Box Office Totals by Genre for All Years

Totals by Primary Genre for 2026-2017 in the Domestic Box Office

Genre	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Action	$1,089,750,850 17.05%	$2,500,879,332 30.74%	$2,308,851,175 27.89%	$2,323,735,275 29.11%	$3,405,885,129 52.11%	$1,335,558,600 38.83%	$368,283,867 28.56%	$2,734,096,662 25.95%	$3,226,105,910 33.90%	$3,119,889,500 31.90%
Adventure	$671,709,463 10.51%	$542,450,590 6.67%	$153,760,027 1.86%	$24,281,497 0.30%	$195,725,353 2.99%	$125,380,535 3.65%	$287,582,040 22.30%	$456,936,407 4.34%	$138,519,944 1.46%	$428,139,160 4.38%
Animation	$1,439,340,589 22.52%	$1,103,885,884 13.57%	$2,283,803,261 27.59%	$1,182,533,828 14.81%	$939,070,793 14.37%	$601,235,025 17.48%	$119,004,507 9.23%	$2,053,789,246 19.49%	$1,403,795,361 14.75%	$1,493,041,910 15.27%
Biography	$384,898,990 6.02%	$112,266,139 1.38%	$233,184,691 2.82%	$534,911,274 6.70%	$197,916,649 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	$548,025,129 8.57%	$374,918,719 4.61%	$546,278,888 6.60%	$1,163,491,031 14.58%	$230,893,057 3.53%	$251,741,085 7.32%	$95,927,303 7.44%	$803,371,411 7.62%	$1,192,917,404 12.53%	$832,519,553 8.51%
Crime	$43,428,482 0.68%	$69,210,298 0.85%	$27,018,999 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	$51,333,286 0.80%	$23,723,958 0.29%	$22,030,817 0.27%	$27,969,838 0.35%	$9,369,747 0.14%	$15,384,025 0.45%	$2,094,926 0.16%	$57,534,722 0.55%	$80,710,997 0.85%	$53,090,938 0.54%
Drama	$197,280,947 3.09%	$304,969,106 3.75%	$416,550,860 5.03%	$231,484,265 2.90%	$240,683,188 3.68%	$79,770,873 2.32%	$12,478,468 0.97%	$1,006,037,636 9.55%	$524,288,343 5.51%	$561,738,776 5.74%
Family	$1,235,200 0.02%	$426,398,836 5.24%	$5,455,697 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	$80,960,694 1.27%	$120,857,561 1.49%	$30,727,795 0.37%	$544,933,881 6.83%	$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	$838,880,186 13.12%	$1,346,947,451 16.56%	$865,197,470 10.45%	$907,559,724 11.37%	$591,285,262 9.05%	$453,619,954 13.19%	$200,284,776 15.53%	$930,847,030 8.83%	$827,273,160 8.69%	$1,059,018,574 10.83%
Music	$21,509,563 0.34%	$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	$28,876,901 0.45%	$333,564,444 4.10%	$445,607,488 5.38%	$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	$111,525,043 1.74%	$55,434,191 0.68%	$37,425,597 0.45%	$46,918,289 0.59%	$108,257,444 1.66%	$8,211,607 0.24%	$27,055,436 2.10%	$134,088,105 1.27%	$135,167,693 1.42%	$136,394,978 1.39%
Sci-Fi	$647,915,768 10.14%	$157,958,215 1.94%	$503,165,154 6.08%	$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%	$206,222,412 2.17%	$873,178,671 8.93%
Short	$2,431,881 0.04%	$3,275,477 0.04%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sport	$651,152 0.01%	$243,952,803 3.00%	$65,312,694 0.79%	$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	$168,032,064 2.63%	$324,994,189 3.99%	$289,124,593 3.49%	$250,756,996 3.14%	$164,518,028 2.52%	$210,455,197 6.12%	$75,049,376 5.82%	$352,537,482 3.35%	$352,614,214 3.70%	$149,587,105 1.53%
War	$64,238,335 1.00%	$26,224,924 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 0.35%	$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	$6,392,024,523 100%	$8,135,349,478 100%	$8,277,658,203 100%	$7,982,701,904 100%	$6,535,971,953 100%	$3,439,285,786 100%	$1,289,393,234 100%	$10,537,483,993 100%	$9,517,747,973 100%	$9,779,061,446 100%