1.   A top studio like Warner Brothers has endured failures in the last year.

2.   But Paramount has been among the top four studios in share of U.S. box-office receipts in six of the eight years since Dolgen joined Lansing at the studio.

3.   But several top studio executives said that the less-than-stunning opening weekend domestically was an uneasy omen for overseas business.

4.   But top studio executives said Sony seemed a company almost paralyzed in its strategy, and pinned some of the blame on Schulhof and his two key associates.

5.   In many ways, Eisner faces a quandary, a top studio executive said.

6.   In the process, he has met top studio executives and he has met the pope.

7.   Most top studio executives found it riveting but uncommercial.

8.   Top studio drummer Kenny Aronoff replaces Dave Beyer.

9.   Top studio executives and producers often call him back within hours after learning of a new manuscript, he says.

10.   Top TV studios Paramount, Columbia TriStar and Spelling Television are on board, and McCormick believes he has three quality shows.