Market Share for Each Genre in 2010

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2010. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2010. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2009 will most likely earn money in 2009 and 2010.

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 2010

Rank	Genre	Movies	2010 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Adventure	30	$2,852,700,591	361,559,010	27.22%
2	Comedy	89	$2,205,995,583	279,593,869	21.05%
3	Drama	194	$1,692,632,657	214,533,310	16.15%
4	Action	30	$1,491,832,495	189,078,898	14.23%
5	Thriller/Suspense	50	$952,641,870	120,740,417	9.09%
6	Romantic Comedy	30	$517,406,269	65,577,472	4.94%
7	Horror	20	$489,836,658	62,083,230	4.67%
8	Western	2	$92,239,683	11,690,707	0.88%
9	Documentary	104	$90,907,226	11,521,832	0.87%
10	Black Comedy	8	$49,087,552	6,221,489	0.47%
11	Musical	6	$6,627,155	839,945	0.06%
12	Concert/Performance	2	$2,540,434	321,982	0.02%
13	Multiple Genres	3	$1,173,911	148,786	0.01%