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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 1996

RankGenreMovies1996 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 84 $1,435,391,376 324,749,175 25.70%
2 Drama 119 $1,331,924,275 301,340,339 23.85%
3 Action 35 $1,232,397,345 278,822,927 22.06%
4 Adventure 23 $847,645,423 191,774,981 15.18%
5 Romantic Comedy 19 $348,598,460 78,868,427 6.24%
6 Thriller/Suspense 19 $281,943,466 63,788,114 5.05%
7 Horror 8 $94,800,900 21,448,169 1.70%
8 Documentary 6 $8,923,476 2,018,886 .16%
9 Black Comedy 3 $2,564,512 580,207 .05%
10 Western 1 $1,025,488 232,011 .02%
11 Musical 2 $466,118 105,456 .01%