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Market Share for Each Production Method in 2010

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Note: This chart ranks production methods 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.

Top Grossing of 2010

RankProduction MethodMovies2010 GrossTicketsShare
1 Live Action 560 $7,252,969,141 919,260,753 69.18%
2 Animation/Live Action 15 $1,679,217,923 212,828,632 16.02%
3 Digital Animation 16 $1,519,709,589 192,612,112 14.50%
4 Hand Animation 5 $19,522,207 2,474,295 0.19%
5 Stop-Motion Animation 3 $2,028,241 257,063 0.02%
6 Multiple Production Methods 2 $1,033,820 131,028 0.01%

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