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Market Share for Each Source in 2009

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009.

Top Grossing of 2009

RankSourceMovies2009 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 278 $4,760,705,685 634,760,663 44.75%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 86 $2,504,299,721 333,906,603 23.54%
3 Based on TV 14 $1,089,075,341 145,210,042 10.24%
4 Remake 19 $467,157,610 62,287,675 4.39%
5 Based on Factual Book/Article 11 $455,240,747 60,698,763 4.28%
6 Based on Real Life Events 116 $381,426,474 50,856,817 3.59%
7 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 7 $378,573,324 50,476,442 3.56%
8 Spin-Off 1 $179,883,157 23,984,421 1.69%
9 Based on Play 9 $172,182,519 22,957,665 1.62%
10 Based on Toy 1 $150,201,498 20,026,866 1.41%
11 Based on Short Film 3 $37,859,309 5,047,907 0.36%
12 Based on Movie 1 $22,455,510 2,994,068 0.21%
13 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $13,745,976 1,832,796 0.13%
14 Based on Game 3 $8,761,245 1,168,166 0.08%
15 Compilation 2 $772,686 103,024 0.01%

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.