Market Charts > Creative Types
Note: Figures for 2024 are at an annualized rate.

Market Share for Each Creative Type 1995-2024

RankCreative TypeMoviesTotal Box OfficeTicketsShare
1 Contemporary Fiction 8,120 $102,807,365,456 15,487,228,624 40.07%
2 Kids Fiction 616 $35,764,912,098 4,860,842,652 13.94%
3 Science Fiction 816 $32,490,327,004 4,454,380,179 12.66%
4 Super Hero 161 $24,621,574,866 2,981,982,526 9.60%
5 Fantasy 744 $20,284,592,201 2,831,288,909 7.91%
6 Historical Fiction 1,640 $19,536,261,123 2,949,337,553 7.61%
7 Dramatization 1,313 $17,385,826,339 2,404,526,362 6.78%
8 Factual 2,673 $3,341,199,218 471,010,517 1.30%
9 Multiple Creative Types 50 $131,222,241 16,482,114 0.05%

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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.