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

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Market Share for Each Source in 2007

RankSourceMovies2007 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 350 $3,275,893,766 476,147,356 34.13%
2 Sequel 29 $2,084,743,722 303,015,076 21.72%
3 Based on Book/Short Story 92 $1,928,085,299 280,244,953 20.09%
4 Based on TV 9 $718,810,969 104,478,338 7.49%
5 Based on Real Life Events 149 $560,208,774 81,425,694 5.84%
6 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 5 $420,299,001 61,089,971 4.38%
7 Remake 15 $395,826,735 57,532,955 4.12%
8 Based on Musical/Opera 3 $93,240,683 13,552,425 .97%
9 Based on Play 10 $69,730,645 10,135,269 .73%
10 Traditional/Legend/Fairytale 3 $39,646,059 5,762,509 .41%
11 Based on Game 2 $10,490,523 1,524,785 .11%
12 Based on Magazine Article 1 $876,671 127,423 .01%
13 Compilation 2 $337,014 48,985 .00%