Market Share for Each Genre in 2011

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.

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 2011

Rank	Genre	Movies	2011 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Adventure	45	$2,459,461,650	310,146,490	24.10%
2	Action	45	$2,118,192,368	267,111,271	20.76%
3	Comedy	100	$1,859,044,039	234,431,784	18.22%
4	Drama	240	$1,496,353,627	188,690,946	14.66%
5	Thriller/Suspense	59	$933,437,302	117,709,618	9.15%
6	Romantic Comedy	33	$577,791,604	72,861,486	5.66%
7	Horror	28	$411,194,895	51,853,077	4.03%
8	Concert/Performance	4	$92,700,435	11,689,841	0.91%
9	Western	2	$84,669,662	10,677,133	0.83%
10	Documentary	135	$78,727,674	9,927,830	0.77%
11	Musical	4	$51,693,732	6,518,755	0.51%
12	Black Comedy	9	$35,730,791	4,505,775	0.35%
13	Multiple Genres	4	$1,477,553	186,324	0.01%