Market Share for Each Source in 2006
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
287 |
$3,351,036,173 |
511,608,575 |
36.16% |
| 2 |
Sequel
|
31 |
$2,088,848,697 |
318,908,199 |
22.54% |
| 3 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
90 |
$1,464,631,088 |
223,607,803 |
15.81% |
| 4 |
Remake
|
21 |
$758,407,357 |
115,787,383 |
8.18% |
| 5 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
140 |
$726,778,760 |
110,958,596 |
7.84% |
| 6 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
8 |
$461,494,686 |
70,457,205 |
4.98% |
| 7 |
Based on TV
|
7 |
$205,013,901 |
31,299,831 |
2.21% |
| 8 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
4 |
$76,602,653 |
11,695,061 |
.83% |
| 9 |
Based on Game
|
2 |
$49,388,052 |
7,540,161 |
.53% |
| 10 |
Based on Play
|
8 |
$43,766,502 |
6,681,910 |
.47% |
| 11 |
Based on Musical/Opera
|
1 |
$37,064,395 |
5,658,686 |
.40% |
| 12 |
Compilation
|
4 |
$3,057,688 |
466,823 |
.03% |
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