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Market Share for Each Genre in 2026

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Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2026. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2026. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2025 will most likely earn money in 2025 and 2026.

Top Grossing of 2026

RankGenreMovies2026 GrossTicketsShare
1 Action 9 $131,079,541 11,589,704 23.92%
2 Adventure 9 $103,893,814 9,186,014 18.96%
3 Thriller/Suspense 11 $97,787,927 8,646,147 17.84%
4 Drama 32 $87,190,212 7,709,125 15.91%
5 Horror 8 $55,554,788 4,912,006 10.14%
6 Comedy 9 $34,595,699 3,058,861 6.31%
7 Musical 4 $30,036,393 2,655,738 5.48%
8 Black Comedy 1 $7,398,694 654,173 1.35%
9 Romantic Comedy 1 $515,103 45,544 0.09%
10 Documentary 8 $53,636 4,742 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.