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Market Share for Each Source in 2026

← 2025 Summary for all Years

Note: This chart ranks sources by the amount they earned at the domestic box office during 2026. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2026. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2025 will most likely earn money in 2025 and 2026.

Top Grossing of 2026

RankSourceMovies2026 GrossTicketsShare
1 Original Screenplay 38 $192,597,839 17,028,987 51.00%
2 Based on Fiction Book/Short Story 7 $76,705,717 6,782,116 20.31%
3 Based on Real Life Events 15 $41,721,193 3,688,877 11.05%
4 Based on TV 2 $19,035,854 1,683,100 5.04%
5 Based on Religious Text 1 $17,738,797 1,568,417 4.70%
6 Based on Movie 1 $16,971,465 1,500,572 4.49%
7 Based on Musical or Opera 1 $6,816,475 602,695 1.81%
8 Based on Game 1 $5,568,705 492,370 1.47%
9 Based on Factual Book/Article 2 $260,311 23,016 0.07%
10 Spin-Off 1 $125,081 11,059 0.03%
11 Based on Comic/Graphic Novel 2 $33,320 2,946 0.01%
12 Based on Play 1 $31,385 2,775 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.