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Market Share for Each Source in 2006

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Note: This chart ranks sources 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.

Top Grossing of 2006

RankSourceMovies2006 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 318 $4,079,038,935 622,753,873 44.44%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 95 $1,497,571,159 228,636,766 16.31%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 10 $724,283,895 110,577,689 7.89%
4 Based on Real Life Events 143 $720,242,174 109,960,566 7.85%
5 Remake 21 $718,269,284 109,659,422 7.83%
6 Based on Theme Park Ride 1 $423,315,812 64,628,368 4.61%
7 Based on TV 9 $411,697,251 62,854,538 4.49%
8 Based on Movie 2 $163,839,039 25,013,593 1.78%
9 Based on Play 11 $107,055,853 16,344,398 1.17%
10 Based on Factual Book/Article 3 $102,584,055 15,661,686 1.12%
11 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 5 $76,604,463 11,695,336 0.83%
12 Based on Religious Text 2 $49,672,533 7,583,591 0.54%
13 Based on Game 2 $49,388,052 7,540,159 0.54%
14 Based on Musical or Opera 3 $45,867,188 7,002,623 0.50%
15 Compilation 4 $3,058,815 466,993 0.03%

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

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.