Market Share for Each Genre in 2001

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001.

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 2001

Rank	Genre	Movies	2001 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Adventure	24	$1,950,517,003	344,614,310	24.00%
2	Comedy	91	$1,720,770,449	304,023,049	21.17%
3	Drama	141	$1,478,391,113	261,199,839	18.19%
4	Action	28	$1,269,922,233	224,367,885	15.62%
5	Thriller/Suspense	22	$620,909,355	109,701,300	7.64%
6	Romantic Comedy	22	$520,172,779	91,903,317	6.40%
7	Horror	13	$390,803,639	69,046,580	4.81%
8	Musical	7	$69,746,339	12,322,674	0.86%
9	Black Comedy	3	$47,122,178	8,325,473	0.58%
10	Western	4	$20,993,355	3,709,073	0.26%
11	Documentary	19	$20,841,339	3,682,216	0.26%
12	Concert/Performance	3	$3,089,728	545,889	0.04%