Market Share for Each Genre in 2012

Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2012. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2012. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2011 will most likely earn money in 2011 and 2012.

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 2012

Rank	Genre	Movies	2012 Gross	Tickets	Share
1	Adventure	38	$3,074,594,618	392,615,098	28.71%
2	Comedy	103	$1,635,193,859	208,810,758	15.27%
3	Drama	224	$1,593,583,250	203,447,601	14.88%
4	Action	45	$1,587,086,337	202,466,410	14.82%
5	Thriller/Suspense	61	$1,526,540,399	194,797,622	14.25%
6	Horror	33	$413,579,089	52,733,479	3.86%
7	Romantic Comedy	29	$339,815,957	43,384,541	3.17%
8	Musical	6	$217,923,733	27,781,862	2.03%
9	Documentary	141	$130,352,533	16,647,351	1.22%
10	Black Comedy	13	$92,398,481	11,800,560	0.86%
11	Western	2	$64,014,415	8,175,531	0.60%
12	Concert/Performance	4	$28,346,956	3,620,288	0.26%
13	Multiple Genres	2	$1,900,200	239,621	0.02%