Market Share for Each Genre in 1997
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 1997 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
77 |
$1,533,930,384 |
334,189,624 |
24.69% |
| 2 |
Action
|
33 |
$1,456,068,827 |
317,226,326 |
23.43% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
104 |
$1,224,545,064 |
266,785,416 |
19.71% |
| 4 |
Adventure
|
11 |
$644,165,218 |
140,341,004 |
10.37% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
21 |
$488,459,185 |
106,418,126 |
7.86% |
| 6 |
Horror
|
10 |
$407,732,973 |
88,830,713 |
6.56% |
| 7 |
Romantic Comedy
|
21 |
$296,478,453 |
64,592,258 |
4.77% |
| 8 |
Musical
|
5 |
$114,383,168 |
24,920,081 |
1.84% |
| 9 |
Black Comedy
|
3 |
$37,261,170 |
8,117,902 |
.60% |
| 10 |
Documentary
|
7 |
$10,343,077 |
2,253,394 |
.17% |
|
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
