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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Top-Grossing Movie Sources 1995 to 2009

  MoviesTotal GrossAverage GrossMarket Share
1 Original Screenplay 3,463 $63,577,867,538 $18,359,188 42.21%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 1,111 $30,556,462,324 $27,503,566 20.29%
3 Sequel 321 $22,735,818,043 $70,828,094 15.09%
4 Remake 178 $8,436,336,633 $47,395,150 5.60%
5 Based on Real Life Events 1,090 $8,314,324,646 $7,627,821 5.52%
6 Based on TV 123 $5,926,917,091 $48,186,318 3.93%
7 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 66 $4,665,170,637 $70,684,404 3.10%
8 Based on Play 150 $1,536,264,550 $10,241,764 1.02%
9 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 24 $802,631,464 $33,442,978 0.53%
10 Based on Musical/Opera 25 $750,290,521 $30,011,621 0.50%
11 Spin-Off 11 $690,136,201 $62,739,655 0.46%
12 Based on Game 21 $597,398,682 $28,447,556 0.40%
13 Disney Ride 4 $474,743,431 $118,685,858 0.32%
14 Based on Magazine Article 10 $411,176,974 $41,117,697 0.27%
15 Based on Short Film 13 $322,214,067 $24,785,697 0.21%
16 Based on Toy 2 $167,825,607 $83,912,804 0.11%
17 Musical Group Movie 1 $44,775,342 $44,775,342 0.03%
18 Based on Factual Book/Article 2 $32,991,863 $16,495,932 0.02%
19 Compilation 12 $7,183,432 $598,619 0.00%
20 Based on Ballet 2 $1,500,656 $750,328 0.00%