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 2 to April 28: *--*
Distributor Films Market share Buena Vista 21 21.4% MGM/UA 13 12.2% Universal 11 10.8% Sony 18 10.3% Warner Bros. 13 10.1% Fox 6 9.1% Paramount 12 8.3% Miramax 19 6.1% New Line 12 6.0% Gramercy 8 3.6%
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TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest top 10 box-office releases for the weekend of April 26-28, in millions of dollars:
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% change Box Wks in Wknd. from office Film (distributor) release total last to date 1. The Quest (Universal) 1 $7.0 -- $7.0 2. The Truth About Cats...(Fox) 1 6.8 -- 6.8 3. Sunset Park (TriStar) 1 4.7 -- 4.7 4. Primal Fear (Paramount) 4 4.7 -29 39.8 5. Mullholland Falls (MGM/UA) 1 4.3 -- 4.3 6. James and the...(Buena Vista) 3 3.6 -32 19.7 7. The Birdcage (MGM/UA) 8 3.4 -29 109.3 8. The Substitute (Orion) 2 2.7 -56 10.4 9. Fear (Universal) 3 2.3 -40 15.8 10. The Line Between...(New Line) 4 2.0 -42 29.2
Proj. U.S. Film (distributor) b.o.* 1. The Quest (Universal) $30 2. The Truth About Cats...(Fox) 28 3. Sunset Park (TriStar) 19 4. Primal Fear (Paramount) 55 5. Mullholland Falls (MGM/UA) 15 6. James and the...(Buena Vista) 28 7. The Birdcage (MGM/UA) 120 8. The Substitute (Orion) 15 9. Fear (Universal) 20 10. The Line Between...(New Line) 33
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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. Figures for Twentieth Century Fox include Fox Searchlight releases.
Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.
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