Market Share for Each CreativeType in 1997
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 1997 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
180 |
$3,683,139,006 |
802,426,805 |
59.34% |
| 2 |
Science Fiction
|
17 |
$1,133,051,826 |
246,852,250 |
18.25% |
| 3 |
Dramatization
|
22 |
$489,891,337 |
106,730,137 |
7.89% |
| 4 |
Historical Fiction
|
27 |
$331,563,812 |
72,236,123 |
5.34% |
| 5 |
Kids Fiction
|
14 |
$318,580,536 |
69,407,523 |
5.13% |
| 6 |
Super Hero
|
2 |
$108,971,433 |
23,741,053 |
1.76% |
| 7 |
Fantasy
|
7 |
$78,431,262 |
17,087,421 |
1.26% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
8 |
$63,385,363 |
13,809,448 |
1.02% |
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