Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-Oct 26:

Distributor: Sony

Films: 34

Market share: 22.6%

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Distributor: Buena Vista

Films: 30

Market share: 14.9%

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Distributor: Warner Bros.

Films: 24

Market share: 11.6%

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Distributor: Universal

Films: 11

Market share: 11.0%

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Distributor: Paramount

Films: 25

Market share: 10.7%

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Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Films: 18

Market share: 10.5%

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Distributor: New Line

Films: 25

Market share: 6.3%

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Distributor: Miramax

Films: 29

Market share: 6.0%

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Distributor: MGM/UA

Films: 15

Market share: 1.3%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of Oct. 24-26, in millions of dollars:

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% chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Film (Distributor) release total last to date 1 I Know What You Did...(Sony) 2 $12.5 -21% $32.8 2 The Devil’s Advocate (Warner Bros.) 2 10.2 -16 26.6 3 Kiss the Girls (Paramount) 4 5.1 -26% 46.4 4 Seven Years in Tibet (Sony Pictures) 3 4.7 -26 26.3 5 Gattaca (Sony) 1 4.3 -- 4.2 6 Fairy Tale: A True Story (Paramount) 1 3.53 -- 3.5 7 In & Out (Paramount) 6 3.5 -24 56.9 8 Rocket Man (Buena Vista) 3 2.1 -31 11.2 9 A Life Less Ordinary (20th Century) 1 2.0 -- 2.0 10 L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.) 6 2.0 -21 29.8

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Notes: Distributors receive roughly half of box-office revenue, on average.

Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases.

Source: Entertainment Data Inc.