Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE

Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to Oct. 9:

Buena Vista

Market share: 19.2%

Films: 31

Paramount

Market share: 15.2%

Films: 14

Warner Bros.

Market share: 14.6%

Films: 31

Universal

Market share: 13.8%

Films: 18

20th Century Fox

Market share: 11.0%

Films: 14

New Line

Market share: 5.8%

Films: 11

TriStar

Market share: 4.9%

Films: 12

Columbia

Market share: 4.7%

Films: 16

Miramax

Market share: 2.9%

Films: 19

Gramercy

Market share: 2.1%

Films: 11

TRACKING THE TOP 10

Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of Oct. 7-9, in millions of dollars: Rank: 1 Film: The Specialist Distributor: Warner Bros. Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 2,522 Weekend total: $14.3 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $14.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $75 *Rank: 2 Film: The River Wild Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 2,116 Weekend total: $7.1 % Change from last: -30 Box office to date: $20.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $43 *Rank: 3 Film: Only You Distributor: TriStar Weeks in release: 1 Screens: 1,600 Weekend total: $5.7 % Change from last: -- Box office to date: $5.7 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $30 *Rank: 4 Film: Forrest Gump Distributor: Paramount Weeks in release: 14 Screens: 2,324 Weekend total: $3.9 % Change from last: -10 Box office to date: $275.0 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $294 *Rank: 5 Film: Jason’s Lyric Distributor: Gramercy Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 790 Weekend total: $3.5 % Change from last: -31 Box office to date: $11.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $22 *Rank: 6 Film: Timecop Distributor: Universal Weeks in release: 4 Screens: 2,227 Weekend total: $3.2 % Change from last: -41 Box office to date: $36.2 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $43 *Rank: 7 Film: Quiz Show Distributor: Buena Vista Weeks in release: 4 Screens: 822 Weekend total: $3.2 % Change from last: -6 Box office to date: $12.6 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $30 *Rank: 8 Film: The Shawshank Redemption Distributor: Columbia Weeks in release: 3 Screens: 328 Weekend total: $2.0 % Change from last: +226 Box office to date: $3.9 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $20 *Rank: 9 Film: Ed Wood Distributor: Buena Vista Weeks in release: 2 Screens: 623 Weekend total: $1.9 % Change from last: +2,560 Box office to date: $2.3 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $12 *Rank: 10 Film: Terminal Velocity Distributor: Buena Vista Weeks in release: 3 Screens: 1,681 Weekend total: $1.6 % Change from last: -52 Box office to date: $13.1 Proj. U.S. B.O.*: $17 * 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.