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Monday, November 9, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2005

RankGenreMovies2005 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 136 $2,355,731,745 367,508,853 26.33%
2 Adventure 37 $2,144,200,219 334,508,614 23.97%
3 Drama 265 $1,431,841,239 223,376,165 16.00%
4 Action 42 $1,370,217,034 213,762,406 15.31%
5 Horror 29 $512,090,674 79,889,342 5.72%
6 Thriller/Suspense 27 $444,985,038 69,420,441 4.97%
7 Romantic Comedy 15 $439,261,020 68,527,461 4.91%
8 Documentary 97 $155,673,323 24,286,012 1.74%
9 Musical 7 $82,671,918 12,897,336 .92%
10 Black Comedy 6 $9,312,189 1,452,759 .10%
11 Concert/Performance 3 $1,168,545 182,301 .01%