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Monday, November 9, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2009

RankGenreMovies2009 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 85 $1,937,420,233 269,835,689 23.22%
2 Adventure 27 $1,750,017,558 243,735,036 20.98%
3 Action 24 $1,471,969,977 205,009,749 17.64%
4 Drama 132 $990,215,346 137,912,999 11.87%
5 Thriller/Suspense 43 $960,676,364 133,798,937 11.51%
6 Romantic Comedy 20 $547,038,087 76,189,150 6.56%
7 Horror 23 $470,932,441 65,589,477 5.64%
8 Documentary 74 $150,964,586 21,025,710 1.81%
9 Musical 6 $23,663,691 3,295,778 .28%
10 Black Comedy 4 $19,799,764 2,757,628 .24%
11 Concert/Performance 2 $19,705,976 2,744,565 .24%
12 Multiple Genres 1 $644,635 89,782 .01%
13 Western 2 $169,217 23,568 .00%