Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to May 1:
Warner Bros.
Market share: 18.7%
Films: 19
Buena Vista
Market share: 16.7%
Films: 19
Universal
Market share: 15.7%
Films: 11
20th Century Fox
Market share: 10.0%
Films: 8
TriStar
Market share: 8.8%
Films: 7
Paramount
Market share: 8.1%
Films: 7
New Line
Market share: 6.9%
Films: 13
Savoy
Market share: 3.7%
Films: 5
Miramax
Market share: 3.2%
Films: 10
Columbia
Market share: 2.9%
Films: 7
TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of May 1, in millions of dollars: Rank: 1 Film: No Escape Distributor: Savoy Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,763 Weekend total: $4.6 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $4.6 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $19.0
*Rank: 2 Film: With Honors Distributor: Warner Bros. Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,102 Weekend total: $4.3 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $4.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $23.0
*Rank: 3 Film: Four Weddings & a Funeral Distributor: Gramercy Weeks in release: 8 Screens: 1,002 Weekend total: $4.0 % Change from last: -9 Box office to date: $25.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $43.0
*Rank: 4 Film: Bad Girls Distributor: Fox Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 2,012 Weekend total: $2.8 % Change from last: -45 Box office to date: $9.4 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $16.0
*Rank: 5 Film: You So Crazy Distributor: S. Goldwyn Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 417 Weekend total: $2.5 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $3.2 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $20.0
*Rank: 6 Film: PCU Distributor: Fox Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,741 Weekend total: $2.1 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $2.1 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $9.0
*Rank: 7 Film: D2: The Mighty Ducks Distributor: Buena Vista Weeks in release: 6 Screens: 1,561 Weekend total: $1.7 % Change from last: -24 Box office to date: $39.6 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $44.0
*Rank: 8 Film: The Paper Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 7 Screens: 1,239 Weekend total: $1.5 % Change from last: -36 Box office to date: $31.5 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $35.0
*Rank: 9 Film: Schindler’s List Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 20 Screens: 1,203 Weekend total: $1.5 % Change from last: -10 Box office to date: $87.8 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $95.0
*Rank: 10 Film: The Favor Distributor: Orion Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,029 Weekend total: $1.5 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $1.5 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $8.0
* 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, S.G. Warburg & Co.
