US Movie Market Summary for 2009
Total Box Office Gross: $10,647,323,069
Tickets sold: 1,419,643,081
Average ticket price:$7.50
Top Grossing Movies of 2009
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2009 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
|
6/24/2009
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$402,111,870 |
53,614,916 |
$423,021,687 |
| 2 |
Avatar
|
12/18/2009
|
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$352,114,898 |
46,948,653 |
$370,424,872 |
| 3 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
7/15/2009
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$301,959,197 |
40,261,226 |
$317,661,073 |
| 4 |
Up
|
5/29/2009
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$293,004,164 |
39,067,222 |
$308,240,382 |
| 5 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
|
11/20/2009
|
Summit Entertainment
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$287,954,655 |
38,393,954 |
$302,928,297 |
| 6 |
The Hangover
|
6/5/2009
|
Warner Bros.
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$277,322,503 |
36,976,334 |
$291,743,275 |
| 7 |
Star Trek
|
5/8/2009
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$257,730,019 |
34,364,003 |
$271,131,984 |
| 8 |
The Blind Side
|
11/20/2009
|
Warner Bros.
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$208,476,067 |
27,796,809 |
$219,316,823 |
| 9 |
Monsters vs. Aliens
|
3/27/2009
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$198,351,526 |
26,446,870 |
$208,665,804 |
| 10 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
|
7/1/2009
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$196,573,705 |
26,209,827 |
$206,795,535 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2009
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros.
|
36 |
$2,132,496,426 |
284,332,858 |
20.04% |
| 2 |
20th Century Fox
|
23 |
$1,461,617,662 |
194,882,356 |
13.73% |
| 3 |
Paramount Pictures
|
16 |
$1,460,075,602 |
194,676,748 |
13.72% |
| 4 |
Sony Pictures
|
23 |
$1,447,931,681 |
193,057,557 |
13.61% |
| 5 |
Walt Disney Pictures
|
23 |
$1,205,647,954 |
160,753,063 |
11.33% |
| 6 |
Universal
|
21 |
$897,573,345 |
119,676,446 |
8.43% |
| 7 |
Summit Entertainment
|
11 |
$480,388,885 |
64,051,852 |
4.51% |
| 8 |
Lionsgate
|
12 |
$402,012,617 |
53,601,684 |
3.78% |
| 9 |
Fox Searchlight
|
11 |
$246,172,026 |
32,822,937 |
2.31% |
| 10 |
Weinstein Co.
|
9 |
$175,070,403 |
23,342,721 |
1.65% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2009
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
102 |
$2,213,237,304 |
295,098,304 |
20.83% |
| 2 |
Adventure
|
35 |
$2,057,654,749 |
274,353,966 |
19.37% |
| 3 |
Action
|
32 |
$2,041,444,903 |
272,192,652 |
19.21% |
| 4 |
Drama
|
171 |
$1,820,184,744 |
242,691,300 |
17.13% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
51 |
$965,341,597 |
128,712,216 |
9.09% |
| 6 |
Romantic Comedy
|
25 |
$635,978,484 |
84,797,132 |
5.99% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
23 |
$584,630,728 |
77,950,765 |
5.50% |
| 8 |
Documentary
|
86 |
$194,238,821 |
25,898,510 |
1.83% |
| 9 |
Black Comedy
|
6 |
$54,218,510 |
7,229,134 |
.51% |
| 10 |
Musical
|
8 |
$37,972,979 |
5,063,064 |
.36% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2009
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
142 |
$4,808,929,969 |
641,190,666 |
45.26% |
| 2 |
R
|
184 |
$2,733,819,959 |
364,509,333 |
25.73% |
| 3 |
PG
|
65 |
$2,717,469,054 |
362,329,208 |
25.58% |
| 4 |
G
|
15 |
$298,233,758 |
39,764,500 |
2.81% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
116 |
$66,773,394 |
8,903,118 |
.63% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2009
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
238 |
$4,773,618,584 |
636,482,477 |
45.12% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
75 |
$2,524,528,826 |
336,603,846 |
23.86% |
| 3 |
Based on TV
|
13 |
$1,088,967,544 |
145,195,673 |
10.29% |
| 4 |
Remake
|
19 |
$424,394,173 |
56,585,892 |
4.01% |
| 5 |
Based on Magazine Article
|
6 |
$405,197,728 |
54,026,364 |
3.83% |
| 6 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
7 |
$378,553,324 |
50,473,776 |
3.58% |
| 7 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
104 |
$362,232,717 |
48,297,697 |
3.42% |
| 8 |
Spin-Off
|
2 |
$244,885,176 |
32,651,357 |
2.31% |
| 9 |
Based on Play
|
8 |
$172,029,371 |
22,937,249 |
1.63% |
| 10 |
Based on Toy
|
1 |
$150,201,498 |
20,026,866 |
1.42% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2009
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
462 |
$7,732,292,671 |
1,030,972,362 |
72.82% |
| 2 |
Animation/Live Action
|
7 |
$1,597,387,403 |
212,984,987 |
15.04% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
17 |
$1,089,830,286 |
145,310,704 |
10.26% |
| 4 |
Hand Animation
|
3 |
$103,013,146 |
13,735,086 |
.97% |
| 5 |
Stop-Motion Animation
|
5 |
$94,884,130 |
12,651,218 |
.89% |
| 6 |
Multiple Production Methods
|
1 |
$644,635 |
85,951 |
.01% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2009
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2009 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
240 |
$4,001,440,919 |
533,525,456 |
37.69% |
| 2 |
Fantasy
|
46 |
$2,188,919,641 |
291,855,952 |
20.62% |
| 3 |
Science Fiction
|
27 |
$1,735,948,536 |
231,459,808 |
16.35% |
| 4 |
Kids Fiction
|
18 |
$1,110,875,997 |
148,116,800 |
10.46% |
| 5 |
Dramatization
|
28 |
$551,671,151 |
73,556,155 |
5.20% |
| 6 |
Historical Fiction
|
40 |
$512,992,058 |
68,398,942 |
4.83% |
| 7 |
Super Hero
|
6 |
$311,996,031 |
41,599,470 |
2.94% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
83 |
$202,444,348 |
26,992,580 |
1.91% |
| 9 |
Multiple Creative Types
|
1 |
$644,635 |
85,951 |
.01% |
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
