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

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2003

RankSourceMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 196 $3,589,950,004 595,348,258 38.92%
2 Sequel 30 $1,974,405,618 327,430,448 21.40%
3 Based on Book/Short Story 64 $1,693,842,266 280,902,530 18.36%
4 Remake 12 $475,177,416 78,802,225 5.15%
5 Disney Ride 2 $375,833,975 62,327,360 4.07%
6 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 5 $330,180,359 54,756,279 3.58%
7 Based on TV 11 $213,802,277 35,456,431 2.32%
8 Based on Real Life Events 56 $200,375,136 33,229,707 2.17%
9 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $161,445,985 26,773,795 1.75%
10 Spin-Off 2 $105,726,078 17,533,346 1.15%
11 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 2 $26,489,000 4,392,869 .29%
12 Based on Play 7 $24,493,565 4,061,951 .27%
13 Based on Magazine Article 1 $21,908,034 3,633,173 .24%
14 Based on Short Film 2 $20,841,663 3,456,329 .23%
15 Based on Game 1 $10,199,354 1,691,435 .11%
16 Compilation 1 $198,162 32,863 .00%