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

Market Share for Each Source in 2001

RankSourceMovies2001 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 220 $3,473,683,792 613,725,050 42.82%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 67 $2,023,857,144 357,571,931 24.95%
3 Sequel 13 $997,041,124 176,155,676 12.29%
4 Remake 8 $512,478,196 90,543,851 6.32%
5 Based on Real Life Events 34 $396,561,645 70,063,895 4.89%
6 Based on TV 6 $231,948,200 40,980,248 2.86%
7 Based on Game 3 $164,210,506 29,012,457 2.02%
8 Based on Magazine Article 2 $148,057,764 26,158,615 1.82%
9 Based on Play 6 $45,689,122 8,072,283 .56%
10 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 1 $43,569,988 7,697,878 .54%
11 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 4 $43,038,239 7,603,929 .53%
12 Spin-Off 1 $30,059,386 5,310,846 .37%
13 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $3,029,081 535,173 .04%