The bar chart illustrates the percentage of income of three different film types, including romance, comedies, action/horror – for a Hollywood film studio between 1970 and 2000. Overall, the revenue came from romance saw a downward trend from 1970 to 2000 and was surpassed by other categories by the end of the period, while action/horror films earned more and more revenue throughout the period. Additionally, the proportion of income of comedies still remained the second-highest position over the 30-year period despite a minor decline in the middle of the period.
In 1970, romance had the highest revenue among three film types, at 50% before decreasing significantly to under 40% in 1980. The figure then plunged to around 15% by 1990, which fell to nearly 10% by 2000. The income of comedies films also experienced a slight decrease over the period. More than 30% revenue came from comedies films in 1970 and rose moderately to roughly 35% by 1980. The data then decreased noticeably to just over 30% in 1990 and fell slightly to 30% in the next 10 years, remaining its second-highest position among three types of film.
In contrast, action/horror films earned the least income in the first year, at just slightly less than 10% before increasing to about 15% in 1980. The revenue of this film genre then overtook romance to earn almost 20% by 1990. By the end of the period, action/horror films surpassed comedies to become the top-grossing film type for that Hollywood film studio with approximately 36%.