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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

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Year-to-date domestic market share of film distributors for week ended July 25:

Universal: 17.0%

Buena Vista: 16.4%

Warner Bros.: 15.2%

Columbia: 11.2%

Paramount: 10.7%

20th Century Fox: 7.4%

TriStar: 7.3%

New Line: 4.6%

Miramax: 3.8%

MGM: 2.2%

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the week ended July 25, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 Poetic Justice Columbia 1 1,273 $11.7 -- 2 In the Line of Columbia 3 2,129 11.2 -14 Fire 3 The Firm Paramount 4 2,393 10.0 -25 4 Free Willy Warner Bros. 2 1,937 8.6 +10 5 Jurassic Park Universal 7 2,352 8.4 -23 6 Coneheads Paramount 1 1,978 7.1 -- 7 Sleepless in Tristar 5 1,615 5.8 -22 Seattle 8 Hocus Pocus Buena Vista 2 1,472 5.5 -32 9 Another Stakeout Buena Vista 1 1,185 5.4 -- 10 Rookie of the Fox 3 1,544 4.5 -32 Year

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank to date B.O.* 1 $ 11.7 $ 51.0 2 54.1 96.0 3 112.9 151.0 4 22.6 61.0 5 270.9 308.0 6 7.1 33.0 7 81.7 106.0 8 18.7 38.0 9 5.4 27.0 10 33.5 50.0

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

Source: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; Box office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, S.G. Warburg & Co. Inc.

Coming Attractions . . . ‘Rising Sun’

* Distributor: Fox

* Release date: Friday, on 1,350 screens

* Production cost: $40 million

* Cast: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Tia Carrere

* Director: Phillip Kaufman

* Synopsis: A crime exposes mystery and intrigue in the Japanese business world. Drama. Rated R.

* Prognosis: Good. Film is based on a best-selling novel and boasts potent star power.

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