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Market Share for Each Source in 2003

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003.

Top Grossing of 2003

RankSourceMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 268 $5,069,523,448 840,716,984 55.00%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 79 $1,774,952,719 294,353,683 19.26%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 6 $545,149,844 90,406,276 5.91%
4 Based on Factual Book/Article 9 $422,755,156 70,108,648 4.59%
5 Based on Theme Park Ride 2 $373,319,535 61,910,370 4.05%
6 Based on TV 15 $371,623,117 61,629,040 4.03%
7 Based on Real Life Events 68 $179,860,855 29,827,675 1.95%
8 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $168,612,589 27,962,287 1.83%
9 Spin-Off 2 $105,594,171 17,511,471 1.15%
10 Based on Game 2 $75,853,112 12,579,289 0.82%
11 Based on Play 10 $66,415,868 11,014,241 0.72%
12 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 3 $26,527,835 4,399,310 0.29%
13 Based on Short Film 1 $20,455,414 3,392,274 0.22%
14 Based on Religious Text 2 $3,484,718 577,897 0.04%
15 Compilation 1 $191,877 31,820 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.