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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2004

RankGenreMovies2004 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 35 $2,556,916,313 411,079,791 27.55%
2 Comedy 132 $2,040,035,933 327,980,057 21.98%
3 Drama 221 $1,438,102,499 231,206,186 15.50%
4 Action 27 $1,210,415,920 194,600,630 13.04%
5 Romantic Comedy 31 $651,575,673 104,754,931 7.02%
6 Thriller/Suspense 27 $567,486,330 91,235,746 6.11%
7 Horror 20 $465,182,720 74,788,221 5.01%
8 Documentary 88 $233,912,658 37,606,536 2.52%
9 Western 4 $90,475,689 14,545,930 .97%
10 Musical 5 $22,667,489 3,644,290 .24%
11 Black Comedy 2 $2,126,476 341,877 .02%
12 Concert/Performance 1 $1,174,079 188,759 .01%
13 Genre Unknown 3 $195,251 31,391 .00%
14 Multiple Genres 1 $36,709 5,902 .00%