Market Share for Each Genre in 2005

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005.

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 2005

Rank	Genre	Movies	2005 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	136	$2,355,731,745	367,508,853	26.38%
2	Adventure	36	$2,126,516,617	331,749,862	23.81%
3	Drama	265	$1,431,841,239	223,376,165	16.03%
4	Action	42	$1,370,217,034	213,762,406	15.34%
5	Horror	29	$512,090,674	79,889,342	5.73%
6	Thriller/Suspense	27	$444,985,038	69,420,441	4.98%
7	Romantic Comedy	15	$439,261,020	68,527,461	4.92%
8	Documentary	97	$155,673,323	24,286,012	1.74%
9	Musical	7	$82,671,918	12,897,336	0.93%
10	Black Comedy	6	$9,312,189	1,452,759	0.10%
11	Concert/Performance	3	$1,168,545	182,301	0.01%