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

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2008

RankSourceMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 211 $2,323,283,377 337,686,532 41.27%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 52 $1,020,699,411 148,357,470 18.13%
3 Sequel 14 $938,313,828 136,382,822 16.67%
4 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 5 $442,759,514 64,354,581 7.87%
5 Based on TV 4 $389,716,432 56,644,830 6.92%
6 Based on Real Life Events 97 $206,012,829 29,943,729 3.66%
7 Remake 9 $152,586,043 22,178,203 2.71%
8 Based on Musical/Opera 8 $58,315,735 8,476,123 1.04%
9 Based on Play 2 $41,981,388 6,101,946 .75%
10 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 2 $23,636,979 3,435,607 .42%
11 Based on Game 2 $18,744,656 2,724,514 .33%
12 Spin-Off 1 $12,727,025 1,849,858 .23%
13 Compilation 1 $507,575 73,775 .01%