Market Share for Each Genre in 2000

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2000. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2000. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1999 will most likely earn money in 1999 and 2000.

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 2000

Rank	Genre	Movies	2000 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	81	$2,032,641,817	377,113,511	27.18%
2	Drama	155	$1,762,021,538	326,905,664	23.56%
3	Action	28	$1,130,271,062	209,697,785	15.11%
4	Adventure	21	$897,690,313	166,547,368	12.00%
5	Thriller/Suspense	21	$569,881,367	105,729,382	7.62%
6	Romantic Comedy	23	$373,419,771	69,280,106	4.99%
7	Horror	12	$332,969,478	61,775,414	4.45%
8	Documentary	37	$112,946,062	20,954,744	1.51%
9	Musical	9	$92,875,550	17,231,085	1.24%
10	Western	4	$66,116,168	12,266,450	0.88%
11	Black Comedy	7	$51,170,528	9,493,603	0.68%
12	Concert/Performance	2	$38,847,717	7,207,369	0.52%