US Movie Market Summary for 2008
Total Box Office Gross: $3,118,735,693
Tickets sold: 453,304,600
Average ticket price:$6.88
Top Grossing Movies of 2008
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2008 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Iron Man
|
5/2/2008
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$177,134,000 |
25,746,221 |
$177,134,000 |
| 2 |
Horton Hears a Who
|
3/14/2008
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$150,668,773 |
21,899,531 |
$150,668,773 |
| 3 |
Juno
|
12/5/2007
|
Fox Searchlight
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$117,425,760 |
17,067,698 |
$117,425,762 |
| 4 |
National Treasure: The Book of Secrets
|
12/21/2007
|
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$94,379,806 |
13,717,995 |
$94,379,806 |
| 5 |
10,000 B.C.
|
3/7/2008
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$93,695,041 |
13,618,465 |
$93,695,039 |
| 6 |
The Bucket List
|
12/25/2007
|
Warner Bros.
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$92,405,475 |
13,431,028 |
$92,405,473 |
| 7 |
21
|
3/28/2008
|
MGM
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$80,418,000 |
11,688,663 |
$80,418,001 |
| 8 |
Cloverfield
|
1/18/2008
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$80,048,433 |
11,634,947 |
$80,048,435 |
| 9 |
Jumper
|
2/14/2008
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$79,489,642 |
11,553,727 |
$79,489,642 |
| 10 |
27 Dresses
|
1/18/2008
|
20th Century Fox
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$76,758,772 |
11,156,798 |
$76,758,770 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2008
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
20th Century Fox
|
12 |
$531,802,123 |
77,296,820 |
17.03% |
| 2 |
Paramount Pictures
|
13 |
$474,073,396 |
68,906,018 |
15.18% |
| 3 |
Warner Bros.
|
15 |
$427,964,999 |
62,204,214 |
13.70% |
| 4 |
Buena Vista
|
9 |
$296,971,710 |
43,164,493 |
9.51% |
| 5 |
Universal
|
8 |
$241,516,100 |
35,104,083 |
7.73% |
| 6 |
Sony Pictures
|
8 |
$226,394,241 |
32,906,141 |
7.25% |
| 7 |
Lionsgate
|
6 |
$198,249,536 |
28,815,340 |
6.35% |
| 8 |
Fox Searchlight
|
5 |
$149,021,710 |
21,660,131 |
4.77% |
| 9 |
New Line
|
5 |
$94,230,234 |
13,696,255 |
3.02% |
| 10 |
MGM
|
6 |
$85,097,403 |
12,368,809 |
2.73% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2008
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
58 |
$824,578,370 |
119,851,505 |
26.41% |
| 2 |
Adventure
|
18 |
$634,535,013 |
92,228,925 |
20.32% |
| 3 |
Action
|
16 |
$460,210,526 |
66,891,065 |
14.74% |
| 4 |
Drama
|
98 |
$392,746,773 |
57,085,285 |
12.58% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
18 |
$274,469,137 |
39,893,768 |
8.79% |
| 6 |
Romantic Comedy
|
15 |
$214,289,874 |
31,146,785 |
6.86% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
13 |
$182,748,527 |
26,562,284 |
5.85% |
| 8 |
Concert/Performance
|
8 |
$73,466,969 |
10,678,339 |
2.35% |
| 9 |
Documentary
|
59 |
$39,050,928 |
5,676,009 |
1.25% |
| 10 |
Musical
|
2 |
$26,055,543 |
3,787,143 |
.83% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2008
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
77 |
$1,840,099,215 |
267,456,280 |
59.04% |
| 2 |
R
|
89 |
$571,682,505 |
83,093,385 |
18.34% |
| 3 |
PG
|
29 |
$374,668,901 |
54,457,689 |
12.02% |
| 4 |
G
|
8 |
$283,934,925 |
41,269,610 |
9.11% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
13 |
$46,419,241 |
6,746,982 |
1.49% |
| 6 |
NC-17
|
2 |
$89,266 |
12,975 |
.00% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2008
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
155 |
$1,343,038,410 |
195,209,062 |
43.01% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
41 |
$818,492,952 |
118,967,000 |
26.21% |
| 3 |
Sequel
|
7 |
$241,886,984 |
35,157,992 |
7.75% |
| 4 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
75 |
$182,438,588 |
26,517,239 |
5.84% |
| 5 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
4 |
$181,404,337 |
26,366,910 |
5.81% |
| 6 |
Remake
|
9 |
$149,349,528 |
21,707,780 |
4.78% |
| 7 |
Based on TV
|
2 |
$96,083,033 |
13,965,557 |
3.08% |
| 8 |
Based on Play
|
1 |
$41,975,388 |
6,101,074 |
1.34% |
| 9 |
Based on Musical/Opera
|
6 |
$26,390,517 |
3,835,831 |
.85% |
| 10 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
2 |
$23,630,368 |
3,434,646 |
.76% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2008
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
296 |
$2,857,763,390 |
415,372,580 |
91.52% |
| 2 |
Digital Animation
|
5 |
$158,464,493 |
23,032,631 |
5.07% |
| 3 |
Animation/Live Action
|
3 |
$93,206,196 |
13,547,412 |
2.98% |
| 4 |
Hand Animation
|
2 |
$12,733,612 |
1,850,815 |
.41% |
| 5 |
Multiple Production Methods
|
1 |
$507,575 |
73,775 |
.02% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2008
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2008 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
154 |
$1,563,380,380 |
227,235,513 |
50.07% |
| 2 |
Fantasy
|
24 |
$442,492,122 |
64,315,714 |
14.17% |
| 3 |
Historical Fiction
|
25 |
$313,547,290 |
45,573,735 |
10.04% |
| 4 |
Science Fiction
|
11 |
$268,256,511 |
38,990,772 |
8.59% |
| 5 |
Super Hero
|
2 |
$202,441,449 |
29,424,629 |
6.48% |
| 6 |
Dramatization
|
19 |
$111,912,193 |
16,266,308 |
3.58% |
| 7 |
Factual
|
65 |
$110,692,710 |
16,089,059 |
3.54% |
| 8 |
Kids Fiction
|
5 |
$109,440,566 |
15,907,058 |
3.50% |
| 9 |
Multiple Creative Types
|
1 |
$507,575 |
73,775 |
.02% |
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
