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Friday, July 25, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2002

RankSourceMovies2002 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 216 $3,472,614,617 598,726,664 37.25%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 75 $2,485,977,638 428,616,837 26.67%
3 Sequel 17 $1,444,042,556 248,972,853 15.49%
4 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 6 $512,612,875 88,381,529 5.50%
5 Based on TV 9 $369,028,564 63,625,614 3.96%
6 Remake 10 $362,879,230 62,565,384 3.89%
7 Based on Play 12 $260,502,213 44,914,176 2.79%
8 Based on Real Life Events 32 $139,716,295 24,089,018 1.50%
9 Spin-Off 1 $90,580,000 15,617,241 .97%
10 Based on Magazine Article 2 $62,552,335 10,784,885 .67%
11 Based on Game 1 $39,532,308 6,815,915 .42%
12 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 2 $29,251,115 5,043,296 .31%
13 Based on Short Film 1 $25,408,198 4,380,724 .27%
14 Disney Ride 1 $16,988,996 2,929,137 .18%
15 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $9,241,533 1,593,368 .10%
16 Compilation 1 $385,550 66,474 .00%