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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2000

RankGenreMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 80 $2,032,567,757 377,099,771 27.24%
2 Drama 154 $1,761,961,015 326,894,435 23.62%
3 Action 28 $1,130,266,403 209,696,921 15.15%
4 Adventure 21 $897,690,313 166,547,368 12.03%
5 Thriller/Suspense 21 $569,881,367 105,729,382 7.64%
6 Romantic Comedy 23 $373,419,771 69,280,106 5.01%
7 Horror 12 $332,969,478 61,775,414 4.46%
8 Documentary 37 $112,946,062 20,954,744 1.51%
9 Musical 9 $92,875,550 17,231,085 1.24%
10 Western 4 $66,116,168 12,266,450 .89%
11 Black Comedy 7 $51,170,528 9,493,603 .69%
12 Concert/Performance 2 $38,847,717 7,207,369 .52%