Market Share for Each Genre in 1997
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 1997 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
80 |
$1,611,560,108 |
351,102,419 |
25.30% |
| 2 |
Action
|
34 |
$1,464,454,446 |
319,053,259 |
22.99% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
111 |
$1,080,783,289 |
235,464,770 |
16.97% |
| 4 |
Adventure
|
13 |
$648,072,260 |
141,192,213 |
10.18% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
23 |
$645,507,898 |
140,633,530 |
10.14% |
| 6 |
Horror
|
10 |
$425,383,665 |
92,676,180 |
6.68% |
| 7 |
Romantic Comedy
|
21 |
$331,483,903 |
72,218,718 |
5.20% |
| 8 |
Musical
|
5 |
$116,326,316 |
25,343,424 |
1.83% |
| 9 |
Black Comedy
|
4 |
$37,141,156 |
8,091,755 |
.58% |
| 10 |
Documentary
|
6 |
$7,950,971 |
1,732,238 |
.12% |
|
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