Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-Dec. 21:

Distributor: Sony

Films: 37

Market share: 20.8

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Distributor: Buena Vista

Films: 35

Market share: 14.3

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Distributor: Paramount

Films: 29

Market share: 11.6%

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Distributor: Warner Bros.

Films: 28

Market share: 11.1

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Distributor: 20th Century

Films: 22

Market share: 10.6%

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Distributor: Universal

Films: 13

Market share: 10.2% *

Distributor: Miramax

Films: 34

Market share: 6.5%

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Distributor: New Line

Films: 31

Market share: 6.2%

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Distributor: MGM/UA

Films: 18

Market share: 2.5%

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Distributor: DreamWorks SKG

Films: 3

Market share: 1.4

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Distributor: Gramercy

Films: 14

Market share: 1.3%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of Dec. 26-28, 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) 2 $35.5 +24% $88.4 2 Tomorrow Never Dies (MGM/UA) 2 20.5 -19 62.2 3 As Good as It Gets (Sony) 1 12.6 -- 16.2 4 Mouse Hunt (DreamWorks SKG) 2 9.7 +60 21.5 5 Jackie Brown (Miramax) 1 9.3 -- 12.9 6 Scream 2 (Miramax) 3 9.1 -35 71.1 7 An American Werewolf in Paris (Buena Vista) 1 7.6 -- 11.0 8 Flubber (Buena Vista) 5 5.4 +26 73.1 9 The Postman (Warner Bros.) 1 5.3 -- 6.8 10 Mr. Magoo (Buena Vista) 1 5.2 -- 6.5

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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.

Sources: Entertainment Data Inc.