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Market Share for Each Source in 2019

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2019. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2019. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2018 will most likely earn money in 2018 and 2019.

Top Grossing of 2019

RankSourceMovies2019 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 325 $5,047,189,905 551,003,127 44.95%
2 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 12 $2,541,969,490 277,507,584 22.64%
3 Based on Real Life Events 206 $848,994,307 92,684,873 7.56%
4 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 4 $806,251,457 88,018,716 7.18%
5 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 65 $639,029,493 69,763,023 5.69%
6 Based on Factual Book/Article 22 $414,338,500 45,233,453 3.69%
7 Based on TV 9 $303,777,957 33,163,528 2.71%
8 Spin-Off 7 $235,936,345 25,419,866 2.10%
9 Based on Game 2 $185,762,422 20,279,740 1.65%
10 Based on Toy 3 $127,070,634 13,872,339 1.13%
11 Based on Short Film 2 $47,062,592 5,137,837 0.42%
12 Based on Musical or Opera 2 $19,996,339 2,183,006 0.18%
13 Compilation 5 $4,192,930 457,741 0.04%
14 Based on Movie 1 $2,405,625 262,623 0.02%
15 Based on Play 2 $2,054,409 224,280 0.02%
16 Based on Musical Group 2 $1,197,698 130,752 0.01%
17 Based on Religious Text 1 $124,958 13,641 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.