The Numbers - Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Market Share for Each Genre in 2008

RankGenreMovies2008 GrossTicketsShare
1 Comedy 112 $2,078,738,284 302,142,188 27.70%
2 Adventure 31 $1,763,238,754 256,284,702 23.50%
3 Action 31 $1,692,202,593 245,959,678 22.55%
4 Thriller/Suspense 35 $551,577,869 80,171,201 7.35%
5 Drama 178 $522,817,374 75,990,891 6.97%
6 Romantic Comedy 19 $311,398,826 45,261,457 4.15%
7 Horror 17 $214,896,845 31,235,005 2.86%
8 Musical 4 $168,820,099 24,537,805 2.25%
9 Concert/Performance 10 $75,564,478 10,983,209 1.01%
10 Documentary 96 $72,162,257 10,488,704 .96%
11 Black Comedy 4 $52,155,222 7,580,700 .70%
12 Multiple Genres 1 $508,695 73,938 .01%
13 Western 1 $1,940 282 .00%