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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Domestic Theatrical Market Summary for 2000

Total Box Office Gross: $7,479,790,948
Tickets Sold: 1,387,716,318
Average Ticket Price: $5.39

Top Grossing Movies of 2000

RankMovieRelease
Date
DistributorGenreMPAA2000 GrossTickets Sold
1 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Nov 17 Universal Comedy PG $253,367,455 47,006,949
2 Mission: Impossible 2 May 24 Paramount Pictures Action PG-13 $215,397,307 39,962,395
3 Gladiator May 5 Sony Pictures Action R $186,610,052 34,621,531
4 The Perfect Storm Jun 30 Warner Bros. Drama PG-13 $182,618,434 33,880,971
5 Meet the Parents Oct 6 Universal Comedy PG-13 $161,325,490 29,930,518
6 X-Men Jul 14 20th Century Fox Action PG-13 $157,299,717 29,183,621
7 Scary Movie Jul 7 Miramax/Dimension Comedy R $156,997,084 29,127,474
8 What Lies Beneath Jul 21 Dreamworks SKG Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $155,370,362 28,825,670
9 Dinosaur May 19 Walt Disney Adventure PG $137,748,063 25,556,227
10 Erin Brockovich Mar 17 Universal Drama R $125,548,685 23,292,891
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2000

RankDistributorMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Walt Disney 29 $1,111,384,297 206,193,748 14.86%
2 Universal 20 $1,070,874,575 198,678,029 14.32%
3 Sony Pictures 30 $855,858,577 158,786,379 11.44%
4 Warner Bros. 27 $850,479,541 157,788,412 11.37%
5 Paramount Pictures 19 $785,486,684 145,730,368 10.50%
6 20th Century Fox 21 $730,350,096 135,500,942 9.76%
7 Dreamworks SKG 11 $582,200,889 108,015,008 7.78%
8 New Line 17 $373,949,533 69,378,392 5.00%
9 Miramax 26 $307,929,884 57,129,848 4.12%
10 Miramax/Dimension 2 $169,798,274 31,502,463 2.27%
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2000

RankGenreMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
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%

Market Share for Each MPAA Rating in 2000

RankMPAA RatingMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 PG-13 99 $3,162,096,723 586,659,875 42.28%
2 R 224 $2,567,009,545 476,254,086 34.32%
3 PG 34 $1,088,366,061 201,923,202 14.55%
4 G 22 $512,825,999 95,143,971 6.86%
5 Not Rated 230 $144,850,520 26,873,940 1.94%
6 Open 1 $2,844,978 527,825 0.04%
7 NC-17 1 $1,160,268 215,263 0.02%

Market Share for Each Type of Source Material in 2000

RankSource MaterialMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 230 $4,429,727,418 821,841,821 59.22%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 60 $1,022,911,024 189,779,411 13.68%
3 Based on Real Life Events 53 $599,793,918 111,279,022 8.02%
4 Based on TV 10 $526,516,810 97,684,009 7.04%
5 Remake 9 $358,715,442 66,552,029 4.80%
6 Based on Factual Book/Article 3 $214,626,316 39,819,353 2.87%
7 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 1 $157,299,717 29,183,621 2.10%
8 Compilation 2 $67,320,181 12,489,830 0.90%
9 Spin-Off 1 $45,542,421 8,449,429 0.61%
10 243 $25,119,369 4,660,366 0.34%

Market Share for Each Production Method in 2000

RankProduction MethodMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Live Action 381 $6,839,116,142 1,268,852,718 91.43%
2 Hand Animation 9 $282,676,133 52,444,552 3.78%
3 Digital Animation 4 $200,827,416 37,259,260 2.68%
4 Stop-Motion Animation 2 $111,549,999 20,695,732 1.49%
5 Animation/Live Action 3 $26,570,816 4,929,650 0.36%

Market Share for Each Creative Type in 2000

RankCreative TypeMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Contemporary Fiction 195 $3,675,864,212 681,978,515 49.14%
2 Kids Fiction 20 $1,095,655,958 203,275,689 14.65%
3 Historical Fiction 42 $690,060,590 128,026,082 9.23%
4 Science Fiction 18 $564,853,093 104,796,492 7.55%
5 Dramatization 24 $517,958,312 96,096,165 6.92%
6 Fantasy 16 $291,415,386 54,065,934 3.90%
7 Super Hero 3 $247,346,509 45,889,890 3.31%
8 Factual 40 $152,678,527 28,326,259 2.04%