The bar charts depict the percentage of films premiered and box office ticket sales between 1996 and 2000 in a nation.
Overall, Drama and Comedy dominated the box office in the 1996-2000 period with strikingly high percentages of release and yielded revenues. While more films were released in all genres except for Romance over 4 years, notable increases could only be observed in Comedy and Fantasy.
It can be seen that Drama and Comedy were the most popular genres of films at cinemas with increases in production of nearly 10% and 5%, respectively. While Drama topped the list with the highest percentage of films premiered (35%) in 2000, its ticket sales only witnessed a minimal rise to reach over 15% in the same year. Meanwhile, the highest yields were from ticket purchase of Comedy, with 20% (in 1996) and nearly 25% (in 2000).
In contrast, around 15% of Fantasy and 5% of Romance were brought to the public in 1996, which correspondingly experienced a marginal growth and remained unchanged in production after 4 years. However, in terms of ticket sales, there were contrasting patterns between these two genres. Sales from Fantasy films doubled to over 5% in 2000, whereas the same figure for Romance exhibited a twofold decline to around 2%.