Genres

Genre Index

Genre (click to view chart)	# Movies	#1 Picture	Gross*
3D	298	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$936.7
Action - Buddy Comedy	83	Men in Black	$250.7
Action - Martial Arts	165	Rush Hour 2	$226.2
Action - Sequels	4	Mission: Impossible II	$215.4
Action - Wire-Fu	27	The Matrix Reloaded	$281.6
Action Heroine	73	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$936.7
Action Remake	25	The Karate Kid	$176.6
Adventure - Desert	24	Mummy Returns	$202.0
Adventure - Period	81	Dead Man's Chest	$423.3
Adventure Remake	29	The Jungle Book	$364.0
Animation	422	Finding Dory	$486.3
Animation - Anime	80	Pokemon 1	$85.7
Animation - Computer	149	Finding Dory	$486.3
Animation - Fantasy	69	Shrek 2	$441.2
Animation - Motion Capture	7	The Polar Express	$185.6
Animation - Sci-Fi	48	WALL-E	$223.8
Animation - Stop Motion	23	Chicken Run	$106.8
Animation - TV Adaptation	43	The Simpsons Movie	$183.1
Biopic - Music	46	Straight Outta Compton	$161.2
Cannes Film Festival - Palme D'Or winners	36	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119.2
Car Racing	38	Furious 7	$353.0
CGI Star	45	Avatar	$760.5
Christian	147	Passion of the Christ	$370.8
Christmas	67	Home Alone	$285.8
Christmas - Setting Only	43	Iron Man 3	$409.0
Cinderella Complex	20	Beauty and the Beast	$494.4
Comedy - Arrested Development	24	Ted	$218.8
Comedy - Body Switch	18	Big	$115.0
Comedy - Bumbling	38	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$146.3
Comedy - College	53	Monsters University	$268.5
Comedy - Dark/Black	84	Horrible Bosses	$117.5
Comedy - Fat Suit	27	Mrs. Doubtfire	$219.2
Comedy - Fish-Out-of-Water Father	39	Despicable Me 2	$368.1
Comedy - God	18	Bruce Almighty	$242.8
Comedy - High School	72	21 Jump Street	$138.4
Comedy - Music	26	Pitch Perfect 2	$184.3
Comedy - R-Rated Youth	115	The Hangover	$277.3
Comedy - Road Trip	56	Wild Hogs	$168.3
Comedy - Sequel (Live Action)	112	Meet the Fockers	$279.3
Comedy - Spoof	69	Goldmember	$213.3
Comedy - Spy	36	Despicable Me 2	$368.1
Comedy - What If?	41	Bruce Almighty	$242.8
Comedy Remake	50	The Longest Yard	$158.1
Comic Book Adaptation	149	The Avengers	$623.4
Con Artist / Hustler	56	Catch Me If You Can	$164.6
Controversy	43	Passion of the Christ	$370.8
Cooking	21	Ratatouille	$206.4
Cop - Dirty	36	The Departed	$132.4
Creature Feature	79	Jurassic World	$652.3
Crime - Romantic Comedy	22	The Mexican	$66.8
Crime Time	123	Inception	$292.6
Cross Dressing / Gender Bending	40	Mrs. Doubtfire	$219.2
Cyborg / Android / Robot	55	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$459.0
Dance	99	Magic Mike	$113.7
Dinosaur	14	Jurassic World	$652.3
Disability - Paraplegic / Quadriplegic	25	Avatar	$760.5
Disaster	52	Titanic	$658.7
Documentary	1481	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119.2
Documentary - Nature	35	March of the Penguins	$77.4
Documentary - Political	131	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119.2
Dog	62	Scooby-Doo	$153.3
Dragon - Focal Point of Movie	11	The Hobbit 2	$258.4
Dragon - Supporting Role	11	Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2)	$381.0
Drama - Kidnapping	30	Taken	$145.0
Drama - Summer	145	Forrest Gump	$330.3
Environmentalist	49	Avatar	$760.5
Explorer	18	Atlantis	$84.1
Family - Animal (Live action)	58	Eight Below	$81.6
Family - Children's Book Adaptation	85	Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2)	$381.0
Family - Remake	33	The Jungle Book	$364.0
Family - Talking Animal (Live action)	35	The Jungle Book	$364.0
Fantasy - Live Action	131	Beauty and the Beast	$494.4
Fire / Firefighter	15	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	$120.1
Foreign Language	2006	Crouching Tiger	$128.1
Found Footage	32	Blair Witch Project	$140.5
Future - Near	87	I Am Legend	$256.4
Gay / Lesbian	336	Birdcage	$124.1
Global Warming	8	The Day After Tomorrow	$186.7
Heist / Caper	105	Inception	$292.6
Hitman / Assassin	76	The Bourne Ultimatum	$227.5
Hollywood / Movies	130	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	$156.5
Horror - Period	32	The Conjuring	$137.4
Horror - Slasher	98	Scream	$103.0
Horror - Supernatural	147	Sixth Sense	$293.5
Horror - Terror in the Water	20	Jaws	$260.0
Horror - Torture	31	Saw II	$87.0
Horror Anthology	21	Twilight Zone: The Movie	$29.5
Horror Comedy	122	Ghostbusters	$242.2
Horror Remake	67	The Ring	$129.1
Horse	32	Seabiscuit	$120.3
Hostage	49	Air Force One	$173.0
IMAX (Feature-length)	199	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$936.7
Irish	69	The Departed	$132.4
Man vs. Machine	22	The Matrix Reloaded	$281.6
Medieval Times	34	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	$165.5
Memory Loss / Amnesia	29	The Bourne Ultimatum	$227.5
Mindbender	25	Inside Out	$356.5
Mockumentary	38	Borat	$128.5
Mother	51	Mamma Mia!	$144.1
Mouse / Rat	13	Ratatouille	$206.4
Mouse/Rat - Featured	25	Alice in Wonderland	$334.2
Music Concert	29	Justin Bieber	$73.0
Musical	87	Beauty and the Beast	$494.4
Neo Noir	72	Sin City	$74.1
New Year's	20	Sleepless in Seattle	$126.7
News/Broadcasting	49	Bruce Almighty	$242.8
Off-Screen Couples On-Screen	51	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$300.5
Pilot / Aircraft	47	Pearl Harbor	$198.5
Pirate	24	Dead Man's Chest	$423.3
Political Campaign / Election	34	The Campaign	$86.9
Political Satire	34	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119.2
Pop Star Debuts	59	Goldmember	$213.3
Post-Apocalypse	53	Catching Fire	$424.7
Pregnancy	34	Breaking Dawn Part 1	$281.3
Prequel	38	Rogue One	$532.2
President	38	Independence Day	$306.2
Puppet / Puppetry	18	The Muppets	$88.6
Rap / Rapper	36	Straight Outta Compton	$161.2
Reality TV	23	The Hunger Games	$408.0
Remake - Asian	24	Godzilla	$200.7
Remake - British	6	The Italian Job	$106.1
Remake - Foreign Thrills	42	Godzilla	$200.7
Remake - French	38	Three Men and a Baby	$167.8
Remake - Sequel to a Remake	23	Mummy Returns	$202.0
Revenge	75	Deadpool	$363.1
Romantic Comedy	482	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$241.4
Romantic Comedy - Fantasy	24	Splash	$69.8
Romantic Drama	203	Titanic	$658.7
Romantic Fantasy	52	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$300.5
School - Prep / Boarding / Catholic	38	Harry Potter / Sorcerer's Stone	$317.6
Sci-Fi - Adventure	87	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$936.7
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	52	The Avengers	$623.4
Sci-Fi - Based on Book	69	Catching Fire	$424.7
Sci-Fi - Satire	11	Truman Show	$125.6
Sci-Fi Chase	40	Terminator 2	$204.8
Sci-Fi Comedy	72	Men in Black	$250.7
Sci-Fi Horror	62	I Am Legend	$256.4
Sci-Fi Remake	26	I Am Legend	$256.4
Shark	11	Finding Nemo	$380.8
Slacker / Stoner	64	Ted	$218.8
Sports - Baseball	47	League of Their Own	$107.5
Sports - Basketball	46	Space Jam	$90.4
Sports - Boxing	52	Rocky IV	$127.9
Sports - Coach	31	Remember the Titans	$115.7
Sports - Extreme	49	XXX	$142.1
Sports - Football	45	The Blind Side	$256.0
Sports - Football (Featured)	14	Forrest Gump	$330.3
Sports - Golf	11	Tin Cup	$53.9
Sports - Hockey	16	Miracle	$64.4
Sports - Olympics	16	Blades of Glory	$118.6
Sports - Period	45	Seabiscuit	$120.3
Sports - Soccer	25	Kicking and Screaming	$52.8
Sports - Surfing	26	Surf's Up	$58.9
Sports Comedy	76	Waterboy	$161.5
Sports Drama	145	The Blind Side	$256.0
Spy	120	Despicable Me 2	$368.1
Stand-Up Comedy Concert	25	Eddie Murphy Raw	$50.5
Submarine	9	Hunt for Red October	$122.0
Summer Girl Power	28	Freaky Friday	$110.2
Sundance 2011	26	Our Idiot Brother	$24.8
Sundance 2012	28	Beasts of the Southern Wild	$12.8
Sundance 2013	21	Don Jon	$24.5
Sundance 2014	38	Whiplash	$13.1
Sundance 2015	34	Brooklyn	$38.3
Sundance 2016	27	Manchester by the Sea	$47.7
Superhero	118	The Avengers	$623.4
Superhero - Comedy	18	Deadpool	$363.1
Superhero - Origin	41	Spider-Man	$403.7
Swashbuckler	21	Dead Man's Chest	$423.3
Sword and Sorcery	33	Return of the King	$377.8
Taxi / Taxi Driver	12	Collateral	$101.0
Teacher - Inspirational	24	Dead Poets Society	$95.9
Teacher - Other Movies with Teachers as Main Roles	42	The Karate Kid	$176.6
Teen Romance	60	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$300.5
Terrorism	50	Air Force One	$173.0
Thanksgiving	20	Jack and Jill	$74.2
That '70s Movie	76	X-Men: Days of Future Past	$233.9
Thriller - Erotic	56	Fatal Attraction	$156.6
Thriller - On the Run	29	Captain America 2	$259.8
Thriller - Political	64	Captain America 2	$259.8
Thriller - Psycho / Stalker / Blank from Hell	38	Fatal Attraction	$156.6
Thriller - Serial Killer	60	Hannibal	$165.1
Time Travel	61	Star Trek	$257.7
Toy Adaptation	26	Transformers 2	$402.1
Toys Come to Life	14	Toy Story 3	$415.0
Travelogue - Boston	25	Ted	$218.8
Travelogue - Hawaii	16	Moana	$248.8
Travelogue - Italy	18	Talented Mr. Ripley	$81.3
Travelogue - Japan	17	The Wolverine	$132.6
Travelogue - Las Vegas	23	The Hangover	$277.3
Travelogue - Mexico	23	We're the Millers	$150.4
Travelogue - Middle East	44	Transformers 2	$402.1
Travelogue - New Jersey	25	Cop Land	$44.9
Travelogue - New Orleans	27	Catch Me If You Can	$164.6
Travelogue - Paris	47	The Da Vinci Code	$217.5
Treasure Hunt	25	Dead Man's Chest	$423.3
True Crime	56	Catch Me If You Can	$164.6
TV Adaptation (Live Action)	92	Star Trek	$257.7
TV Cartoon (Live Action)	33	Transformers 2	$402.1
TV Kids Show (Live Action)	18	The Muppets	$88.6
Twentysomething	30	About Last Night...	$38.7
Twins	27	Twins	$111.9
Underwater	15	Finding Dory	$486.3
Vampire	81	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$300.5
Video Game Adaptation	41	Tomb Raider	$131.2
Virtual Reality	19	The Matrix Reloaded	$281.6
War - World War 2	76	Saving Private Ryan	$216.5
War - World War I	12	War Horse	$79.9
Wedding	58	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$241.4
Werewolf	28	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$300.5
Western	86	Dances with Wolves	$184.2
Witch	19	Blair Witch Project	$140.5
Womanizer / Cad / Player	29	Wedding Crashers	$209.3
Young-Adult Book Adaptations	61	Catching Fire	$424.7
Zombie	63	World War Z	$202.4

* In millions.

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