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Market Share for Each Production Method in 2008

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Note: This chart ranks production methods by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008.

Top Grossing of 2008

RankProduction MethodMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 Live Action 709 $8,490,140,656 1,182,470,564 87.07%
2 Digital Animation 18 $1,044,783,262 145,512,987 10.71%
3 Animation/Live Action 4 $213,408,636 29,722,650 2.19%
4 Stop-Motion Animation 1 $1,203,250 167,583 0.01%
5 Multiple Production Methods 1 $508,695 70,848 0.01%
6 Hand Animation 3 $304,904 42,465 0.00%

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