they want to know if regal entertainment, amc and cinemark kept movies out of competing locations. julia boorstin has more. >> as the summer movie season heats up three movie theater chains have received inquiries from the department of justice. a practice calls clearances deals with movie studies with exclusive rights to play particular mories in a particular markpa. >> the d.o.j. is looking out for the mom and pop type of small business owners. so the independent theaters are often much smaller than the three largest exhibitor chains in the u.s. so this is a issue they'll look into. >> disclosing on tuesday the d.o.j. contacted it related to a anti-trust probe after the two largest chains received a civil investigative demand looking into whether they violated anti-trust law. the concern is the agreements

>> top picks are not necessarily things we're buying this second are cinemark, the movie theater chainat stands to benefit from improved movie lineup throughout the summer into the end of the year. they have nice exposure in latin america which gives a unique secular growth story compared to the other theater chain. that's one that we like, we like eagle materials, they like cement and wall board, and then -- >> jarreden, you like. >> thank you so much. i know you're a busy guy, especially on the russell reconstituting day. the exact volume, we are over 3 billion shares on the big board. we're watching it all. it's a slightly mixed and mostly down picture. eric marshall, hodges mutual fund portfolio manager on this friday. that will do it for "countdown to the closing bell," now over to david and melissa. david: happy friday to you. melissa: islamic extremists strike abroad and homeland security tells us to stay vigilant. david: the supreme court forcing all states to accept gay marriage. the vote was close and the dissents are loud. looks like a down week, a two-week winning streak, y

that could hinge on the outcome of the federal investigation into the big three amc entertainment, cinemarkal entertainment. the big three under investigation for allegedly keeping films from smaller chains. wall street analyst says the inquiry could pressure the movie chained to open their doors to hastings. this would be a big, big move for netflix because you are not seeing some of the bake out tours and actresses want to be on the original programming just on netflix. what they bring in those big stars? bradley cooper, and the stone, tanning chained him. they would report easily would it take to get into movie theaters. >> they want in on it. nicole: yesterday disclosed that 600. sandra: unbelievable they are. nicole, thank you. turning to sports and hockey, if he didn't stay up last night, it was a good one. game one goes to chicago. trailing one to nothing by race past the tampa bay lightning to score goals in the third. the eventual game-winning goal to seal the combat game this saturday. lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers take on staff curry and the golden state warriors. the

names like regal and cinemark are getting a big pop as "jurassic world" smashed estimates, turning inorldwide opening weekend of all time. our next guest says the blockbuster hit may have just saved the summer box office. paul dergarabedian is the senior analyst at renttrack. he joins us from los angeles. i do apologize for that. but good to see you. >> don't worry about it. it's great to see you, mandy. thank you. >> good to see you again. why do you say this is going to save the summer box office? >> i'll tell you, all it takes is one big record-breaking half billion-dollar opening to turn things around and "jurassic world," unbelievable. it really obliterated all expectations. so let's break it down really quick. first of all north america, biggest opening weekend of all time with $208.8 million. internationally, $315.3 million for a worldwide. and this is the big number. worldwide first weekend total of $524.1 million. if that can't turn things around, i don't know what will. >> which of the studios are going to win out of this do you think? over the course of the summer. >> well

justice department is continuing its probe into the largest theater chains amc and sin cinemark.ifications could impact ticket prices and profits. joining us right now with his reaction to all of this is hollywood veteran, mike metevoi, ceo of phoenix pictures. mike, welcome to the program. >> thank you. i like the veteran part of it. >> well listen we're looking at some of the movies you guys have produced talking about "black swan," "shutter island" and "holes." these are major pictures. have you ever had any trouble getting these pictures distributed to independent theaters? >> i mean you have two separate issues here, right? you have the issue about the theaters in their relationship to the studios in what they can release and what sort of difficulties people have in terms of getting them into the theaters. and then you have the issue of the european union deciding on whether to have, you know, a single market. >> right. >> when in effect, they're really 28 -- you know there are 28 different countries, every single one of them with different rules. >> and we'll get to that pi