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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2008

RankGenreMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 137 $2,980,600,852 415,125,474 30.26%
2 Action 38 $1,966,089,837 273,828,669 19.96%
3 Adventure 42 $1,877,741,583 261,523,897 19.06%
4 Drama 252 $1,110,323,476 154,641,149 11.27%
5 Thriller/Suspense 50 $779,895,874 108,620,590 7.92%
6 Romantic Comedy 24 $336,092,693 46,809,568 3.41%
7 Horror 25 $294,256,854 40,982,851 2.99%
8 Musical 11 $260,082,225 36,223,151 2.64%
9 Documentary 125 $87,932,344 12,246,845 .89%
10 Concert/Performance 12 $75,629,605 10,533,373 .77%
11 Black Comedy 5 $61,581,866 8,576,862 .63%
12 Western 4 $20,317,697 2,829,762 .21%
13 Multiple Genres 1 $508,695 70,849 .01%