The Numbers - Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Market Share for Each Source in 1999

RankSourceMovies1999 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 171 $3,461,083,812 681,315,715 47.53%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 66 $1,535,744,290 302,311,864 21.09%
3 Sequel 14 $1,012,266,089 199,264,979 13.90%
4 Based on TV 13 $496,475,229 97,731,345 6.82%
5 Remake 9 $313,529,500 61,718,405 4.31%
6 Based on Real Life Events 33 $259,114,438 51,006,777 3.56%
7 Based on Play 15 $127,106,044 25,020,876 1.75%
8 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 3 $45,374,182 8,931,926 .62%
9 Based on Game 1 $11,576,087 2,278,757 .16%
10 Based on Short Film 1 $10,824,921 2,130,890 .15%
11 Based on Magazine Article 1 $8,406,264 1,654,776 .12%
12 Based on Ballet 1 $355,476 69,976 .00%
13 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 1 $28,807 5,671 .00%