Market Share for Each CreativeType in 1997
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 1997 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
188 |
$3,773,964,783 |
822,214,558 |
61.38% |
| 2 |
Science Fiction
|
14 |
$799,748,753 |
174,237,203 |
13.01% |
| 3 |
Historical Fiction
|
35 |
$627,483,349 |
136,706,610 |
10.21% |
| 4 |
Kids Fiction
|
14 |
$344,227,780 |
74,995,159 |
5.60% |
| 5 |
Dramatization
|
20 |
$343,723,278 |
74,885,245 |
5.59% |
| 6 |
Super Hero
|
2 |
$108,994,757 |
23,746,135 |
1.77% |
| 7 |
Fantasy
|
7 |
$89,063,022 |
19,403,708 |
1.45% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
7 |
$60,993,257 |
13,288,292 |
.99% |
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