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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
$299,780,081
10.0%
$2,651,799,261
31.1%
$2,382,017,591
28.0%
$2,359,881,207
27.0%
$4,107,244,456
55.0%
$2,406,828,621
49.5%
$405,111,356
28.7%
$2,737,293,956
24.0%
$3,723,700,215
34.2%
$3,530,049,205
31.8%
Adventure
$54,362,837
1.8%
$554,890,509
6.5%
$152,359,378
1.8%
$24,282,927
0.3%
$193,710,610
2.6%
$247,994,425
5.1%
$289,490,253
20.5%
$567,897,984
5.0%
$137,844,066
1.3%
$622,323,556
5.6%
Animation
$698,996,256
23.4%
$1,198,817,241
14.1%
$2,436,426,708
28.6%
$1,627,581,507
18.6%
$1,051,667,446
14.1%
$671,099,998
13.8%
$148,374,461
10.5%
$2,282,673,771
20.0%
$1,761,912,635
16.2%
$1,474,178,142
13.3%
Biography
$250,193,748
8.4%
$129,472,291
1.5%
$278,820,727
3.3%
$559,919,763
6.4%
$225,513,580
3.0%
$116,693,083
2.4%
$12,499,845
0.9%
$403,287,197
3.5%
$655,955,860
6.0%
$320,631,194
2.9%
Comedy
$361,327,270
12.1%
$406,180,979
4.8%
$551,556,545
6.5%
$1,184,486,903
13.5%
$298,235,604
4.0%
$263,045,555
5.4%
$96,983,747
6.9%
$819,359,371
7.2%
$1,213,476,476
11.1%
$858,959,426
7.7%
Crime
$36,605,061
1.2%
$69,453,107
0.8%
$26,908,030
0.3%
$74,098,590
0.8%
$48,303,775
0.6%
$11,487,878
0.2%
$3,289,240
0.2%
$72,657,966
0.6%
$195,662,585
1.8%
$88,198,640
0.8%
Documentary
$53,097,739
1.8%
$23,688,183
0.3%
$22,733,541
0.3%
$27,756,266
0.3%
$10,461,887
0.1%
$16,072,504
0.3%
$2,367,434
0.2%
$58,972,325
0.5%
$106,009,908
1.0%
$49,503,853
0.4%
Drama
$212,589,780
7.1%
$351,330,051
4.1%
$462,626,560
5.4%
$282,316,561
3.2%
$259,399,013
3.5%
$89,439,139
1.8%
$25,920,580
1.8%
$1,087,374,080
9.5%
$617,023,968
5.7%
$636,182,513
5.7%
Family
-
$424,288,606
5.0%
$3,714,163
0.0%
$38,953
0.0%
$47,723,603
0.6%
$48,963,027
1.0%
$49
0.0%
$179,881,449
1.6%
$322,598,534
3.0%
$85,247,344
0.8%
Fantasy
$629,038
0.0%
$115,904,377
1.4%
$21,961,111
0.3%
$659,989,834
7.5%
$114,046,225
1.5%
$18,167,263
0.4%
$2,414,405
0.2%
$492,916,401
4.3%
$334,903,442
3.1%
$661,713,844
6.0%
History
-
$6,361,644
0.1%
$2,451,352
0.0%
-
$68,702,455
0.9%
-
-
-
-
-
Horror
$287,455,685
9.6%
$1,347,423,516
15.8%
$764,452,352
9.0%
$908,030,200
10.4%
$606,029,660
8.1%
$453,866,799
9.3%
$208,053,426
14.7%
$931,732,046
8.2%
$829,265,617
7.6%
$1,061,190,725
9.5%
Music
$4,300,000
0.1%
$74,308,599
0.9%
$10,212,225
0.1%
$219,853,342
2.5%
$7,887,790
0.1%
$13,782,094
0.3%
$444,750
0.0%
$14,780,673
0.1%
$5,154,234
0.0%
$1,556,369
0.0%
Musical
-
$314,880,952
3.7%
$477,656,500
5.6%
$12,486,859
0.1%
$4,884,530
0.1%
$85,266,894
1.8%
$17,532,879
1.2%
$31,188,153
0.3%
$138,778,858
1.3%
$178,852,039
1.6%
Mystery
-
$1,600,000
0.0%
-
$42,471,412
0.5%
$13,305,400
0.2%
$5,191
0.0%
-
$165,409,317
1.5%
-
$102,826,543
0.9%
Other
-
-
-
-
-
$443,050
0.0%
-
-
-
-
Romance
$127,859,235
4.3%
$48,862,674
0.6%
$37,131,324
0.4%
$100,807,913
1.2%
$108,220,150
1.4%
$8,232,794
0.2%
$28,719,273
2.0%
$133,223,205
1.2%
$136,585,698
1.3%
$149,647,000
1.3%
Sci-Fi
$338,086,418
11.3%
$154,329,900
1.8%
$494,837,513
5.8%
$148,184,254
1.7%
$108,949,868
1.5%
$166,952,734
3.4%
$76,629,653
5.4%
$759,582,161
6.7%
$199,963,446
1.8%
$910,953,285
8.2%
Short
$2,431,881
0.1%
$3,275,477
0.0%
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sport
$511,351
0.0%
$243,952,803
2.9%
$59,192,614
0.7%
$253,759,934
2.9%
$1,829,980
0.0%
$33,120,567
0.7%
$43,909
0.0%
$37,129,545
0.3%
$117,319,513
1.1%
$2,795,415
0.0%
Thriller
$255,886,555
8.6%
$378,788,370
4.4%
$293,619,600
3.5%
$250,288,730
2.9%
$166,911,091
2.2%
$214,598,347
4.4%
$81,098,087
5.7%
$407,393,445
3.6%
$353,858,068
3.2%
$147,907,990
1.3%
War
-
$26,199,081
0.3%
$2,620,087
0.0%
$17,309,597
0.2%
$21,496,001
0.3%
$527,877
0.0%
$559,390
0.0%
$221,189,984
1.9%
$48,210,084
0.4%
$199,731,800
1.8%
Western
-
$1,090,133
0.0%
$29,081,737
0.3%
$823,840
0.0%
-
$181,289
0.0%
$12,668,325
0.9%
$1,860,637
0.0%
$3,300,427
0.0%
$29,843,936
0.3%
Total
$2,984,112,935
-65.0%
$8,526,897,754
0.2%
$8,510,379,658
-2.8%
$8,754,368,592
17.3%
$7,464,523,124
53.4%
$4,866,769,129
244.6%
$1,412,201,062
-87.6%
$11,405,803,666
4.6%
$10,901,523,634
-1.9%
$11,112,292,819
100.0%