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Market Share for Each Source in 1998

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Note: This chart ranks sources 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.

Top Grossing of 1998

RankSourceMovies1998 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 191 $4,060,958,852 865,875,991 59.59%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 87 $1,156,477,263 246,583,597 16.97%
3 Based on TV 12 $452,408,769 96,462,419 6.64%
4 Remake 8 $410,431,044 87,511,945 6.02%
5 Based on Real Life Events 25 $215,716,598 45,994,996 3.17%
6 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 2 $186,297,219 39,722,221 2.73%
7 Based on Play 9 $81,547,351 17,387,491 1.20%
8 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 2 $70,182,363 14,964,255 1.03%
9 Based on Religious Text 1 $66,546,531 14,189,025 0.98%
10 Based on Movie 2 $36,504,810 7,783,540 0.54%
11 Based on Musical Group 1 $29,342,592 6,256,416 0.43%
12 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $28,350,476 6,044,877 0.42%
13 Based on Factual Book/Article 1 $5,255,544 1,120,585 0.08%
14 Based on Short Film 1 $2,568,855 547,730 0.04%
15 Based on Game 1 $867,503 184,968 0.01%
16 Based on Ballet 1 $653,815 139,406 0.01%

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