US Movie Market Summary for 2006
Total Box Office Gross: $9,274,477,893
Tickets sold: 1,415,950,838
Average ticket price:$6.55
Top Grossing Movies of 2006
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2006 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
7/7/2006
|
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$423,315,812 |
64,628,368 |
$444,643,172 |
| 2 |
Cars
|
6/9/2006
|
Buena Vista
|
Comedy
|
G
|
$244,082,982 |
37,264,577 |
$256,380,290 |
| 3 |
X-Men: The Last Stand
|
5/26/2006
|
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$234,362,462 |
35,780,529 |
$246,170,040 |
| 4 |
The Da Vinci Code
|
5/19/2006
|
Sony Pictures
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$217,536,138 |
33,211,624 |
$228,495,973 |
| 5 |
Superman Returns
|
6/28/2006
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$200,120,000 |
30,552,672 |
$210,202,383 |
| 6 |
Ice Age: The Meltdown
|
3/31/2006
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$195,330,621 |
29,821,469 |
$205,171,707 |
| 7 |
Happy Feet
|
11/17/2006
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$175,967,627 |
26,865,287 |
$184,833,175 |
| 8 |
Over the Hedge
|
5/19/2006
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$155,019,340 |
23,667,075 |
$162,829,476 |
| 9 |
Casino Royale
|
11/17/2006
|
Sony Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$153,531,944 |
23,439,991 |
$161,267,138 |
| 10 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
|
8/4/2006
|
Sony Pictures
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$148,213,377 |
22,627,996 |
$155,680,612 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2006
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Sony Pictures
|
26 |
$1,547,609,618 |
236,276,276 |
16.69% |
| 2 |
Buena Vista
|
25 |
$1,484,022,181 |
226,568,271 |
16.00% |
| 3 |
20th Century Fox
|
28 |
$1,390,344,635 |
212,266,355 |
14.99% |
| 4 |
Warner Bros.
|
26 |
$1,177,591,224 |
179,784,922 |
12.70% |
| 5 |
Paramount Pictures
|
19 |
$946,499,097 |
144,503,676 |
10.21% |
| 6 |
Universal
|
22 |
$805,682,016 |
123,004,889 |
8.69% |
| 7 |
Lionsgate
|
16 |
$329,129,990 |
50,248,854 |
3.55% |
| 8 |
New Line
|
13 |
$251,432,066 |
38,386,574 |
2.71% |
| 9 |
MGM
|
12 |
$166,840,119 |
25,471,774 |
1.80% |
| 10 |
Fox Searchlight
|
15 |
$165,415,607 |
25,254,291 |
1.78% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2006
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
137 |
$3,115,868,477 |
475,705,107 |
33.61% |
| 2 |
Adventure
|
31 |
$1,740,799,303 |
265,770,888 |
18.78% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
247 |
$1,560,689,191 |
238,273,167 |
16.84% |
| 4 |
Action
|
31 |
$1,007,724,332 |
153,851,046 |
10.87% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
33 |
$742,798,212 |
113,404,308 |
8.01% |
| 6 |
Horror
|
28 |
$553,225,088 |
84,461,845 |
5.97% |
| 7 |
Romantic Comedy
|
18 |
$342,817,994 |
52,338,624 |
3.70% |
| 8 |
Documentary
|
106 |
$101,090,838 |
15,433,720 |
1.09% |
| 9 |
Musical
|
6 |
$68,191,372 |
10,410,897 |
.74% |
| 10 |
Black Comedy
|
5 |
$32,291,455 |
4,929,993 |
.35% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2006
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
129 |
$4,435,983,749 |
677,249,423 |
47.91% |
| 2 |
PG
|
65 |
$2,132,878,100 |
325,630,249 |
23.04% |
| 3 |
R
|
200 |
$1,968,464,379 |
300,528,915 |
21.26% |
| 4 |
G
|
14 |
$530,665,163 |
81,017,582 |
5.73% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
78 |
$191,277,372 |
29,202,655 |
2.07% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2006
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
287 |
$3,351,036,173 |
511,608,575 |
36.16% |
| 2 |
Sequel
|
31 |
$2,088,848,697 |
318,908,199 |
22.54% |
| 3 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
90 |
$1,464,631,088 |
223,607,803 |
15.81% |
| 4 |
Remake
|
21 |
$758,407,357 |
115,787,383 |
8.18% |
| 5 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
140 |
$726,778,760 |
110,958,596 |
7.84% |
| 6 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
8 |
$461,494,686 |
70,457,205 |
4.98% |
| 7 |
Based on TV
|
7 |
$205,013,901 |
31,299,831 |
2.21% |
| 8 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
4 |
$76,602,653 |
11,695,061 |
.83% |
| 9 |
Based on Game
|
2 |
$49,388,052 |
7,540,161 |
.53% |
| 10 |
Based on Play
|
8 |
$43,766,502 |
6,681,910 |
.47% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2006
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
587 |
$7,838,487,345 |
1,196,715,637 |
84.59% |
| 2 |
Digital Animation
|
16 |
$1,131,672,064 |
172,774,361 |
12.21% |
| 3 |
Animation/Live Action
|
5 |
$223,335,380 |
34,097,004 |
2.41% |
| 4 |
Hand Animation
|
3 |
$58,918,368 |
8,995,171 |
.64% |
| 5 |
Stop-Motion Animation
|
1 |
$8,687,496 |
1,326,335 |
.09% |
| 6 |
Rotoscoping
|
1 |
$5,501,616 |
839,941 |
.06% |
| 7 |
Multiple Production Methods
|
2 |
$167,469 |
25,568 |
.00% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2006
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
305 |
$4,394,181,719 |
670,867,438 |
47.43% |
| 2 |
Fantasy
|
30 |
$1,529,732,158 |
233,546,896 |
16.51% |
| 3 |
Kids Fiction
|
15 |
$1,167,756,629 |
178,283,455 |
12.60% |
| 4 |
Dramatization
|
44 |
$699,009,529 |
106,719,013 |
7.54% |
| 5 |
Historical Fiction
|
61 |
$655,997,777 |
100,152,333 |
7.08% |
| 6 |
Super Hero
|
4 |
$469,002,085 |
71,603,373 |
5.06% |
| 7 |
Science Fiction
|
17 |
$180,692,548 |
27,586,649 |
1.95% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
109 |
$165,471,111 |
25,262,770 |
1.79% |
| 9 |
Multiple Creative Types
|
4 |
$3,057,688 |
466,823 |
.03% |
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
