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Market Share for Each Source in 2023

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2023. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2022 will most likely earn money in 2022 and 2023.

Top Grossing of 2023

RankSourceMovies2023 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 301 $2,731,354,006 249,666,610 30.47%
2 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 19 $1,393,358,426 127,363,655 15.55%
3 Based on Real Life Events 127 $848,681,803 77,575,977 9.47%
4 Based on Game 3 $805,759,600 73,652,613 8.99%
5 Based on Toy 3 $739,371,923 67,584,270 8.25%
6 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 70 $701,280,495 64,102,402 7.82%
7 Based on TV 6 $487,971,671 44,604,357 5.44%
8 Remake 10 $441,644,397 40,369,686 4.93%
9 Based on Factual Book/Article 15 $403,744,165 36,905,311 4.50%
10 Spin-Off 4 $217,611,471 19,891,358 2.43%
11 Based on Theme Park Ride 1 $67,653,287 6,184,030 0.75%
12 Based on Musical or Opera 2 $44,208,547 4,041,001 0.49%
13 Based on Movie 6 $31,684,423 2,896,197 0.35%
14 Based on Religious Text 5 $28,939,655 2,645,305 0.32%
15 Based on Play 6 $15,015,068 1,372,490 0.17%
16 Compilation 3 $3,640,385 332,757 0.04%
17 Based on Radio 1 $1,290,000 117,915 0.01%
18 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 1 $8,288 757 0.00%

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.