Market Share for Each Genre in 2006

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2006. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2006. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2005 will most likely earn money in 2005 and 2006.

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 2006

Rank	Genre	Movies	2006 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	139	$3,020,164,530	461,093,820	32.64%
2	Adventure	32	$1,797,241,796	274,388,062	19.42%
3	Drama	255	$1,575,057,282	240,466,770	17.02%
4	Action	31	$1,007,423,747	153,805,154	10.89%
5	Thriller/Suspense	35	$742,127,938	113,301,974	8.02%
6	Horror	28	$553,291,644	84,472,008	5.98%
7	Romantic Comedy	18	$344,572,667	52,606,514	3.72%
8	Documentary	108	$101,390,085	15,479,404	1.10%
9	Musical	6	$71,266,777	10,880,425	0.77%
10	Black Comedy	5	$32,134,153	4,905,978	0.35%
11	Concert/Performance	4	$2,468,469	376,866	0.03%
12	Multiple Genres	3	$748,135	114,219	0.01%
13	Western	2	$584,825	89,286	0.01%