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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2007

RankGenreMovies2007 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 139 $2,266,310,878 329,405,647 23.61%
2 Adventure 31 $2,048,970,208 297,815,439 21.35%
3 Action 38 $1,695,578,753 246,450,400 17.66%
4 Drama 240 $1,266,875,545 184,138,892 13.20%
5 Romantic Comedy 33 $695,602,962 101,105,085 7.25%
6 Horror 30 $680,994,021 98,981,685 7.09%
7 Thriller/Suspense 53 $565,450,619 82,187,593 5.89%
8 Musical 11 $250,566,894 36,419,607 2.61%
9 Documentary 105 $71,623,723 10,410,425 .75%
10 Western 3 $54,058,377 7,857,322 .56%
11 Black Comedy 2 $2,429,282 353,093 .03%
12 Multiple Genres 2 $337,014 48,985 .00%
13 Concert/Performance 2 $73,960 10,750 .00%