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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 1999

RankGenreMovies1999 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 76 $1,617,025,219 318,312,055 22.20%
2 Drama 129 $1,453,799,725 286,181,050 19.96%
3 Adventure 18 $1,342,890,387 264,348,502 18.44%
4 Action 23 $909,822,820 179,098,980 12.49%
5 Romantic Comedy 23 $722,151,782 142,155,863 9.92%
6 Thriller/Suspense 15 $574,022,658 112,996,584 7.88%
7 Horror 15 $477,074,576 93,912,317 6.55%
8 Black Comedy 9 $101,450,175 19,970,506 1.39%
9 Documentary 21 $60,123,550 11,835,343 .83%
10 Musical 8 $23,469,127 4,619,907 .32%
11 Western 1 $491,069 96,667 .01%
12 Concert/Performance 1 $172,216 33,901 .00%