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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2003

RankGenreMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 88 $2,480,244,084 411,317,425 26.88%
2 Adventure 39 $2,082,831,803 345,411,576 22.57%
3 Action 26 $1,809,837,104 300,138,824 19.61%
4 Drama 145 $1,108,058,124 183,757,564 12.01%
5 Horror 17 $505,235,422 83,786,971 5.48%
6 Romantic Comedy 21 $481,303,013 79,818,078 5.22%
7 Thriller/Suspense 18 $382,510,341 63,434,551 4.15%
8 Musical 6 $202,852,759 33,640,590 2.20%
9 Documentary 44 $87,395,238 14,493,404 .95%
10 Western 2 $84,450,484 14,005,055 .92%
11 Concert/Performance 1 $2,255,000 373,964 .02%
12 Multiple Genres 2 $504,524 83,669 .01%
13 Black Comedy 1 $44,011 7,299 .00%