The Times Film Index
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Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 6- April 13:
DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 16, 1997 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday April 16, 1997 Home Edition Business Part D Page 4 Financial Desk 1 inches; 28 words Type of Material: Correction
Miramax market share--The Times Film Index published in the Company Town section on Tuesday omitted Miramax’s market share for Jan. 6-April 13. Miramax’s market share for this time period was 9%.
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Distributor Films Market Share Sony 18 20.6% Fox 11 17.5% Universal 6 13.0% Buena Vista 18 12.6% Paramount 14 9.5% New Line 12 7.8% Warner 6 1.2%
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Tracking the Top 10
Total box-office grosses of the latest top 10 releases for the weekend of April 11-13, in millions of dollars:
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% Chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Film (Distributor) release total last to date 1 Anaconda (Columbia) 1 $16.6 -- $16.6 2 Liar Liar (Universal) 4 14.5 --21 120.0 3 The Saint (Paramount) 2 10.8 --34 31.4 4 Gross Pointe Blank (Buena Vista) 1 6.9 -- 6.9 5 The Devil’s Own (Columbia) 3 4.2 --40 35.6 6 That Old Feeling (Universal) 2 3.5 --32 10.1 7 Jungle 2 Jungle (Buena Vista) 6 2.2 --30 51.0 8 Double Team (Columbia) 2 2.1 --58 8.4 9 Scream (Miramax) 17 2.0 +1123 88.8 10 Selena (Warner) 4 1.8 --48 30.5
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* Distributors receive roughly half of box-office revenue, on average.
Note: Market share figures for Sony include Columbia, TriStar and Triumph releases. Figures for New Line include Fine Line releases. Sources: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.; box-office projections provided by Lisbeth R. Barron, Bear, Stearns & Co.
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