Domestic Market Share

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6-Oct. 19:

Distributor: Sony

Films: 33

Market share: 22.4%

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Distributor: Buena Vista

Films: 30

Market share: 15%

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Distributor: Warner Bros.

Films: 25

Market share: 11.5%

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Distributor: Universal

Films: 11

Market share: 11.2%

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Distributor: Paramount

Films: 24

Market share: 10.6%

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Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Films: 17

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: 6.1%

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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. 17-19, 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) 1 $15.8 -- $15.8 2 The Devil’s Advocate (Warner Bros.) 1 12.2 -- 12.2 3 Kiss the Girls (Paramount) 3 7.0 -37% 39.2 4 Seven Years in Tibet (Sony Pictures) 2 6.4 -36 19.8 5 In & Out (Paramount) 5 3.7 -29 53.1 6 Soul Food (20th Century Fox) 4 3.3 -41 35.2 7 Rocket Man (Buena Vista) 2 3.0 -33 8.7 8 The Peacemaker (Dreamworks SKG) 4 2.7 -49 35.7 9 L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.) 5 2.5 -31 26.9 10 Bean* 1 2.2 -- 2.2

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* PolyGram is distributing “Bean” in Canada, where it opened Oct. 17. Gramercy will distribute the film in the U.S., where it is to open Nov. 7.

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

Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases.

Source: Entertainment Data Inc.