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Market Share for Each Source in 2024

Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2024. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2024. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2023 will most likely earn money in 2023 and 2024.

Top Grossing of 2024

RankSourceMovies2024 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 145 $1,075,734,256 99,789,741 50.12%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 23 $447,078,849 41,472,978 20.83%
3 Based on Real Life Events 43 $195,323,135 18,119,005 9.10%
4 Based on Factual Book/Article 12 $91,967,757 8,531,326 4.28%
5 Based on Musical or Opera 2 $88,975,797 8,253,784 4.15%
6 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 8 $69,697,409 6,465,432 3.25%
7 Spin-Off 1 $43,817,106 4,064,666 2.04%
8 Based on TV 1 $32,844,005 3,046,753 1.53%
9 Based on Short Film 1 $32,494,740 3,014,354 1.51%
10 Based on Religious Text 5 $32,296,741 2,995,984 1.50%
11 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 1 $24,829,385 2,303,282 1.16%
12 Based on Toy 2 $5,469,148 507,341 0.25%
13 Compilation 1 $3,162,293 293,348 0.15%
14 Based on Movie 1 $1,546,710 143,479 0.07%
15 Based on Play 2 $971,960 90,162 0.05%
16 Based on Musical Group 1 $204,031 18,926 0.01%

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.