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Market Share for Each Source in 1997

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997.

Top Grossing of 1997

RankSourceMovies1997 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 198 $3,371,039,442 734,431,158 54.41%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 63 $1,293,455,773 281,798,611 20.88%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 4 $414,641,668 90,335,873 6.69%
4 Based on TV 11 $294,268,814 64,110,848 4.75%
5 Based on Real Life Events 28 $272,514,827 59,371,410 4.40%
6 Remake 3 $141,759,772 30,884,481 2.29%
7 Based on Factual Book/Article 4 $104,490,945 22,764,909 1.69%
8 Based on Religious Text 1 $99,112,101 21,593,050 1.60%
9 Based on Play 17 $58,710,954 12,791,050 0.95%
10 Based on Short Film 2 $48,177,073 10,496,094 0.78%
11 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $47,769,067 10,407,204 0.77%
12 Based on Game 1 $35,059,903 7,638,323 0.57%
13 Based on Toy 1 $3,974,446 865,892 0.06%
14 Compilation 2 $233,467 50,863 0.00%
15 Based on Movie 1 $72,844 15,870 0.00%
16 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 1 $5,000 1,089 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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