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

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2005

RankSourceMovies2005 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 301 $3,349,351,512 522,519,738 37.85%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 92 $1,551,330,698 242,017,267 17.53%
3 Remake 19 $1,170,030,110 182,531,998 13.22%
4 Sequel 21 $1,108,059,521 172,864,198 12.52%
5 Based on Real Life Events 119 $597,414,965 93,200,459 6.75%
6 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 6 $541,442,026 84,468,335 6.12%
7 Based on TV 9 $225,865,327 35,236,401 2.55%
8 Based on Play 9 $93,175,884 14,536,021 1.05%
9 Based on Musical/Opera 2 $64,124,912 10,003,887 .72%
10 Spin-Off 2 $60,761,072 9,479,106 .69%
11 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 2 $54,250,925 8,463,483 .61%
12 Based on Game 2 $33,390,906 5,209,190 .38%
13 Based on Short Film 1 $129,906 20,266 .00%