DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Domestic market share and number of films in release for U.S. distributors from Jan. 4 to Oct. 24, 1993:
* Warner Bros.
Market share: 19.1%
Films: 29
* Buena Vista
Market share: 15.2%
Films: 35
* Universal
Market share: 14.9%
Films: 17
* Columbia
Market share: 11.7%
Films: 22
* 20th Century Fox
Market share: 9.6%
Films: 20
* Paramount
Market share: 9.1%
Films: 11
* TriStar
Market share: 7.1%
Films: 11
* New Line
Market share: 3.9%
Films: 25
* Miramax
Market share: 3.1%
Films: 20
* MGM
Market share: 2.1%
Films: 9
TRACKING THE TOP 10
Total grosses of the latest Top 10 box office releases for the weekend ended Oct. 24, in millions of dollars:
% Chg. Wks. in Wknd. from Rank Film Distributor release Screens total last 1 The Beverly Fox 2 2,162 $7.2 -25 Hillbillies 2 Demolition Man Warner Bros. 3 2,258 7.1 -31 3 The Nightmare Before Buena Vista 2 563 6.2 +3,161 Christmas 4 Cool Runnings Buena Vista 4 1,828 5.4 -23 5 Rudy Tristar 2 1,460 5.0 +471 6 Malice Columbia 4 1,519 4.1 -25 7 The Joy Luck Club Buena Vista 7 566 2.6 -13 8 Judgment Night Universal 2 1,545 2.5 -39 9 The Good Son Fox 5 1,508 2.1 -35 10 The Age of Columbia 6 879 1.9 -28 Innocence
Box office Rank to date* 1 $18.9 2 39.5 3 6.6 4 33.3 5 6.4 6 32.7 7 18.6 8 7.8 9 38.1 10 25.0
* Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.
Source: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.
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