Market Share for Each Genre in 1996

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996.

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 1996

Rank	Genre	Movies	1996 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	84	$1,435,788,844	324,839,101	25.68%
2	Drama	119	$1,331,924,275	301,340,339	23.82%
3	Action	35	$1,232,397,345	278,822,927	22.04%
4	Adventure	23	$847,645,423	191,774,981	15.16%
5	Romantic Comedy	19	$348,598,460	78,868,427	6.23%
6	Thriller/Suspense	19	$281,943,466	63,788,114	5.04%
7	Horror	8	$94,800,900	21,448,169	1.70%
8	Documentary	6	$8,923,476	2,018,886	0.16%
9	Black Comedy	3	$2,564,512	580,207	0.05%
10	Western	1	$1,025,488	232,011	0.02%
11	Musical	2	$466,118	105,456	0.01%