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Market Share for Each Source in 2014

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2014. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2014. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2013 will most likely earn money in 2013 and 2014.

Top Grossing of 2014

RankSourceMovies2014 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 399 $3,643,750,013 445,991,440 34.86%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 78 $1,979,863,316 242,333,332 18.94%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 16 $1,468,876,414 179,789,036 14.05%
4 Based on TV 9 $717,994,023 87,881,765 6.87%
5 Based on Factual Book/Article 20 $678,626,877 83,063,265 6.49%
6 Spin-Off 6 $491,342,852 60,139,884 4.70%
7 Based on Real Life Events 199 $314,262,419 38,465,405 3.01%
8 Based on Toy 1 $257,784,718 31,552,597 2.47%
9 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 5 $229,402,919 28,078,692 2.19%
10 Based on Religious Text 6 $216,743,320 26,529,170 2.07%
11 Based on Musical or Opera 3 $168,061,037 20,570,506 1.61%
12 Based on Short Film 5 $95,169,020 11,648,594 0.91%
13 Based on Game 2 $94,424,517 11,557,469 0.90%
14 Based on Play 11 $93,854,351 11,487,679 0.90%
15 Compilation 2 $2,365,061 289,481 0.02%
16 Based on Movie 1 $40,862 5,001 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.