Audience research

		Movies	Total Gross	Average Gross	Market Share
1	Comedy	1,751	$44,792,158,044	$25,580,901	23.48%
2	Adventure	521	$38,199,674,469	$73,319,913	20.03%
3	Drama	3,132	$33,621,012,632	$10,734,678	17.63%
4	Action	570	$32,066,637,809	$56,257,259	16.81%
5	Thriller/Suspense	561	$15,495,734,985	$27,621,631	8.12%
6	Romantic Comedy	403	$11,286,883,357	$28,007,155	5.92%
7	Horror	329	$9,093,205,812	$27,638,923	4.77%
8	Documentary	1,076	$2,063,950,710	$1,918,170	1.08%
9	Musical	113	$1,865,013,970	$16,504,548	0.98%
10	Black Comedy	85	$781,440,299	$9,193,415	0.41%
11	Western	36	$685,432,870	$19,039,802	0.36%
12	Concert/Performance	41	$293,960,413	$7,169,766	0.15%
13	Multiple Genres	20	$8,280,303	$414,015	0.00%
14	Genre Unknown	5	$1,685,983	$337,197	0.00%

 This shows the popularity rate of different genres of films by the amount of market share. This table shows that comedy, adventure and drama make up over half of the market share, making them the most popular genres from 1995 to 2012. In this table you can see how many movies have been made within 17 years in each genre, the total gross and the average gross also.

The most gross made is in comedy, however the average gross is higher in adventure and more films have been made in the drama genre.

	Movie	Release Date	Distributor		Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	May 19, 1999	20th Century Fox		$474,544,677	$712,529,607
2	Marvel's The Avengers	May 4, 2012	Walt Disney		$623,279,547	$623,279,54

This shows the two top movies made in the adventure genre, showing date released, when it was distributed, MPAA rating, Total gross and inflation-adjusted gross. From the table we can see that Star Wars was released in May 19thy 1999 by 20th century fox. We can see that Star wars has a larger total gross that marvel's The Avengers, being $474,544,677.

	Movie	Release Date	Distributor		Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Nov 17, 2000	Universal		$260,044,825	$380,173,811
2	Meet the Fockers	Dec 22, 2004	Universal		$279,167,575	$350,064,680

This shows that top two movies made in the Comedy genre. We can see that Meet The Fockers has a larger Total Gross than How The Grinch Stole Christmas, being $279,167,575. This table shows the release dates, the distributor, Total Gross and Inflation-Adjusted Gross of them.