Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Top-Grossing Genres 1995 to 2010


MoviesTotal GrossAverage GrossMarket Share
1Comedy1,613$42,813,957,070$26,543,06124.16%
2Adventure454$34,689,752,966$76,409,14819.57%
3Drama2,795$31,789,823,166$11,373,81917.94%
4Action509$30,052,605,347$59,042,44716.96%
5Thriller/Suspense475$13,202,090,452$27,793,8757.45%
6Romantic Comedy359$10,469,787,290$29,163,7535.91%
7Horror292$8,560,128,560$29,315,5094.83%
8Documentary880$1,957,293,597$2,224,1971.10%
9Musical105$1,693,113,591$16,124,8910.96%
10Black Comedy72$741,364,700$10,296,7320.42%
11Western35$599,639,073$17,132,5450.34%
12Concert/Performance37$203,647,126$5,503,9760.11%
13Multiple Genres12$3,741,687$311,8070.00%
14Genre Unknown5$1,677,435$335,4870.00%

Today Thriller is considered as a sub-genre of neo-noir and by looking at the table above we can see that the genre is one of the top of those dominating the industry. From 2008 to present, thriller films are slowly becoming more popular and by producing our opening sequence in this genre. There is a big audience which would be interested in the genre.

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