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Market Share for Each Genre in 2013

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Note: This chart ranks genres by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2013. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2013. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2012 will most likely earn money in 2012 and 2013.

Top Grossing of 2013

RankGenreMovies2013 GrossTicketsShare
1 Adventure 43 $2,916,303,147 358,708,869 26.66%
2 Action 47 $2,504,349,570 308,038,081 22.90%
3 Comedy 103 $1,658,244,561 203,966,123 15.16%
4 Drama 233 $1,216,903,429 149,680,624 11.13%
5 Thriller/Suspense 72 $1,084,253,081 133,364,461 9.91%
6 Horror 34 $552,197,585 67,920,979 5.05%
7 Musical 6 $354,121,807 43,557,417 3.24%
8 Romantic Comedy 25 $201,160,918 24,743,041 1.84%
9 Western 4 $183,544,813 22,576,238 1.68%
10 Black Comedy 13 $149,682,108 18,411,084 1.37%
11 Concert/Performance 4 $64,881,892 7,980,553 0.59%
12 Documentary 161 $48,942,718 6,020,016 0.45%
13 Multiple Genres 1 $2,142,342 263,511 0.02%

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.