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Market Share for Each Production Method in 2003

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Note: This chart ranks production methods by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003.

Top Grossing of 2003

RankProduction MethodMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Live Action 455 $7,780,130,038 1,290,236,929 84.63%
2 Animation/Live Action 7 $812,411,505 134,728,272 8.84%
3 Digital Animation 4 $339,997,660 56,384,353 3.70%
4 Hand Animation 15 $248,931,159 41,282,108 2.71%

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The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.