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

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2001

RankSourceMovies2001 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 218 $3,469,321,101 614,039,131 42.78%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 66 $2,024,894,950 358,388,485 24.97%
3 Sequel 12 $996,071,956 176,295,923 12.28%
4 Remake 8 $512,588,134 90,723,564 6.32%
5 Based on Real Life Events 35 $396,782,235 70,226,942 4.89%
6 Based on TV 6 $231,948,200 41,052,780 2.86%
7 Based on Game 3 $164,210,506 29,063,807 2.02%
8 Based on Magazine Article 2 $148,057,764 26,204,914 1.83%
9 Based on Play 6 $45,689,122 8,086,571 .56%
10 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 1 $43,569,988 7,711,502 .54%
11 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 4 $43,038,239 7,617,388 .53%
12 Spin-Off 1 $30,059,386 5,320,245 .37%
13 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $3,067,312 542,887 .04%