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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 1999

RankGenreMovies1999 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 80 $1,624,562,368 321,059,756 22.11%
2 Drama 128 $1,480,949,618 292,677,791 20.16%
3 Adventure 19 $1,343,574,692 265,528,596 18.29%
4 Action 23 $910,045,956 179,850,979 12.39%
5 Romantic Comedy 22 $722,562,531 142,798,918 9.84%
6 Thriller/Suspense 16 $574,295,226 113,497,078 7.82%
7 Horror 16 $477,746,379 94,416,281 6.50%
8 Black Comedy 10 $101,965,955 20,151,373 1.39%
9 Documentary 22 $87,165,916 17,226,467 1.19%
10 Musical 8 $23,578,798 4,659,843 .32%
11 Concert/Performance 1 $172,216 34,035 .00%