Movie Genres

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Genre	No. of movies	Total US Gross	Total Worldwide Gross
9/11	5	$221,087,905	$468,130,009
African-American	64	$2,814,643,280	$3,646,178,407
Alien Invasion	18	$1,719,949,100	$3,890,510,062
Animal Lead	52	$2,658,317,667	$5,094,020,020
Animals Gone Bad	26	$2,004,583,248	$4,294,409,786
Anime	19	$198,483,298	$1,347,477,487
Artists	22	$308,975,990	$896,042,941
Auto Racing	15	$795,603,127	$1,298,288,730
Baseball	29	$875,841,492	$1,014,109,533
Basketball	29	$600,224,500	$830,346,354
Beauty Industry	9	$327,895,395	$434,467,395
Biography	176	$2,924,204,047	$4,493,239,428
Black Urban	11	$330,261,832	$351,746,971
Boarding School	17	$1,928,440,746	$5,827,875,104
Body Swap	14	$503,143,276	$661,515,651
Bollywood	12	$11,108,403	$107,343,470
Boss From Hell	3	$151,044,061	$372,919,217
Boxing	33	$1,070,983,891	$1,952,406,311
Breaking the Fourth Wall	20	$548,375,469	$762,781,462
Buddy Comedy	24	$2,043,532,776	$3,396,524,031
Buddy Cop	24	$1,864,086,213	$3,166,430,779
Christmas	38	$2,454,953,431	$3,555,250,363
Christmas in November	17	$1,658,588,998	$2,692,104,676
Cloning	21	$1,651,466,871	$3,972,826,253
College	25	$743,494,274	$919,994,689
Comic Strip	5	$207,629,116	$392,064,061
Coming of Age	133	$2,490,906,528	$3,932,082,925
Confidence Men	21	$915,820,665	$1,259,899,460
Conspiracy Theory	3	$83,137,708	$144,137,708
Corrupt Cops	22	$1,111,184,086	$1,884,331,353
Costume Drama	15	$347,983,715	$852,283,577
Courtroom Drama	6	$262,561,933	$498,630,661
Creature Features	5	$399,305,629	$1,040,366,307
Cross-Class Romance	21	$961,785,743	$2,385,828,892
Cross-Dressing	25	$1,324,130,657	$2,049,267,890
Cult Movie	5	$153,024,478	$153,024,478
Culture Clash	17	$887,047,382	$1,682,690,544
D.C. Comics	19	$2,468,277,561	$4,560,240,346
Dancing	31	$1,287,724,775	$2,273,743,806
Dark Horse Comics	8	$354,255,431	$776,901,302
Delayed Adulthood	10	$402,616,395	$553,710,352
Demons	13	$657,078,203	$1,280,398,282
Disaster	20	$2,448,488,567	$5,795,005,065
Divorcée Romance	10	$223,576,934	$299,868,191
DVD Premiere	0	$0	$7,239,908
Dysfunctional Family	47	$1,270,026,882	$2,141,382,838
End of the World	19	$1,999,194,379	$5,047,350,539
Epilogue	22	$1,193,144,448	$1,700,549,226
Fake Sports	5	$171,242,109	$231,504,075
Family Movie	33	$4,911,282,139	$10,627,424,509
Family Vacations	13	$618,949,949	$915,928,198
Fashion	10	$232,154,462	$632,746,324
Fat Suit	16	$1,505,356,892	$2,199,778,509
Faulty Memory	19	$1,826,542,428	$3,611,525,054
Film Noir	313	$8,146,352,475	$13,626,049,484
Food	14	$608,281,882	$1,490,688,527
Football	32	$1,369,557,375	$1,555,231,701
Foreign Language	685	$1,565,682,595	$7,599,996,039
Franchise Crossover	7	$472,436,244	$923,858,760
Frat Pack	10	$1,184,599,662	$1,867,591,363
Friendly Alien on Earth	12	$1,262,177,012	$2,457,643,056
Funeral Reunions	9	$161,348,618	$217,990,926
Gambling	21	$792,708,018	$1,210,070,767
Gangs	24	$693,120,451	$1,116,003,682
Gay/Lesbian	131	$988,711,486	$1,663,712,989
Golf	8	$198,537,589	$229,171,632
Good vs. Evil	11	$751,484,094	$2,300,399,289
Gratuitous Cameos	30	$1,441,697,947	$2,069,594,039
Gulf War	5	$136,477,428	$200,977,428
Hauntings	28	$1,235,494,075	$2,264,994,419
Heaven and Hell	13	$589,235,175	$1,020,871,245
Heist	24	$1,257,140,424	$2,558,174,140
High School Reunions	8	$132,318,002	$132,318,002
Historical Battles	20	$913,887,409	$1,624,892,304
Hitmen	35	$1,797,885,800	$3,846,035,906
Hockey	7	$231,365,014	$239,355,853
Hostage	9	$295,105,807	$492,464,911
In a Plane	7	$471,331,392	$1,009,057,141
Independent/Other Comics	16	$699,005,501	$1,063,543,999
Inheritance	5	$340,726,013	$500,302,096
In-Laws	8	$1,221,167,231	$2,240,259,734
Inspirational Coach	8	$424,513,670	$456,132,995
Inspirational Teacher	15	$508,708,161	$1,033,313,882
Kid Spies	9	$416,222,282	$615,992,200
Kidnap	29	$1,081,591,603	$1,890,333,435
Korean War	3	$90,427,109	$159,143,631
Lawyers	14	$1,198,009,469	$2,099,721,268
Letting Go	2	$57,676,317	$62,939,815
Life on the Outside	11	$278,643,323	$358,306,920
Live Action Cartoon	24	$1,711,333,686	$3,012,368,024
Living Toys	14	$964,077,194	$1,804,366,926
Lord of the Rings	4	$1,060,587,872	$2,954,933,388
Mafia	127	$3,122,415,420	$4,789,812,141
Marooned	8	$346,858,663	$620,799,087
Martial Arts	49	$1,361,800,913	$2,624,249,722
Marvel Comics	21	$3,530,329,675	$7,399,637,276
Medical and Hospitals	8	$218,627,933	$363,159,803
Mental Illness	19	$1,239,187,020	$2,303,520,002
Mid-Life Crisis	6	$344,435,117	$698,556,630
Midnight Movie	3	$146,912,539	$146,912,539
Military Life	14	$606,409,465	$672,808,715
Miscellaneous Sports	51	$838,479,705	$1,235,754,068
Mistaken Identity	6	$211,325,798	$459,915,122
Mockumentary	23	$148,581,370	$238,152,825
Monster	30	$1,613,733,868	$3,665,320,113
Movie Business	29	$631,173,189	$930,721,371
Music Industry	22	$469,931,270	$872,106,381
Musicians	54	$1,363,768,114	$2,022,043,315
Mutants	23	$1,562,315,587	$3,222,712,830
New Guy/Girl in School	13	$607,678,801	$1,412,589,575
News	23	$638,458,031	$828,495,124
Non-Chronological	26	$810,377,772	$1,434,818,413
Organized Crime	16	$613,316,489	$1,150,022,399
Performing Arts	26	$928,851,626	$1,366,464,310
Pirates	15	$1,447,744,274	$3,482,356,137
Political	30	$795,178,620	$1,286,269,684
Porn Business	10	$94,745,654	$159,634,950
Possessed	18	$936,529,048	$1,442,733,088
Post Apocalypse	24	$1,577,302,683	$3,845,573,656
Prince/Princess	11	$816,379,890	$1,709,583,621
Prison	32	$965,409,221	$1,396,759,442
Private Investigator	13	$558,584,321	$1,027,732,042
Prostitution	15	$517,387,945	$905,316,161
Radio Industry	8	$204,154,386	$215,694,894
Rags to Riches	7	$363,102,643	$526,996,401
Reality TV	7	$154,282,575	$212,036,009
Reincarnation	8	$399,929,309	$533,060,627
Relationship Advice	14	$858,589,219	$1,564,555,707
Relationships Gone Wrong	22	$841,468,311	$1,614,480,380
Religious	89	$2,879,128,180	$5,073,672,701
Rescue	27	$2,418,082,032	$5,129,185,523
Returning Soldiers	11	$283,161,306	$365,845,858
Revenge	65	$3,007,932,802	$6,184,195,647
Road Trip	41	$1,592,299,464	$2,629,896,151
Robot	18	$1,681,827,788	$3,421,447,079
Rock 'n' Roll	30	$521,229,880	$665,101,805
Romance	352	$9,615,181,777	$17,943,019,015
Royalty	12	$789,416,755	$1,665,910,236
Same Actor, Multiple Roles	49	$2,562,071,296	$4,268,280,817
Secret Agent	48	$4,436,494,038	$10,809,377,721
Secret Magic	8	$537,979,002	$1,060,945,238
Segments	36	$420,313,154	$742,348,110
Serial Killer	54	$1,738,616,446	$3,432,447,088
Slobs vs. Snobs	8	$362,787,226	$426,687,891
Soccer	22	$215,573,487	$400,936,508
Spoof	47	$2,224,182,837	$3,315,799,795
Stage Magician	4	$139,146,981	$288,067,794
Steampunk	5	$338,650,378	$761,721,152
Street Racing	6	$534,846,588	$826,125,283
Surprise Twist	54	$2,356,398,033	$4,598,573,610
Sword & Sorcerer	18	$448,752,625	$884,244,268
Talking Animals	38	$3,451,815,705	$8,049,673,426
Teenage Slasher	49	$1,349,060,644	$1,833,101,835
Terrorism	34	$1,564,379,371	$3,297,872,476
Time Travel	50	$2,862,097,889	$5,813,812,855
Toy Adaptations	12	$249,564,182	$521,812,585
Travel Industry	3	$112,989,750	$117,533,360
Treasure Hunters	23	$2,801,038,437	$5,843,468,287
TV Industry	17	$559,118,893	$829,201,916
TV Premiere	2	$62,160	$62,160
Tween	32	$1,288,643,613	$1,816,996,929
Twins	9	$307,347,288	$508,681,741
Undercover	19	$1,124,605,468	$1,965,512,724
Underwater	15	$1,048,710,333	$2,173,428,407
Unexpected Families	11	$997,232,994	$1,777,263,144
Vampire	37	$1,468,890,019	$2,857,841,559
Video Game	7	$176,728,706	$176,972,963
Vietnam War	38	$1,526,317,664	$2,292,399,801
Visual Effects	143	$21,793,600,928	$48,207,564,143
Voiceover/Narration	28	$1,809,890,199	$3,746,380,019
War	111	$3,032,805,998	$5,634,660,668
Werewolf	16	$775,890,169	$1,739,747,936
Whistleblowers	6	$156,264,588	$241,147,052
Wire Fu	5	$193,300,717	$526,233,920
World War I	8	$201,938,758	$246,678,582
World War II	99	$2,105,427,405	$4,432,897,047
Writing and Writers	23	$589,280,297	$999,919,715
Zombies	26	$509,387,670	$976,656,720