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Market Share for Each Source in 2003

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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003.

Top Grossing of 2003

RankSourceMovies2003 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 259 $4,829,143,153 800,852,800 52.53%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 74 $1,722,145,433 285,596,222 18.73%
3 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 6 $545,149,844 90,406,273 5.93%
4 Based on Factual Book/Article 9 $386,264,420 64,057,114 4.20%
5 Based on Theme Park Ride 2 $375,833,570 62,327,291 4.09%
6 Based on TV 15 $358,192,807 59,401,786 3.90%
7 Remake 8 $219,544,230 36,408,658 2.39%
8 Based on Real Life Events 68 $179,993,414 29,849,617 1.96%
9 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $161,445,985 26,773,795 1.76%
10 Based on Movie 2 $109,643,809 18,183,052 1.19%
11 Spin-Off 2 $105,726,078 17,533,345 1.15%
12 Based on Game 2 $75,853,112 12,579,288 0.83%
13 Based on Play 10 $60,786,514 10,080,678 0.66%
14 Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale 2 $26,506,166 4,395,714 0.29%
15 Based on Short Film 1 $20,678,510 3,429,271 0.22%
16 Based on Religious Text 2 $3,259,124 540,484 0.04%
17 Compilation 1 $191,877 31,820 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.