The graph illustrates the percentage revenue from three film types – romance, comedies, and action/horror – for a Hollywood film studio since 1970 to 2000.
Overall, romance films showed a steady decline in their share of income over the period, while action/horror films experienced significant growth. On the other hand, Comadies remained relatively stable with slight fluctuations.
In 1970, romance films accounted for the largest proportion of revenue at around 50%, followed by comedies at approximately 32%, while action/horror contributed the least at about 10%. By 1980, the share of romance decreased to roughly 40%, whereas comedy rose slightly to nearly the same level. Action/horror also increased modestly to around 15%.
In the following decade, the proportion of romance continued to fall, reaching about 15% in 1990 and dropping to below 10% in 2000. In contrast, action/horror films grew steadily, surpassing romance in 1990 and becoming the highest contributor by 2000 at 40%. Comedy remained fairly consistent, fluctuating between 35% and 40% troughtout the period.
