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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2006

RankGenreMovies2006 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 139 $3,020,164,530 461,093,820 32.66%
2 Adventure 32 $1,799,390,469 274,716,103 19.46%
3 Drama 254 $1,572,859,951 240,131,300 17.01%
4 Action 31 $1,007,423,747 153,805,154 10.89%
5 Thriller/Suspense 35 $742,127,938 113,301,974 8.02%
6 Horror 28 $553,291,644 84,472,008 5.98%
7 Romantic Comedy 18 $344,572,667 52,606,514 3.73%
8 Documentary 106 $101,293,396 15,464,642 1.10%
9 Musical 6 $71,266,777 10,880,425 .77%
10 Black Comedy 5 $32,134,153 4,905,978 .35%
11 Concert/Performance 4 $2,468,469 376,866 .03%
12 Multiple Genres 3 $748,135 114,219 .01%
13 Western 2 $584,825 89,286 .01%