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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Mar. 12:

Sony

Market share: 21.7%

Films: 12

Warner Bros.

Market share: 16.5%

Films: 13

Buena Vista

Market share: 15.3%

Films: 20

Paramount

Market share: 13.7%

Films: 10

Universal

Market share: 8.4%

Films: 6

New Line

Market share: 8.2%

Films: 7

Miramax

Market share: 6.7%

Films: 14

Twentieth Century Fox

Market share: 4.0%

Films: 6

Samuel Goldwyn

Market share: 1.4%

Films: 5

Fine Line

Market share: 1.1%

Films: 5

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Mar. 10-12, in millions of dollars:

Rank: 1

Film: Outbreak

Distributor: Warner

Weeks in release: 1

Screens: 2,215

Weekend total: $13.4

% Change from last: --

Box office to date: $13.4

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $60

*

Rank: 2

Film: Man of the House

Distributor: Buena Vista

Weeks in release: 2

Screens: 2,054

Weekend total: $6.8

% Change from last: -28

Box office to date: $17.9

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $38

*

Rank: 3

Film: The Brady Bunch Movie

Distributor: Paramount

Weeks in release: 4

Screens: 1,941

Weekend total: $3.4

% Change from last: -41

Box office to date: $37.5

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $46

*

Rank: 4

Film: Just Cause

Distributor: Warner

Weeks in release: 4

Screens: 2,048

Weekend total: $3.1

% Change from last: -38

Box office to date: $30.6

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $40

*

Rank: 5

Film: Roommates

Distributor: Buena Vista

Weeks in release: 2

Screens: 1,272

Weekend total: 2.6

% Change from last: $-36

Box office to date: 7.7

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $18

*

Rank: 6

Film: Hideaway

Distributor: Tristar

Weeks in release: 2

Screens: 1,900

Weekend total: $2.5

% Change from last: -52

Box office to date: $9.1

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $16

*

Rank: 7

Film: Pulp Fiction

Distributor: Miramax

Weeks in release: 22

Screens: 1,063

Weekend total: $2.1

% Change from last: 0

Box office to date: $88.7

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $100

*

Rank: 8

Film: Forrest Gump

Distributor: Paramount

Weeks in release: 36

Screens: 1,103

Weekend total: $1.8

% Change from last: -11

Box office to date: $312.0

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $322

*

Rank: 9

Film: Billy Madison

Distributor: Universal

Weeks in release: 5

Screens: 1,397

Weekend total: $1.3

% Change from last: -36

Box office to date: $22.4

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $26

*

Rank: 10

Film: Legends of the Fall

Distributor: Tristar

Weeks in release: 12

Screens: 1,018

Weekend total: $1.3

% Change from last: -31

Box office to date: $61.5

Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $66

* Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.

Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, SBCI Swiss Bank Corp.