Market Share for Each Genre in 1995

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1995. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1995. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1994 will most likely earn money in 1994 and 1995.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.

Top Grossing Genres of 1995

Rank	Genre	Movies	1995 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Drama	127	$1,511,956,562	347,576,223	28.57%
2	Comedy	65	$1,141,223,077	262,350,134	21.57%
3	Action	29	$1,048,365,444	241,003,551	19.81%
4	Adventure	25	$706,461,302	162,404,900	13.35%
5	Thriller/Suspense	18	$329,212,569	75,681,051	6.22%
6	Romantic Comedy	15	$265,764,627	61,095,316	5.02%
7	Horror	16	$147,196,046	33,838,170	2.78%
8	Documentary	9	$81,796,269	18,803,739	1.55%
9	Western	4	$35,933,002	8,260,460	0.68%
10	Black Comedy	3	$22,883,645	5,260,609	0.43%