The line graph illustrates the percentage of revenue produced from the seven most popular movie types in the United States in 1995, 2000 and 2005 as a share of the overall income of the US movie industry for each year
Overall, there was a fluctuation trend in Adventure, Thriller and Musicals movies, while the profits produced from Comedy and Animation films increased gradually over the years, as well as the revenue made from Action and Drama movies declined at the same time. It is also clear that the types of films such as Adventure, comedy, action and drama make more money than the other
In 1995, drama was the dominant, accounted for almost 27%, but it fell down steadily at around 15% in the last year. A similar pattern was seen in Action genre, from nearly 17% in 1995 to about 13% in 2005. By constrast, the profits made from Comedy film grew gradually from 20% to 27% in the last year of period shown. Adventure film saw a significant variation, decreased from around 14% to 10% before surging back again at nearly 24%.
Moreover, the types of films like Thriller, Musicals and Animation consistently remained the least profitable. There was a fluctuation tendency in the earnings of Thriller and Musicals movies, from around 7% and 5% in 1995 to nearly 9% in 2005, regulatively. An upward trend was witnessed in the revenue made from Animation movie from 4% in 1995 to 7% in 2005