The Numbers - Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2000

RankSourceMovies2000 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 221 $4,192,953,357 777,913,423 56.43%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 57 $1,136,425,402 210,839,592 15.29%
3 Sequel 20 $808,341,738 149,970,638 10.88%
4 Based on Real Life Events 53 $569,510,912 105,660,655 7.66%
5 Based on TV 7 $232,141,215 43,068,871 3.12%
6 Remake 7 $225,370,107 41,812,635 3.03%
7 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 1 $157,299,717 29,183,621 2.12%
8 Spin-Off 1 $45,542,421 8,449,429 .61%
9 Based on Magazine Article 2 $32,007,882 5,938,382 .43%
10 Based on Play 8 $15,149,537 2,810,674 .20%
11 Based on Game 1 $14,250,748 2,643,924 .19%
12 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 1 $1,936,631 359,301 .03%