Market Share for Each Genre in 2006
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2006 Gross | Tickets | Share |
| 1 |
Comedy
|
137 |
$3,115,868,477 |
475,705,107 |
33.61% |
| 2 |
Adventure
|
31 |
$1,740,799,303 |
265,770,888 |
18.78% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
247 |
$1,560,689,191 |
238,273,167 |
16.84% |
| 4 |
Action
|
31 |
$1,007,724,332 |
153,851,046 |
10.87% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
33 |
$742,798,212 |
113,404,308 |
8.01% |
| 6 |
Horror
|
28 |
$553,225,088 |
84,461,845 |
5.97% |
| 7 |
Romantic Comedy
|
18 |
$342,817,994 |
52,338,624 |
3.70% |
| 8 |
Documentary
|
106 |
$101,090,838 |
15,433,720 |
1.09% |
| 9 |
Musical
|
6 |
$68,191,372 |
10,410,897 |
.74% |
| 10 |
Black Comedy
|
5 |
$32,291,455 |
4,929,993 |
.35% |
| 11 |
Concert/Performance
|
4 |
$2,484,609 |
379,330 |
.03% |
| 12 |
Multiple Genres
|
3 |
$747,008 |
114,047 |
.01% |
| 13 |
Western
|
2 |
$579,036 |
88,403 |
.01% |
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