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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Market Share for Each Genre in 2009

RankGenreMovies2009 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 88 $1,966,639,706 273,905,254 22.66%
2 Adventure 28 $1,769,052,911 246,386,200 20.39%
3 Action 25 $1,541,051,014 214,631,064 17.76%
4 Drama 137 $1,070,818,139 149,139,015 12.34%
5 Thriller/Suspense 46 $1,033,803,711 143,983,806 11.91%
6 Romantic Comedy 20 $547,392,317 76,238,485 6.31%
7 Horror 23 $476,375,683 66,347,589 5.49%
8 Documentary 78 $185,770,736 25,873,361 2.14%
9 Black Comedy 5 $42,842,615 5,966,939 .49%
10 Musical 6 $23,726,082 3,304,468 .27%
11 Concert/Performance 2 $19,706,220 2,744,599 .23%
12 Multiple Genres 1 $644,635 89,782 .01%
13 Western 2 $169,704 23,636 .00%