Market Share for Each Genre in 1998

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1998. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1998. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1997 will most likely earn money in 1997 and 1998.

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 1998

Rank	Genre	Movies	1998 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Drama	123	$1,571,983,307	335,177,677	23.19%
2	Adventure	20	$1,213,272,244	258,693,446	17.90%
3	Comedy	83	$1,171,683,515	249,825,908	17.29%
4	Action	31	$994,536,914	212,054,778	14.67%
5	Thriller/Suspense	19	$782,523,377	166,849,332	11.55%
6	Romantic Comedy	14	$500,453,447	106,706,491	7.38%
7	Horror	15	$317,637,319	67,726,507	4.69%
8	Documentary	12	$115,718,746	24,673,506	1.71%
9	Musical	7	$52,405,908	11,173,968	0.77%
10	Black Comedy	6	$45,982,332	9,804,334	0.68%