Market Share for Each Genre in 2002

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002.

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 2002

Rank	Genre	Movies	2002 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Adventure	35	$2,213,055,222	380,904,514	24.09%
2	Comedy	87	$1,920,712,286	330,587,311	20.91%
3	Drama	152	$1,581,733,887	272,243,354	17.22%
4	Action	27	$1,392,842,445	239,731,916	15.16%
5	Thriller/Suspense	32	$977,240,795	168,199,791	10.64%
6	Romantic Comedy	22	$552,930,065	95,168,685	6.02%
7	Horror	11	$296,701,842	51,067,443	3.23%
8	Documentary	26	$98,926,619	17,026,956	1.08%
9	Black Comedy	4	$57,640,692	9,920,945	0.63%
10	Musical	7	$55,726,169	9,591,424	0.61%
11	Concert/Performance	3	$20,455,494	3,520,739	0.22%
12	Multiple Genres	1	$385,550	66,360	0.00%