The two bar charts compare the percentages of films released and cinema ticket sales for four different genres in a country in 1996 and 2006.
Overall, drama had the highest proportion of films released in both years, while comedy attracted the largest share of cinema ticket sales in 2006. Most genres increased in both film production and ticket sales, with fantasy showing particularly strong growth in ticket sales. In contrast, romance remained unchanged in terms of film releases but experienced a decline in ticket sales.
In 1996, drama accounted for the largest proportion of films released, at 26%, which was 6 percentage points higher than comedy and more than twice the figure for fantasy ( ~12%). Romance had the smallest share, at only about 7%. By 2006, drama had increased substantially to 35%, remaining the most common genre and widening its lead over comedy to 10 percentage points. Comedy also rose from 20% to 25%, while fantasy increased from 12% to 16%. In contrast, the figure for romance remained unchanged at 7%, making it considerably less common than the other three genres.
A similar pattern can be seen in cinema ticket sales, although the differences between the genres were smaller. In 1996, comedy and drama recorded the highest figures, at 20% and 16% respectively, whereas fantasy and romance were much lower, at just 3% and 5%. In 2006, comedy remained the leading genre, rising to 23%, which was 6 percentage points higher than drama at 17%. Fantasy also experienced a notable increase, from 3% to 7%, meaning that its share more than doubled. By contrast, romance was the only genre to decline, falling from 5% to just 2%, which was lower than fantasy despite having a higher figure in 1996.