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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2007

RankGenreMovies2007 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 144 $2,271,166,543 330,111,414 23.59%
2 Adventure 31 $2,016,445,585 293,088,021 20.95%
3 Action 38 $1,694,932,922 246,356,531 17.61%
4 Drama 243 $1,246,974,924 181,246,356 12.95%
5 Romantic Comedy 36 $726,492,406 105,594,831 7.55%
6 Horror 31 $689,177,574 100,171,155 7.16%
7 Thriller/Suspense 54 $596,921,966 86,761,915 6.20%
8 Musical 11 $251,653,397 36,577,529 2.61%
9 Documentary 108 $71,655,352 10,415,024 .74%
10 Western 5 $58,865,921 8,556,094 .61%
11 Black Comedy 2 $2,429,282 353,093 .03%
12 Multiple Genres 2 $335,887 48,821 .00%
13 Concert/Performance 3 $191,414 27,822 .00%