THE BAR CHART ILLUSTRATES THE NUMBER OF VIEWERS FOR SIX DIFFERENT MOVIES GENRES IN THE USA IN 1980, 2000 AND 2020.
OVERALL, IT IS CLEAR THAT THRILLER WAS THE MOST POPULAR GENRE, WHILE ROMANTIC AND HORROR MOVIES HAD THE LOWEST AUDIENCES OVER THE PERIOD. HOWEVER, THE OTHER GENRES SHOWED SOME FLUCTUATIONS EXCEPT HORROR AND ROMANTIC MOVIES GENRES.
IN 1980, THRILLER MOVIES ATTRACTED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VIEWERS, AT EXACTLY 30 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY COMEDY AT 25 MILLION. SCIENCE FICTION WAS WATCHED BY MORE THAN 15 MILLION VIEWERS, WHILE ACTION ATTRACTED ROUGHLY 12 MILLION PEOPLE. IN COMPARISON, HORROR AND ROMANTIC MOVIES HAD MUCH SMALLER AUDIENCES, WITH LESS THAN 5 MILLION VIEWERS. IN THE MEANTIME, SCIENCE FICTION, COMEDY AND ACTION MOVIES HAD INCREASED IN 2000, WITH APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION, 28 MILLION AND 15 MILLION RESPECTIVELY. CONVERSELY, THE FIGURE FOR THRILLER FELL TO 25 MILLION.
BY 2020, THRILLER HAD BECOME MORE POPULAR WITH MORE THAN 30 MILLION VIEWERS. COMEDY AND SCIENCE FICTION, HOWEVER, DECLINED TO NEARLY 22 MILLION AND 16 MILLION RESPECTIVELY. SIMILARLY, ACTION ALSO DECREASED TO ALMOST 14 MILLION. HORROR REMAINED STABLE AT ABOUT 3 MILLION, WHEREAS ROMANTIC MOVIE EXPERIENCED A GRADUAL FALL, FROM ABOUT 3 MILLION TO 2 MILLION.
