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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Top-Grossing Movie Sources 1995 to 2009

  MoviesTotal GrossAverage GrossMarket Share
1 Original Screenplay 3,470 $63,801,136,559 $18,386,495 42.18%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 1,116 $30,647,667,000 $27,462,067 20.26%
3 Sequel 322 $22,887,509,652 $71,079,223 15.13%
4 Remake 180 $8,521,002,418 $47,338,902 5.63%
5 Based on Real Life Events 1,095 $8,355,582,513 $7,630,669 5.52%
6 Based on TV 122 $5,915,600,672 $48,488,530 3.91%
7 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 67 $4,684,194,578 $69,913,352 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 0.39%
13 Disney Ride 4 $474,743,431 $118,685,858 0.31%
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 $167,859,475 $83,929,738 0.11%
17 Based on Factual Book/Article 3 $67,718,235 $22,572,745 0.04%
18 Musical Group Movie 1 $44,775,342 $44,775,342 0.03%
19 Compilation 12 $7,183,432 $598,619 0.00%
20 Based on Ballet 2 $1,500,656 $750,328 0.00%