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Market Share for Each Source in 2002

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002.

Top Grossing of 2002

RankSourceMovies2002 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 267 $4,443,908,319 764,872,338 48.72%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 84 $2,547,229,172 438,421,547 27.93%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 8 $784,772,058 135,072,644 8.60%
4 Based on TV 11 $399,444,550 68,751,213 4.38%
5 Based on Play 16 $303,667,131 52,266,288 3.33%
6 Based on Factual Book/Article 11 $293,372,092 50,494,337 3.22%
7 Based on Real Life Events 41 $136,324,474 23,463,761 1.49%
8 Spin-Off 1 $90,580,000 15,590,361 0.99%
9 Based on Game 1 $39,532,308 6,804,184 0.43%
10 Based on Religious Text 1 $25,173,631 4,332,811 0.28%
11 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 3 $23,763,955 4,090,182 0.26%
12 Based on Theme Park Ride 1 $16,988,996 2,924,096 0.19%
13 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $2,074,929 357,131 0.02%
14 Compilation 1 $385,550 66,360 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.