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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2006

RankGenreMovies2006 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 137 $3,115,868,477 475,705,107 33.62%
2 Adventure 31 $1,740,799,303 265,770,888 18.78%
3 Drama 247 $1,560,689,191 238,273,167 16.84%
4 Action 31 $1,007,724,332 153,851,046 10.87%
5 Thriller/Suspense 33 $742,798,212 113,404,308 8.01%
6 Horror 28 $553,225,088 84,461,845 5.97%
7 Romantic Comedy 18 $342,817,994 52,338,624 3.70%
8 Documentary 106 $100,757,959 15,382,898 1.09%
9 Musical 6 $68,191,372 10,410,897 .74%
10 Black Comedy 5 $32,291,455 4,929,993 .35%
11 Concert/Performance 4 $2,484,609 379,330 .03%
12 Multiple Genres 3 $747,008 114,047 .01%
13 Western 2 $579,036 88,403 .01%