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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 1996

RankGenreMovies1996 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 73 $1,518,543,293 343,561,830 26.35%
2 Drama 109 $1,350,761,928 305,602,245 23.44%
3 Action 34 $1,244,067,379 281,463,209 21.59%
4 Adventure 24 $853,533,123 193,107,041 14.81%
5 Romantic Comedy 17 $385,940,788 87,316,920 6.70%
6 Thriller/Suspense 15 $283,532,062 64,147,525 4.92%
7 Horror 8 $112,765,676 25,512,597 1.96%
8 Documentary 5 $6,544,634 1,480,687 .11%
9 Black Comedy 3 $2,987,204 675,837 .05%
10 Musical 2 $2,498,859 565,352 .04%
11 Western 1 $1,025,488 232,011 .02%