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

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 1999

RankSourceMovies1999 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 169 $3,463,378,242 684,462,100 47.15%
2 Based on Book/Short Story 67 $1,537,030,537 303,760,978 20.93%
3 Sequel 16 $1,018,503,564 201,285,291 13.87%
4 Based on TV 14 $496,584,737 98,139,275 6.76%
5 Remake 10 $314,018,415 62,058,975 4.28%
6 Based on Real Life Events 35 $310,585,413 61,380,515 4.23%
7 Based on Play 14 $128,251,056 25,346,059 1.75%
8 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 3 $45,416,761 8,975,644 .62%
9 Based on Game 1 $11,578,022 2,288,147 .16%
10 Based on Short Film 1 $10,827,813 2,139,884 .15%
11 Based on Magazine Article 1 $8,408,835 1,661,825 .11%
12 Based on Ballet 1 $357,245 70,602 .00%
13 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 1 $31,167 6,159 .00%