Market Share for Each Genre in 1997
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 1997 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
79 |
$1,611,425,441 |
351,073,080 |
25.30% |
| 2 |
Action
|
33 |
$1,464,449,446 |
319,052,170 |
23.00% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
110 |
$1,238,006,338 |
269,718,157 |
19.44% |
| 4 |
Adventure
|
13 |
$648,072,260 |
141,192,213 |
10.18% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
22 |
$488,039,927 |
106,326,783 |
7.66% |
| 6 |
Horror
|
10 |
$425,383,665 |
92,676,180 |
6.68% |
| 7 |
Romantic Comedy
|
21 |
$331,472,019 |
72,216,129 |
5.21% |
| 8 |
Musical
|
5 |
$116,326,316 |
25,343,424 |
1.83% |
| 9 |
Black Comedy
|
3 |
$37,053,563 |
8,072,672 |
.58% |
| 10 |
Documentary
|
6 |
$7,950,971 |
1,732,238 |
.12% |
|
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