Market Share for Each Genre in 1997

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997.

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 1997

Rank	Genre	Movies	1997 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	80	$1,611,560,108	351,102,419	24.76%
2	Action	34	$1,464,454,446	319,053,259	22.50%
3	Drama	111	$1,080,783,289	235,464,770	16.61%
4	Adventure	13	$648,072,260	141,192,213	9.96%
5	Thriller/Suspense	23	$645,507,898	140,633,530	9.92%
6	Horror	10	$425,383,665	92,676,180	6.54%
7	Romantic Comedy	21	$331,483,903	72,218,718	5.09%
8	Musical	5	$116,326,316	25,343,424	1.79%
9	Black Comedy	5	$37,178,602	8,099,913	0.57%
10	Documentary	6	$7,950,971	1,732,238	0.12%