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Market Share for Each Source in 2011

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.

Top Grossing of 2011

RankSourceMovies2011 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 362 $4,123,118,229 519,939,096 40.53%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 89 $2,187,871,141 275,897,974 21.51%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 13 $946,379,711 119,341,701 9.30%
4 Based on TV 9 $819,341,785 103,321,787 8.05%
5 Based on Real Life Events 180 $421,885,709 53,201,138 4.15%
6 Based on Factual Book/Article 18 $420,298,280 53,001,038 4.13%
7 Remake 16 $379,693,491 47,880,636 3.73%
8 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 6 $271,576,986 34,246,782 2.67%
9 Based on Theme Park Ride 1 $241,071,802 30,399,975 2.37%
10 Based on Play 15 $208,183,412 26,252,628 2.05%
11 Spin-Off 1 $145,738,327 18,378,099 1.43%
12 Based on Ballet 1 $2,119,994 267,338 0.02%
13 Compilation 2 $1,374,883 173,376 0.01%
14 Based on Musical Group 1 $117,548 14,823 0.00%

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.