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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2002

RankGenreMovies2002 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 36 $2,403,474,025 413,678,835 26.22%
2 Comedy 87 $1,967,012,450 338,556,358 21.46%
3 Drama 151 $1,581,714,835 272,240,074 17.25%
4 Action 27 $1,323,892,602 227,864,473 14.44%
5 Thriller/Suspense 29 $809,314,909 139,296,885 8.83%
6 Romantic Comedy 22 $552,930,065 95,168,685 6.03%
7 Horror 11 $296,701,842 51,067,443 3.24%
8 Documentary 25 $98,604,667 16,971,543 1.08%
9 Black Comedy 4 $57,640,692 9,920,945 .63%
10 Musical 7 $55,726,169 9,591,424 .61%
11 Concert/Performance 3 $20,455,494 3,520,739 .22%
12 Multiple Genres 1 $385,550 66,360 .00%
13 Genre Unknown 1 $28,022 4,823 .00%