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	$1,133,852,291 17.28%	$2,490,359,870 30.66%	$2,332,905,235 28.10%	$2,323,735,275 29.10%	$3,405,885,129 52.11%	$1,519,210,255 40.62%	$368,283,852 28.45%	$2,734,096,662 25.95%	$3,226,115,906 33.88%	$3,119,889,500 31.87%
Adventure	$696,668,186 10.62%	$542,450,590 6.68%	$153,760,027 1.85%	$24,281,497 0.30%	$195,725,353 2.99%	$242,368,051 6.48%	$287,582,040 22.21%	$456,936,407 4.34%	$138,519,944 1.45%	$428,139,160 4.37%
Animation	$1,466,312,224 22.35%	$1,103,885,884 13.59%	$2,284,634,461 27.52%	$1,182,533,828 14.81%	$939,070,793 14.37%	$601,235,025 16.08%	$123,391,126 9.53%	$2,053,789,246 19.49%	$1,404,336,068 14.75%	$1,493,041,910 15.25%
Biography	$436,551,692 6.65%	$114,218,816 1.41%	$233,184,691 2.81%	$534,911,274 6.70%	$197,916,649 3.03%	$111,474,176 2.98%	$12,823,769 0.99%	$352,376,593 3.34%	$347,075,964 3.64%	$486,648,510 4.97%
Comedy	$541,420,160 8.25%	$374,918,719 4.62%	$546,278,888 6.58%	$1,163,491,031 14.57%	$230,893,057 3.53%	$251,740,991 6.73%	$96,798,303 7.48%	$803,371,411 7.62%	$1,192,917,404 12.53%	$832,519,553 8.50%
Crime	$46,843,153 0.71%	$69,210,298 0.85%	$27,018,999 0.33%	$73,390,155 0.92%	$49,626,196 0.76%	$10,969,543 0.29%	$3,381,159 0.26%	$52,931,168 0.50%	$163,518,438 1.72%	$90,427,870 0.92%
Documentary	$64,770,807 0.99%	$23,723,958 0.29%	$22,041,011 0.27%	$27,969,838 0.35%	$9,369,747 0.14%	$15,384,025 0.41%	$2,101,719 0.16%	$57,607,690 0.55%	$80,710,997 0.85%	$53,090,938 0.54%
Drama	$210,487,853 3.21%	$304,858,320 3.75%	$416,716,282 5.02%	$231,484,265 2.90%	$240,728,712 3.68%	$79,770,873 2.13%	$12,478,387 0.96%	$1,006,037,636 9.55%	$524,290,710 5.51%	$572,448,771 5.85%
Family	$1,278,367 0.02%	$426,398,836 5.25%	$5,455,697 0.07%	$38,953 0.00%	$47,586,181 0.73%	$48,963,027 1.31%	$395,049 0.03%	$180,252,542 1.71%	$273,646,494 2.87%	$85,247,344 0.87%
Fantasy	$81,655,617 1.24%	$120,857,561 1.49%	$30,727,795 0.37%	$546,388,962 6.84%	$114,040,938 1.74%	$18,125,968 0.48%	$1,534,531 0.12%	$494,445,715 4.69%	$335,125,140 3.52%	$119,903,857 1.22%
History	$837,985 0.01%	$6,490,909 0.08%	$2,451,352 0.03%	-	$68,555,124 1.05%	-	-	-	-	-
Horror	$864,299,503 13.18%	$1,343,767,387 16.54%	$865,251,284 10.42%	$907,647,715 11.37%	$591,285,262 9.05%	$453,619,954 12.13%	$200,284,776 15.47%	$930,847,030 8.83%	$827,273,160 8.69%	$1,059,018,574 10.82%
Music	$8,860,170 0.14%	$54,256,319 0.67%	$9,983,266 0.12%	$223,888,256 2.80%	$7,863,294 0.12%	$13,782,094 0.37%	$444,417 0.03%	$14,519,116 0.14%	$5,039,078 0.05%	$1,556,369 0.02%
Musical	$29,060,336 0.44%	$333,564,444 4.11%	$445,607,488 5.37%	$12,486,859 0.16%	$4,863,887 0.07%	$77,324,008 2.07%	$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	$123,197,629 1.88%	$55,434,191 0.68%	$37,425,597 0.45%	$46,918,289 0.59%	$108,257,444 1.66%	$8,211,607 0.22%	$27,055,436 2.09%	$134,088,105 1.27%	$135,167,693 1.42%	$136,394,978 1.39%
Sci-Fi	$656,513,131 10.01%	$157,958,215 1.94%	$503,165,154 6.06%	$144,989,580 1.82%	$123,611,913 1.89%	$53,198,371 1.42%	$77,747,968 6.01%	$661,830,625 6.28%	$210,374,412 2.21%	$873,178,671 8.92%
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 0.61%	$43,884 0.00%	$37,304,732 0.35%	$114,918,193 1.21%	$2,795,415 0.03%
Thriller	$177,203,442 2.70%	$324,994,189 4.00%	$289,124,593 3.48%	$250,756,996 3.14%	$164,518,028 2.52%	$210,455,197 5.63%	$75,049,376 5.80%	$352,537,482 3.35%	$352,614,214 3.70%	$149,588,360 1.53%
War	$17,221,750 0.26%	$26,224,924 0.32%	$2,669,855 0.03%	$17,083,050 0.21%	$21,085,643 0.32%	$527,877 0.01%	$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 0.00%	$3,717,170 0.29%	$2,137,055 0.02%	$3,295,411 0.03%	$150,014 0.00%
Total	$6,560,117,329 100%	$8,123,491,843 100%	$8,302,772,893 100%	$7,984,244,976 100%	$6,536,017,477 100%	$3,739,924,863 100%	$1,294,657,550 100%	$10,537,556,961 100%	$9,522,453,043 100%	$9,789,772,696 100%