Market Share for Each Genre in 2005
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 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% |
|