The Numbers - Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation

Shop at Amazon.com!

Buy Posters at AllPosters.com
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2005

RankGenreMovies2005 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 134 $2,304,356,414 359,493,982 26.02%
2 Adventure 38 $2,128,301,933 332,028,379 24.03%
3 Drama 264 $1,420,682,637 221,635,353 16.04%
4 Action 41 $1,356,646,094 211,645,255 15.32%
5 Horror 29 $512,846,988 80,007,330 5.79%
6 Thriller/Suspense 26 $443,803,488 69,236,114 5.01%
7 Romantic Comedy 15 $440,435,727 68,710,724 4.97%
8 Documentary 97 $157,653,862 24,594,986 1.78%
9 Musical 7 $81,820,906 12,764,572 .92%
10 Black Comedy 6 $9,517,049 1,484,719 .11%
11 Concert/Performance 3 $1,154,117 180,050 .01%