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Market Share for Each Genre in 2013

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Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2013. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2013. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2012 will most likely earn money in 2012 and 2013.

Top Grossing of 2013

RankGenreMovies2013 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 41 $2,922,343,544 359,451,832 26.84%
2 Action 44 $2,416,608,237 297,245,762 22.20%
3 Comedy 102 $1,644,738,629 202,304,824 15.11%
4 Drama 229 $1,203,467,746 148,027,889 11.05%
5 Thriller/Suspense 71 $1,152,022,065 141,700,097 10.58%
6 Horror 32 $530,414,794 65,241,655 4.87%
7 Musical 6 $357,193,074 43,935,184 3.28%
8 Romantic Comedy 25 $197,247,886 24,261,722 1.81%
9 Black Comedy 13 $192,011,623 23,617,660 1.76%
10 Western 4 $145,859,175 17,940,856 1.34%
11 Concert/Performance 4 $64,881,892 7,980,550 0.60%
12 Documentary 160 $49,277,491 6,061,122 0.45%
13 Multiple Genres 1 $2,142,342 263,510 0.02%

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.