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DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Aug. 21:

Market share Films 19.9% Buena Vista 25 14.3% Warner Bros. 25 13.7% Universal 16 13.5% Paramount 12 11.9% 20th Century Fox 12 5.4% New Line 11 5.1% TriStar 9 5.0% Columbia 14 3.1% Miramax 17 2.0% Savoy 5

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Aug. 19-21, in millions of dollars:

% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank&Film; Distributor release Screens total last 1 Forrest Gump Paramount 7 2,230 $11.2 -20 2 Clear and Present Paramount 3 2,433 11.0 -31 Danger 3 The Mask New Line 4 2,516 7.6 -24 4 Color of Night Buena Vista 1 1,740 6.6 -- 5 True Lies Fox 6 1,860 5.2 -26 6 The Little Rascals Universal 3 1,927 4.7 -37 7 The Client Warner Bros. 5 2,210 4.4 -27 8 The Lion King Buena Vista 10 1,783 4.3 -28 9 In the Army Now Buena Vista 2 1,452 4.2 -34 10 Andre Paramount 1 1,469 4.0 --

Box Proj. office U.S. Rank&Film; to date B.O.* 1 Forrest Gump $206.7 $225 2 Clear and Present 73.5 120 Danger 3 The Mask 82.8 113 4 Color of Night 6.6 45 5 True Lies 121.0 145 6 The Little Rascals 32.2 50 7 The Client 73.8 91 8 The Lion King 251.4 300** 9 In the Army Now 14.1 30 10 Andre 5.5 28

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

** Includes Thanksgiving release

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