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Friday, July 25, 2008

Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2008

RankCreativeTypeMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 Contemporary Fiction 205 $2,150,973,619 312,641,506 38.22%
2 Super Hero 6 $906,050,174 131,693,338 16.10%
3 Historical Fiction 35 $678,220,883 98,578,617 12.05%
4 Fantasy 27 $596,211,125 86,658,590 10.59%
5 Science Fiction 16 $538,786,978 78,312,062 9.57%
6 Kids Fiction 8 $510,158,908 74,151,003 9.06%
7 Factual 84 $126,272,395 18,353,549 2.24%
8 Dramatization 24 $121,169,574 17,611,858 2.15%
9 Multiple Creative Types 1 $507,575 73,775 .01%