Company Town
- Share via
DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 3 to July 17:
Market share Films 19.7% Buena Vista 23 16.0% Universal 15 15.5% Warner Bros. 23 10.9% 20th Century Fox 11 9.0% Paramount 9 5.7% Columbia 12 5.6% TriStar 8 4.0% Miramax 16 3.9% New Line 9 2.6% Savoy 5
TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend of July 15-17, in millions of dollars:
% Chg. Box Wks. in Wknd. from office Rank&Film; Distributor release Screens total last to date 1 True Lies Fox 1 2,368 $27.5 -- $27.5 2 Forrest Gump Paramount 2 2,014 24.1 -1 72.1 3 The Lion King Buena Vista 5 2,624 16.9 -31 174.3 4 Angels in the Buena Vista 1 1,894 8.9 -- 8.9 Outfield 5 Speed Fox 6 1,903 5.1 -33 93.5 6 I Love Trouble Buena Vista 3 1,633 3.4 -34 23.1 7 Blown Away MGM/UA 3 1,862 2.5 -56 23.8 8 The Shadow Universal 3 1,671 2.5 -54 24.7 9 Wolf Columbia 5 1,752 2.1 -51 59.5 10 The Flintstones Universal 8 1,298 1.4 -47 119.5
Proj. U.S. Rank&Film; B.O.* 1 True Lies $150.0 2 Forrest Gump 165.0 3 The Lion King 240.0 4 Angels in the 30.0 Outfield 5 Speed 111.0 6 I Love Trouble 33.0 7 Blown Away 28.0 8 The Shadow 29.0 9 Wolf 64.0 10 The Flintstones 122.0
* 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, SBCI Swiss Bank Corp.
More to Read
Only good movies
Get the Indie Focus newsletter, Mark Olsen's weekly guide to the world of cinema.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.