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Market Share for Each Source in 2014

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2014. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2014. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2013 will most likely earn money in 2013 and 2014.

Top Grossing of 2014

RankSourceMovies2014 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 391 $3,549,660,243 434,474,734 34.56%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 75 $1,947,758,515 238,403,695 18.96%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 15 $1,468,155,703 179,700,813 14.29%
4 Based on TV 9 $711,444,627 87,080,122 6.93%
5 Based on Factual Book/Article 20 $664,172,887 81,294,100 6.47%
6 Spin-Off 5 $413,841,509 50,653,793 4.03%
7 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 6 $286,675,493 35,088,797 2.79%
8 Based on Real Life Events 197 $278,586,849 34,098,664 2.71%
9 Based on Toy 1 $257,784,718 31,552,597 2.51%
10 Based on Religious Text 6 $216,743,320 26,529,167 2.11%
11 Remake 5 $145,014,165 17,749,589 1.41%
12 Based on Short Film 5 $95,176,059 11,649,454 0.93%
13 Based on Game 2 $94,424,517 11,557,467 0.92%
14 Based on Play 11 $88,606,421 10,845,334 0.86%
15 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $47,047,013 5,758,508 0.46%
16 Based on Movie 3 $4,320,229 528,790 0.04%
17 Compilation 2 $2,365,061 289,480 0.02%

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.