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Monday, May 12, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2002

RankGenreMovies2002 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 36 $2,467,968,903 425,511,878 26.47%
2 Comedy 88 $2,215,522,243 381,986,595 23.77%
3 Drama 148 $1,635,554,172 281,992,104 17.55%
4 Action 27 $1,327,862,394 228,941,795 14.24%
5 Thriller/Suspense 28 $809,695,897 139,602,740 8.69%
6 Romantic Comedy 21 $355,153,846 61,233,423 3.81%
7 Horror 11 $297,989,702 51,377,533 3.20%
8 Documentary 21 $70,607,354 12,173,682 .76%
9 Musical 7 $62,994,395 10,861,102 .68%
10 Black Comedy 4 $57,667,829 9,942,729 .62%
11 Concert/Performance 3 $20,458,199 3,527,277 .22%
12 Multiple Genres 1 $385,550 66,474 .00%
13 Genre Unknown 1 $30,628 5,281 .00%