Market Charts > 2008 > Genres
Market Share for Each Genre in 2008
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Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008.
Top Grossing of 2008
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adventure | 53 | $2,996,529,548 | 417,343,951 | 30.68% |
| 2 | Comedy | 127 | $2,038,826,810 | 283,959,168 | 20.87% |
| 3 | Action | 35 | $1,612,911,812 | 224,639,529 | 16.51% |
| 4 | Drama | 259 | $1,014,407,560 | 141,282,387 | 10.38% |
| 5 | Thriller/Suspense | 52 | $785,533,464 | 109,405,770 | 8.04% |
| 6 | Romantic Comedy | 30 | $483,976,609 | 67,406,213 | 4.95% |
| 7 | Horror | 27 | $288,991,336 | 40,249,491 | 2.96% |
| 8 | Musical | 11 | $260,225,812 | 36,243,149 | 2.66% |
| 9 | Documentary | 126 | $87,453,389 | 12,180,139 | 0.90% |
| 10 | Concert/Performance | 11 | $75,618,125 | 10,531,774 | 0.77% |
| 11 | Black Comedy | 8 | $69,423,811 | 9,669,054 | 0.71% |
| 12 | Western | 5 | $53,522,758 | 7,454,422 | 0.55% |
| 13 | Multiple Genres | 1 | $508,695 | 70,849 | 0.01% |
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