Market Share for Each Genre in 2009

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009.

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 2009

Rank	Genre	Movies	2009 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Comedy	103	$2,205,311,193	294,041,489	20.71%
2	Adventure	35	$2,057,654,749	274,353,966	19.32%
3	Action	31	$2,041,423,203	272,189,759	19.17%
4	Drama	173	$1,829,432,177	243,924,291	17.18%
5	Thriller/Suspense	51	$965,341,597	128,712,216	9.07%
6	Romantic Comedy	25	$635,978,484	84,797,132	5.97%
7	Horror	23	$584,630,728	77,950,765	5.49%
8	Documentary	87	$194,294,334	25,905,912	1.82%
9	Black Comedy	6	$54,218,510	7,229,134	0.51%
10	Musical	8	$37,972,979	5,063,064	0.36%
11	Concert/Performance	2	$19,707,597	2,627,680	0.19%
12	Multiple Genres	1	$644,635	85,951	0.01%
13	Western	2	$169,906	22,654	0.00%