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Market Share for Each Source in 2026

← 2025 Summary for all Years

Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2026. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2026. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2025 will most likely earn money in 2025 and 2026.

Top Grossing of 2026

RankSourceMovies2026 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 74 $531,550,298 46,998,259 52.13%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 17 $240,042,645 21,223,932 23.54%
3 Based on Real Life Events 31 $105,552,624 9,332,681 10.35%
4 Based on Game 4 $52,262,531 4,620,915 5.13%
5 Based on TV 6 $29,484,852 2,606,973 2.89%
6 Based on Movie 3 $26,200,512 2,316,579 2.57%
7 Based on Religious Text 1 $21,725,217 1,920,886 2.13%
8 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $7,476,415 661,045 0.73%
9 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 5 $3,468,647 306,689 0.34%
10 Compilation 1 $995,867 88,052 0.10%
11 Based on Factual Book/Article 3 $762,448 67,413 0.07%
12 Spin-Off 1 $125,081 11,059 0.01%
13 Based on Play 1 $45,029 3,981 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.