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Market Share for Each Production Method in 1996

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Note: This chart ranks production methods 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.

Top Grossing of 1996

RankProduction MethodMovies1996 GrossTicketsShare
1 Live Action 323 $5,374,023,446 1,215,842,248 93.15%
2 Hand Animation 6 $167,987,145 38,006,139 2.91%
3 Animation/Live Action 3 $152,189,146 34,431,932 2.64%
4 Digital Animation 1 $41,648,011 9,422,626 0.72%
5 Stop-Motion Animation 2 $29,880,963 6,760,398 0.52%

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