Audience research: Quantitative data

		Movies	Total Gross	Average Gross	Market Share
1	Comedy	1,751	$44,792,158,044	$25,580,901	23.48%
2	Adventure	521	$38,199,674,469	$73,319,913	20.03%
3	Drama	3,132	$33,621,012,632	$10,734,678	17.63%
4	Action	570	$32,066,637,809	$56,257,259	16.81%
5	Thriller/Suspense	561	$15,495,734,985	$27,621,631	8.12%
6	Romantic Comedy	403	$11,286,883,357	$28,007,155	5.92%
7	Horror	329	$9,093,205,812	$27,638,923	4.77%
8	Documentary	1,076	$2,063,950,710	$1,918,170	1.08%
9	Musical	113	$1,865,013,970	$16,504,548	0.98%
10	Black Comedy	85	$781,440,299	$9,193,415	0.41%
11	Western	36	$685,432,870	$19,039,802	0.36%
12	Concert/Performance	41	$293,960,413	$7,169,766	0.15%
13	Multiple Genres	20	$8,280,303	$414,015	0.00%
14	Genre Unknown	5	$1,685,983	$337,197	0.00%

From this graph you can see that the most popular genre from 1995 to 2012 is coedy even though it has the most market share it hasnt made the most films within this time. This table also shows that comedy is the top total grossing genre.

 

Even though comedy has the top total grossing genre but adventure has the highest average gross.

 

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	May 19, 1999	20th Century Fox	PG	$474,544,677	$712,529,607
2	Marvel's The Avengers	May 4, 2012	Walt Disney	PG-13	$623,279,547	$623,279,54

 

 

This table show the top two films in the adventure genre, with the total gross for each.

 

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Nov 17, 2000	Universal	PG	$260,044,825	$380,173,811
2	Meet the Fockers	Dec 22, 2004	Universal	PG-13	$279,167,575	$350,064,680

 

This shows that top two movies made in the Comedy genre. We can see that Meet The Fockers has a larger Total Gross than How The Grinch Stole Christmas.