Market Charts > 2016 > Sources
Market Share for Each Source in 2016
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Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2016. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2016. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2015 will most likely earn money in 2015 and 2016.
Top Grossing of 2016
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2016 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Original Screenplay | 403 | $5,109,756,393 | 590,723,282 | 44.87% |
| 2 | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story | 107 | $1,940,167,628 | 224,296,837 | 17.04% |
| 3 | Based on Comic/Graphic Novel | 14 | $1,544,253,266 | 178,526,387 | 13.56% |
| 4 | Spin-Off | 4 | $1,004,364,548 | 116,111,508 | 8.82% |
| 5 | Based on Real Life Events | 212 | $450,089,077 | 52,033,417 | 3.95% |
| 6 | Based on Factual Book/Article | 26 | $435,475,714 | 50,344,013 | 3.82% |
| 7 | Based on Game | 6 | $235,517,718 | 27,227,482 | 2.07% |
| 8 | Based on TV | 3 | $193,932,055 | 22,419,891 | 1.70% |
| 9 | Based on Toy | 2 | $153,948,956 | 17,797,567 | 1.35% |
| 10 | Based on Play | 14 | $122,960,087 | 14,215,038 | 1.08% |
| 11 | Based on Short Film | 3 | $81,858,656 | 9,463,428 | 0.72% |
| 12 | Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale | 4 | $48,224,135 | 5,575,045 | 0.42% |
| 13 | Based on Religious Text | 1 | $36,880,033 | 4,263,588 | 0.32% |
| 14 | Based on Movie | 1 | $11,686,940 | 1,351,091 | 0.10% |
| 15 | Based on Web Series | 3 | $9,604,401 | 1,110,335 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Based on Musical or Opera | 4 | $4,483,946 | 518,375 | 0.04% |
| 17 | Compilation | 3 | $2,853,120 | 329,840 | 0.03% |
| 18 | Based on Musical Group | 2 | $2,835,352 | 327,787 | 0.02% |
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.