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

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2006

RankSourceMovies2006 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 288 $3,351,052,264 511,611,032 36.16%
2 Sequel 31 $2,088,848,697 318,908,199 22.54%
3 Based on Book/Short Story 89 $1,447,804,071 221,038,793 15.62%
4 Remake 21 $758,407,357 115,787,383 8.18%
5 Based on Real Life Events 140 $743,589,686 113,525,149 8.02%
6 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 8 $461,494,686 70,457,205 4.98%
7 Based on TV 7 $205,013,901 31,299,831 2.21%
8 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 4 $76,602,653 11,695,061 .83%
9 Based on Game 2 $49,388,052 7,540,161 .53%
10 Based on Play 8 $43,766,502 6,681,910 .47%
11 Based on Musical/Opera 1 $37,064,395 5,658,686 .40%
12 Compilation 4 $3,057,688 466,823 .03%