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Market Share for Each MPAA Rating in 2021

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Note: This chart ranks mpaa ratings by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2021. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2021. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2020 will most likely earn money in 2020 and 2021.

Top Grossing of 2021

RankMPAA RatingMovies2021 GrossTicketsShare
1 PG-13 80 $2,884,715,250 283,649,462 63.85%
2 R 120 $914,488,525 89,920,169 20.24%
3 PG 38 $644,349,427 63,357,849 14.26%
4 G 3 $40,574,962 3,989,671 0.90%
5 Not Rated 3 $47,863 4,705 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.