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

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2004

RankSourceMovies2004 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 242 $3,209,030,180 515,921,255 34.64%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 80 $2,283,610,650 367,139,973 24.65%
3 Sequel 26 $1,712,529,056 275,326,214 18.48%
4 Remake 19 $692,605,976 111,351,445 7.48%
5 Based on Real Life Events 108 $616,580,805 99,128,747 6.66%
6 Based on TV 8 $239,276,099 38,468,826 2.58%
7 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 4 $208,334,674 33,494,320 2.25%
8 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 2 $103,316,138 16,610,312 1.12%
9 Spin-Off 2 $80,285,160 12,907,582 .87%
10 Based on Play 7 $52,970,075 8,516,089 .57%
11 Based on Short Film 2 $44,683,360 7,183,820 .48%
12 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $16,178,431 2,601,034 .17%
13 Disney Ride 1 $5,395,243 867,402 .06%