Aside from the increase in box-office share allowed for foreign producers, the agreement increased the number of foreign films allowed to play in China and share in box office revenue from 20 to 34.
Disney is expected to gain market share riding on the success of its animated movies from a global box office market share of close to 8% in 2010.
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With a successful theater run for part 2, Time Warner can gain both domestic and global box office market share.
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Notably, during the time when the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies were released, Disney was close to its global box office market share peak.
Obvious examples of this include Box (you share files with someone who then signs up), and the WebEx, which at one point suggested that for every one presentation using the software, the company landed four sign-ups.
We anticipate that Disney will gain global box office market share in 2010, and we expect these gains to continue with the summer 2011 release of Cars 2, the animated sequel to its 2006 blockbuster Cars.
Founded in 2005, Box enables people to share files and content inside and outside a company on desktop and mobile devices.
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Independent studios, including the small-budget "specialty" divisions of the major studios, saw their share of box-office revenue decline to 19% in 2010, from 33% in 2001, according to an analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal by entertainment-research firmNash Information Services LLC.
And indeed with a list of status updates running down the page, a box at the top inviting you to "share what's new" and a box of profile photos to the side, it won't be difficult for new users to get the hang of the whole idea.
The deal nearly doubles the share of Chinese box-office receipts that movie producers may keep, to 25%, creating a bigger pot for Imax and other theater chains.
News Corp could adopt a strategy of launching films in this category, similar to what Disney has done using Pixar, improving its share in both box office sales and the DVD market.
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And so there is a land-grab afoot where the younger, nimbler Web software firms Salesforce, Workday, Netsuite, and Box are aiming to gain share from the giants including Oracle and SAP.
When it comes to movie tickets, state-owned distributor China Film Group has recently sought to deduct the cost of the tax entirely from foreign producers' share of the box office, said several people involved in international film distribution.
Other challenges Hollywood faces as it vies for its share of the Chinese box office -- now the world's second largest -- include rampant piracy and efforts by authorities to protect homegrown films.
First, we halved the box office of each film (to approximate the studio's share of ticket sales) and added those numbers to calculate gross box office.
But everyone knew that the new kid on the box had an agenda beyond taking its share of industry profits away from Nintendo and Sony.
Lure a city into subsidizing a stadium complete with luxury box riches and the lion's share of revenues, and you've got yourself a more profitable place to play.
Customers also receive a free 25 GB Box account, to make it simple to share, access and collaborate with their files.
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We currently forecast flat market share for Cisco in the set-top box business through the Trefis forecast period.
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Disney Infinity allows players the opportunity to share these unique creations in the "Toy Box" mode with friends both online and off.
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At first glance, the big box seems to be holding its own, having climbed in customer preference share over the past few years, as Home Depot has remained relatively stagnant.
Only in the world of personal computers could a company like Apple, essentially a has-been reduced to a miniscule market share, introduce a throwback model distinguished only by a differently colored plastic box, and have it treated by the media as if it was a history-making event.
Vivendi, by contrast, boasts not only the largest market share in music but, in the third quarter, in films too: its box-office takings were up 93% on the same period of 2000.
Finally a new mood message box at the top of the Skype app menu makes it easier than ever for users to share how they are feeling, what they've seen, or what they're up to.
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Users are more likely to calm down and actually share their concern when they can navigate easily and type their input into just one text box.
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