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Sunday, November 8, 2009

US Movie Market Summary for 2003

Total Box Office Gross: $9,349,637,867
Tickets sold: 1,550,520,381
Average ticket price:$6.03

Top Grossing Movies of 2003

RankMovieRelease
Date
DistributorGenreMPAA2003 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Finding Nemo 5/30/2003 Buena Vista Adventure G $339,714,367 56,337,374 $404,502,345
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 7/9/2003 Buena Vista Adventure PG-13 $305,411,224 50,648,628 $363,657,149
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 12/17/2003 New Line Adventure PG-13 $290,410,961 48,161,022 $345,796,138
4 The Matrix Reloaded 5/15/2003 Warner Bros. Action R $281,553,689 46,692,154 $335,249,666
5 Bruce Almighty 5/23/2003 Universal Comedy PG-13 $242,701,167 40,248,950 $288,987,461
6 X2 5/2/2003 20th Century Fox Action PG-13 $214,948,780 35,646,564 $255,942,330
7 Elf 11/7/2003 New Line Comedy PG $170,837,644 28,331,284 $203,418,619
8 Chicago 12/27/2002 Miramax Musical PG-13 $168,606,379 27,961,257 $200,761,825
9 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 7/1/2003 Warner Bros. Action R $150,350,192 24,933,697 $179,023,944
10 Bad Boys II 7/18/2003 Sony Pictures Action R $138,540,870 22,975,269 $164,962,431

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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2003

RankDistributorMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Buena Vista 28 $1,523,980,232 252,733,039 16.33%
2 Sony Pictures 32 $1,197,369,611 198,568,759 12.83%
3 Warner Bros. 23 $1,185,250,477 196,558,951 12.70%
4 Universal 18 $1,088,810,078 180,565,518 11.67%
5 New Line 15 $965,288,253 160,080,971 10.35%
6 20th Century Fox 19 $805,519,707 133,585,360 8.63%
7 Paramount Pictures 22 $664,819,343 110,251,966 7.13%
8 Miramax 26 $410,573,063 68,088,401 4.40%
9 MGM 21 $367,043,868 60,869,630 3.93%
10 Miramax/Dimension 6 $294,162,114 48,783,103 3.15%

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Market Share for Each Genre in 2003

RankGenreMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 87 $2,486,254,533 412,314,183 26.65%
2 Adventure 39 $2,136,474,912 354,307,616 22.90%
3 Action 26 $1,813,569,043 300,757,720 19.44%
4 Drama 149 $1,149,079,297 190,560,414 12.32%
5 Romantic Comedy 24 $526,003,707 87,231,127 5.64%
6 Horror 16 $485,046,435 80,438,880 5.20%
7 Thriller/Suspense 19 $382,824,712 63,486,685 4.10%
8 Musical 5 $176,106,869 29,205,120 1.89%
9 Documentary 44 $86,914,139 14,413,621 .93%
10 Western 2 $84,450,484 14,005,055 .91%

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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2003

RankMPAARatingMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 PG-13 126 $4,555,535,360 755,478,501 48.73%
2 R 213 $2,687,220,537 445,641,881 28.74%
3 PG 56 $1,475,544,044 244,700,508 15.78%
4 G 20 $551,595,794 91,475,255 5.90%
5 Not Rated 194 $79,368,571 13,162,285 .85%

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Market Share for Each Source in 2003

RankSourceMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 199 $3,623,270,690 600,874,075 38.85%
2 Sequel 32 $1,987,346,615 329,576,553 21.31%
3 Based on Book/Short Story 62 $1,723,418,440 285,807,370 18.48%
4 Remake 12 $475,680,561 78,885,666 5.10%
5 Disney Ride 2 $375,833,975 62,327,360 4.03%
6 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 5 $330,180,359 54,756,279 3.54%
7 Based on TV 11 $221,044,910 36,657,531 2.37%
8 Based on Real Life Events 56 $205,626,452 34,100,573 2.20%
9 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $168,606,379 27,961,257 1.81%
10 Spin-Off 2 $105,564,359 17,506,527 1.13%

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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2003

RankProductionMethodMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Live Action 392 $7,890,680,776 1,308,570,611 84.58%
2 Animation/Live Action 6 $849,659,152 140,905,332 9.11%
3 Digital Animation 3 $340,198,342 56,417,635 3.65%
4 Hand Animation 12 $248,463,211 41,204,513 2.66%

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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2003

RankCreativeTypeMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Contemporary Fiction 195 $4,294,848,110 712,246,782 46.07%
2 Fantasy 24 $1,285,142,385 213,124,776 13.79%
3 Kids Fiction 22 $1,079,125,723 178,959,491 11.58%
4 Historical Fiction 42 $1,072,737,744 177,900,121 11.51%
5 Science Fiction 16 $751,115,349 124,563,078 8.06%
6 Super Hero 4 $516,114,945 85,591,202 5.54%
7 Dramatization 18 $233,581,930 38,736,639 2.51%
8 Factual 47 $89,571,633 14,854,334 .96%
9 Multiple Creative Types 1 $191,877 31,820 .00%

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