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Friday, July 25, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2008

RankGenreMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 25 $1,494,292,803 217,193,719 26.54%
2 Comedy 81 $1,467,887,162 213,355,690 26.08%
3 Action 22 $1,184,645,368 172,186,826 21.04%
4 Drama 135 $418,753,111 60,865,274 7.44%
5 Thriller/Suspense 27 $393,448,397 57,187,266 6.99%
6 Romantic Comedy 16 $298,258,062 43,351,462 5.30%
7 Horror 15 $184,467,862 26,812,188 3.28%
8 Concert/Performance 10 $74,692,974 10,856,535 1.33%
9 Musical 3 $57,932,812 8,420,467 1.03%
10 Documentary 77 $54,509,479 7,922,895 .97%
11 Multiple Genres 1 $507,575 73,775 .01%
12 Black Comedy 2 $30,764 4,471 .00%
13 Western 2 $17,036 2,476 .00%