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

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 1997

RankSourceMovies1997 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 163 $2,899,137,143 631,620,298 46.66%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 52 $1,248,683,091 272,044,248 20.10%
3 Sequel 18 $621,964,044 135,504,146 10.01%
4 Based on Real Life Events 25 $437,202,926 95,251,181 7.04%
5 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 3 $306,773,549 66,835,196 4.94%
6 Based on TV 9 $284,074,569 61,889,884 4.57%
7 Remake 5 $243,125,332 52,968,481 3.91%
8 Based on Play 12 $58,417,126 12,727,044 .94%
9 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $47,821,442 10,418,615 .77%
10 Based on Magazine Article 1 $41,263,140 8,989,791 .66%
11 Based on Short Film 1 $24,475,416 5,332,335 .39%
12 Compilation 1 $42,303 9,216 .00%