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	$209,505,723 4.8%	$2,640,047,773 31.2%	$2,382,319,229 28.1%	$2,358,770,732 27.0%	$4,111,628,190 55.0%	$2,406,828,621 49.5%	$405,111,356 28.7%	$2,737,293,956 24.0%	$4,402,525,693 38.0%	$3,530,049,205 31.8%
Adventure	$6,618,258 0.2%	$554,890,509 6.6%	$152,277,676 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 1.2%	$622,323,556 5.6%
Animation	$1,237,797,558 28.2%	$1,195,280,175 14.1%	$2,402,800,283 28.4%	$1,630,417,250 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 15.2%	$1,474,183,067 13.3%
Biography	$377,650,675 8.6%	$131,448,453 1.6%	$278,972,135 3.3%	$559,751,506 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 5.7%	$320,631,194 2.9%
Comedy	$496,205,312 11.3%	$418,048,169 4.9%	$551,582,902 6.5%	$1,184,750,110 13.5%	$298,235,604 4.0%	$263,048,778 5.4%	$96,983,747 6.9%	$819,359,371 7.2%	$1,213,476,476 10.5%	$858,963,200 7.7%
Crime	$41,360,910 0.9%	$69,453,107 0.8%	$26,908,030 0.3%	$80,234,919 0.9%	$48,303,775 0.6%	$11,487,878 0.2%	$3,289,240 0.2%	$72,657,966 0.6%	$195,662,585 1.7%	$88,198,640 0.8%
Documentary	$48,998,290 1.1%	$23,938,060 0.3%	$22,914,486 0.3%	$27,758,307 0.3%	$10,461,887 0.1%	$16,072,504 0.3%	$2,367,434 0.2%	$59,045,293 0.5%	$106,009,908 0.9%	$49,503,853 0.4%
Drama	$187,490,541 4.3%	$345,205,816 4.1%	$463,000,431 5.5%	$267,282,766 3.1%	$261,555,828 3.5%	$89,439,139 1.8%	$25,920,580 1.8%	$1,087,374,080 9.5%	$616,576,528 5.3%	$636,186,905 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 2.8%	$85,247,344 0.8%
Fantasy	$77,979,664 1.8%	$115,904,377 1.4%	$23,653,091 0.3%	$660,500,171 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 2.9%	$661,713,844 6.0%
History	$2,396,936 0.1%	$6,361,644 0.1%	$2,451,352 0.0%	-	$68,702,455 0.9%	-	-	-	-	-
Horror	$758,256,911 17.3%	$1,347,546,046 15.9%	$764,473,875 9.0%	$908,259,918 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 7.2%	$1,061,190,725 9.5%
Music	$16,283,231 0.4%	$40,245,825 0.5%	$10,246,389 0.1%	$220,592,097 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	$3,388,509 0.1%	$317,117,037 3.8%	$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 1.2%	$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	$111,534,142 2.5%	$48,862,674 0.6%	$37,131,322 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 1.2%	$149,647,000 1.3%
Sci-Fi	$638,648,097 14.5%	$120,222,186 1.4%	$479,641,190 5.7%	$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%	$204,115,446 1.8%	$910,963,518 8.2%
Short	$2,431,881 0.1%	$3,275,477 0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sport	$651,152 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 1.0%	$2,795,415 0.0%
Thriller	$126,208,458 2.9%	$378,788,520 4.5%	$294,088,351 3.5%	$250,289,051 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 3.1%	$147,907,990 1.3%
War	$50,241,964 1.1%	$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	$4,393,648,212 -48.0%	$8,453,766,471 -0.1%	$8,464,725,843 -3.2%	$8,748,772,516 17.1%	$7,471,063,673 53.5%	$4,866,772,352 244.6%	$1,412,201,062 -87.6%	$11,405,876,634 -1.5%	$11,584,053,672 4.2%	$11,112,316,143 100.0%