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Market Share for Each Source in 2015

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2015. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2015. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2014 will most likely earn money in 2014 and 2015.

Top Grossing of 2015

RankSourceMovies2015 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 466 $5,047,199,786 598,718,626 45.25%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 84 $2,385,505,825 282,978,118 21.38%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 15 $962,786,340 114,209,523 8.63%
4 Based on Factual Book/Article 24 $873,912,602 103,666,966 7.83%
5 Based on Real Life Events 177 $532,218,388 63,133,774 4.77%
6 Based on TV 7 $492,048,457 58,368,734 4.41%
7 Spin-Off 4 $365,053,738 43,304,120 3.27%
8 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 3 $238,447,498 28,285,585 2.14%
9 Remake 10 $125,516,885 14,889,308 1.13%
10 Based on Short Film 4 $82,784,454 9,820,218 0.74%
11 Based on Game 1 $22,467,450 2,665,178 0.20%
12 Based on Religious Text 3 $9,676,007 1,147,805 0.09%
13 Based on Movie 2 $7,141,772 847,184 0.06%
14 Based on Play 8 $5,361,744 636,028 0.05%
15 Compilation 1 $2,412,493 286,179 0.02%
16 Based on Toy 1 $2,184,640 259,151 0.02%
17 Based on Musical or Opera 2 $511,899 60,723 0.00%

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.