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Box Office Totals by Genre for All Years
Totals by Primary Genre for 2025-2017 in the Domestic Box Office
Genre
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Action
$2,500,281,114
30.74%
$2,308,851,175
28.39%
$2,325,626,704
29.13%
$3,405,885,129
52.09%
$1,335,558,600
38.83%
$368,283,867
28.54%
$2,734,096,662
25.95%
$3,226,105,910
33.91%
$3,119,889,500
31.90%
-
Adventure
$542,450,590
6.67%
$153,760,027
1.89%
$24,281,497
0.30%
$195,725,353
2.99%
$125,380,535
3.65%
$287,633,072
22.29%
$456,936,407
4.34%
$138,519,944
1.46%
$428,139,160
4.38%
-
Animation
$1,187,550
3.00%
$1,103,714,749
13.57%
$2,283,839,594
28.08%
$1,182,533,828
14.81%
$939,070,793
14.36%
$601,235,025
17.48%
$119,004,507
9.22%
$2,053,789,246
19.49%
$1,403,795,361
14.76%
$1,493,041,910
15.27%
Biography
$1,274,038
3.22%
$112,266,139
1.38%
$233,195,788
2.87%
$534,911,274
6.70%
$198,059,611
3.03%
$111,474,176
3.24%
$12,823,769
0.99%
$352,376,593
3.34%
$347,075,964
3.65%
$486,648,510
4.98%
Comedy
$374,918,719
4.61%
$546,278,345
6.72%
$1,163,491,031
14.57%
$230,893,057
3.53%
$251,977,527
7.33%
$96,798,303
7.50%
$803,371,411
7.62%
$1,192,917,404
12.54%
$832,515,779
8.51%
-
Crime
$69,210,298
0.85%
$27,020,014
0.33%
$73,390,155
0.92%
$49,626,196
0.76%
$10,969,543
0.32%
$3,381,159
0.26%
$52,931,168
0.50%
$163,518,438
1.72%
$90,427,870
0.92%
-
Documentary
$23,972
0.06%
$23,711,977
0.29%
$22,030,817
0.27%
$27,969,838
0.35%
$9,369,747
0.14%
$15,385,107
0.45%
$2,094,926
0.16%
$57,534,722
0.55%
$80,710,997
0.85%
$53,090,938
0.54%
Drama
$158,519
0.40%
$302,195,278
3.72%
$416,576,097
5.12%
$231,484,265
2.90%
$240,683,188
3.68%
$79,780,780
2.32%
$12,478,468
0.97%
$1,006,037,636
9.55%
$523,988,698
5.51%
$561,734,384
5.74%
Family
$426,398,836
5.24%
$5,419,364
0.07%
$38,953
0.00%
$47,586,181
0.73%
$48,963,027
1.42%
$395,049
0.03%
$180,252,542
1.71%
$273,646,494
2.88%
$85,247,344
0.87%
-
Fantasy
$120,857,561
1.49%
$30,727,795
0.38%
$544,933,881
6.82%
$114,040,938
1.74%
$18,125,968
0.53%
$1,534,531
0.12%
$494,445,715
4.69%
$335,125,140
3.52%
$119,903,857
1.23%
-
History
$6,490,909
0.08%
$2,451,352
0.03%
$68,555,124
1.05%
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Horror
$36,318,422
91.87%
$1,346,947,451
16.56%
$726,266,917
8.93%
$907,559,724
11.37%
$591,285,262
9.04%
$453,620,041
13.19%
$200,284,776
15.52%
$930,847,030
8.83%
$827,273,160
8.70%
$1,059,018,574
10.83%
Music
$54,256,319
0.67%
$9,983,266
0.12%
$223,888,256
2.80%
$7,863,294
0.12%
$13,782,094
0.40%
$444,417
0.03%
$14,519,116
0.14%
$5,039,078
0.05%
$1,556,369
0.02%
-
Musical
$333,564,444
4.10%
$445,607,488
5.48%
$12,486,859
0.16%
$4,863,887
0.07%
$77,324,008
2.25%
$954,766
0.07%
$27,518,129
0.26%
$139,623,282
1.47%
$173,565,817
1.77%
-
Mystery
$1,600,000
0.02%
$42,471,412
0.53%
$13,304,147
0.20%
$5,191
0.00%
$121,249,117
1.15%
$101,105,135
1.03%
-
-
-
-
other
$443,050
0.01%
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Romance
$56,993,215
0.70%
$37,425,597
0.46%
$46,918,289
0.59%
$108,257,491
1.66%
$8,211,607
0.24%
$27,055,436
2.10%
$134,088,959
1.27%
$135,167,693
1.42%
$136,394,978
1.39%
-
Sci-Fi
$310,679
0.79%
$157,958,215
1.94%
$503,165,154
6.19%
$144,989,580
1.82%
$123,611,913
1.89%
$53,198,371
1.55%
$77,747,968
6.03%
$661,830,625
6.28%
$202,070,412
2.12%
$873,168,438
8.93%
Short
$3,275,477
0.04%
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sport
$243,952,803
3.00%
$59,192,614
0.73%
$228,995,247
2.87%
$1,829,980
0.03%
$22,935,665
0.67%
$43,884
0.00%
$37,304,732
0.35%
$114,918,193
1.21%
$2,795,415
0.03%
-
Thriller
$260,928
0.66%
$324,994,189
4.00%
$289,124,593
3.56%
$250,756,996
3.14%
$166,727,524
2.55%
$210,455,197
6.12%
$75,049,376
5.82%
$352,537,482
3.35%
$352,614,214
3.71%
$149,588,360
1.53%
War
$26,072,967
0.32%
$2,669,855
0.03%
$17,083,050
0.21%
$21,085,643
0.32%
$527,877
0.02%
$589,822
0.05%
$63,680,500
0.60%
$47,890,535
0.50%
$11,061,950
0.11%
-
Western
$1,090,133
0.01%
$29,058,524
0.36%
$782,494
0.01%
$179,915
0.01%
$3,717,170
0.29%
$2,137,055
0.02%
$3,295,411
0.03%
$150,014
0.00%
-
-
Total
$39,534,108
100%
$8,133,201,383
100%
$8,132,644,376
100%
$7,984,593,333
100%
$6,538,324,458
100%
$3,439,533,304
100%
$1,290,315,266
100%
$10,537,484,847
100%
$9,513,296,328
100%
$9,779,044,302
100%