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Market Share for Each Source in 1996

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996.

Top Grossing of 1996

RankSourceMovies1996 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 187 $2,935,169,074 664,065,308 50.88%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 81 $1,619,077,813 366,307,159 28.06%
3 Based on TV 11 $538,227,819 121,770,994 9.33%
4 Based on Play 14 $188,577,687 42,664,627 3.27%
5 Based on Real Life Events 25 $169,579,267 38,366,339 2.94%
6 Based on Movie 1 $128,814,019 29,143,443 2.23%
7 Based on Short Film 4 $62,002,436 14,027,698 1.07%
8 Remake 2 $46,982,825 10,629,597 0.81%
9 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 5 $39,668,561 8,974,785 0.69%
10 Based on Toy 1 $33,796,571 7,646,283 0.59%
11 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $2,278,112 515,409 0.04%
12 Compilation 1 $959,699 217,126 0.02%
13 Based on Factual Book/Article 1 $509,458 115,261 0.01%
14 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 1 $185,170 41,893 0.00%
15 Based on Game 1 $50,081 11,330 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).

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