31.   But studio executives can fall in one day.

32.   But studio executives rarely do.

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

34.   But studio executives privately admit that a recent spate of high-profile disappointments has stirred uncertainty about tackling less predictable stories involving black issues.

35.   But studio executives said unpredictability was just the nature of such a risky business.

36.   But studio executives say Cruise may stay longer in view of the departure of Jennifer Jason Leigh, who apparently played a small but significant role in the movie.

37.   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.

38.   But various networks and television studio executives said they did look for episodes that might satisfy the interests of the drug office.

39.   By Saturday some film studio executives were talking to his British manager.

40.   Canton, echoing the views of studio executives, pointed to another financial and creative risk of making blockbusters.