Market Share for Each Genre in 2007

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2007. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2007. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2006 will most likely earn money in 2006 and 2007.

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 2007

Rank	Genre	Movies	2007 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	144	$2,271,166,643	330,111,429	23.59%
2	Adventure	30	$2,006,474,600	291,638,750	20.84%
3	Action	38	$1,477,432,837	214,743,146	15.34%
4	Drama	244	$1,247,876,781	181,377,440	12.96%
5	Thriller/Suspense	55	$824,393,036	119,824,571	8.56%
6	Romantic Comedy	36	$726,492,406	105,594,831	7.54%
7	Horror	31	$689,177,574	100,171,155	7.16%
8	Musical	11	$251,653,397	36,577,529	2.61%
9	Documentary	108	$71,658,525	10,415,486	0.74%
10	Western	4	$57,964,064	8,425,010	0.60%
11	Black Comedy	2	$2,429,282	353,093	0.03%
12	Multiple Genres	2	$335,887	48,821	0.00%
13	Concert/Performance	3	$191,414	27,822	0.00%