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Friday, July 25, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2000

RankGenreMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 81 $2,034,032,799 377,371,579 27.35%
2 Drama 153 $1,765,267,224 327,507,833 23.74%
3 Action 28 $1,130,314,329 209,705,812 15.20%
4 Adventure 21 $897,666,106 166,542,877 12.07%
5 Thriller/Suspense 22 $571,733,138 106,072,938 7.69%
6 Romantic Comedy 22 $374,050,326 69,397,091 5.03%
7 Horror 12 $332,969,478 61,775,414 4.48%
8 Musical 9 $92,875,702 17,231,113 1.25%
9 Documentary 37 $83,365,520 15,466,704 1.12%
10 Western 3 $64,580,000 11,981,447 .87%
11 Black Comedy 7 $51,196,178 9,498,362 .69%
12 Concert/Performance 2 $38,847,717 7,207,369 .52%