Top-Grossing Genres 1995 to 2009

		Movies	Total Gross	Average Gross	Market Share
1	Comedy	1,507	$36,867,129,701	$24,463,922	24.47%
2	Adventure	425	$29,583,832,355	$69,609,017	19.63%
3	Drama	2,577	$27,602,346,043	$10,711,038	18.32%
4	Action	465	$25,023,012,155	$53,812,929	16.61%
5	Thriller/Suspense	418	$10,322,975,648	$24,696,114	6.85%
6	Romantic Comedy	327	$9,041,561,960	$27,650,037	6.00%
7	Horror	273	$7,308,665,815	$26,771,670	4.85%
8	Documentary	775	$1,676,416,341	$2,163,118	1.11%
9	Musical	96	$1,529,825,763	$15,935,685	1.02%
10	Black Comedy	63	$644,964,250	$10,237,528	0.43%
11	Western	33	$464,099,253	$14,063,614	0.31%
12	Concert/Performance	35	$184,781,407	$5,279,469	0.12%
13	Multiple Genres	11	$3,436,118	$312,374	0.00%
14	Genre Unknown	5	$1,534,265	$306,853	0.00%

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