1. XVII EUROVISIONI FESTIVAL 2003 GENERAL OVERVIEW ON THE EUROPEAN and US CINEMA EXHIBITION MARKET A statistical framework elaborated by MEDIA Salles MEDIA Salles is an initiative of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union with the support of the Italian Government www.mediasalles.it

2. GENERAL OVERVIEW WESTERN EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

3. GENERAL OVERVIEW

4. GENERAL OVERVIEW – YEAR 2001

5. WESTERN EUROPE - USA: NUMBER OF SCREENS Europe 1995 – 2002: + 35% Europe 2000 – 2002: + 7% USA 1995 – 2002: +27% USA 2000 – 2002: -5%

6. WESTERN EUROPE - USA: NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS ADMISSIONS 1995 – 2002 Europe: + 40% USA: + 30%

7. USA: THEATRES BY NUMBER OF SCREENS Source: MPPA

8. USA: NUMBER OF THEATRICAL FILMS PRODUCED, RATED & RELEASED Note: Films rated may be higher than films produced for a given year because films may be rated or rerated months or even years after production. Source: MPAA

9. USA: FILM RELEASED Source: MPPA

10. MARKET SHARES OF EUROPEAN FILMS IN USA Source: European Audiovisual Observatory THE TOP 10 EUROPEAN FILMS IN US BY ADMISSIONS - 2002 (1) 3.025.408 admissions in US in 2001.

11. AVERAGE MARKETING COSTS OF NEW FEATURE FILMS (MPAA Member Companies)* Source: MPAA * Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Universal Studios, Inc., Warner Bros. (US$ millions)

12. AVERAGE MARKETING COSTS OF NEW FEATURE FILMS (MPAA Member Subsidiaries/Affiliate)* * Subsidiaries include studio “classic” divisions such as Sony Pictures Classics, Fox Searchlight, New Line, Miramax, etc Source: MPAA (US$ millions)

13. ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A MAJOR EUROPEAN AND A MAJOR US FILM IN EUROPE

14. Sources: MEDIA Salles, European Audiovisual Observatory - LUMIERE

15. LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN

16. WHAT WOMEN WANT

17. LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN WHAT WOMEN WANT

18. EU: CONCENTRATION IN DISTRIBUTION IN 2001 (by Gross Box Office)

19. USA: DISTRIBUTORS’ BOX OFFICE REVENUES 1995 - 2002 Source: European Audiovisual Observatory

20. USA: TOP 10 EXHIBITION COMPANIES Source: N.A.T.O. (National Association of Theatre Owners), as of June 1, 2003.