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Market Share for Each Source in 2001

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001.

Top Grossing of 2001

RankSourceMovies2001 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 269 $4,411,492,775 779,415,685 54.23%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 76 $2,476,945,374 437,622,855 30.45%
3 Based on Real Life Events 37 $381,299,033 67,367,321 4.69%
4 Based on TV 7 $246,385,054 43,530,928 3.03%
5 Based on Factual Book/Article 8 $206,396,884 36,465,880 2.54%
6 Based on Game 3 $164,210,506 29,012,457 2.02%
7 Based on Play 11 $110,107,615 19,453,642 1.35%
8 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 1 $43,569,988 7,697,878 0.54%
9 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 4 $43,038,239 7,603,929 0.53%
10 Spin-Off 1 $30,059,386 5,310,846 0.37%
11 Based on Religious Text 1 $6,047,691 1,068,497 0.07%
12 Based on Musical or Opera 2 $3,274,728 578,574 0.04%

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.