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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2004

RankGenreMovies2004 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 35 $2,556,521,787 411,678,225 27.61%
2 Comedy 132 $2,039,808,287 328,471,539 22.03%
3 Drama 223 $1,379,577,887 222,154,245 14.90%
4 Action 28 $1,209,994,154 194,846,080 13.07%
5 Romantic Comedy 31 $651,537,578 104,917,483 7.04%
6 Thriller/Suspense 28 $625,401,345 100,708,750 6.75%
7 Horror 20 $464,766,650 74,841,650 5.02%
8 Documentary 85 $217,098,868 34,959,559 2.34%
9 Western 4 $90,475,689 14,569,353 .98%
10 Musical 5 $22,364,844 3,601,424 .24%
11 Black Comedy 2 $2,126,476 342,428 .02%
12 Concert/Performance 1 $1,172,345 188,783 .01%
13 Genre Unknown 3 $195,251 31,442 .00%
14 Multiple Genres 1 $36,709 5,911 .00%