The bar charts illustrate the proportions of movies publicized and tickets sold in a specific country between 1996 and 2000.
Overall, it is clear from the graphs that the percentage of films released had significant growth in almost every genre except romance; it remained stable over this period. Likewise, the number of ticket sales had similar upward trends for drama, comedy, and fantasy. However, romance experienced a considerable drop during this time.
Looking at the figures for film production, in 1996, drama topped the list with over 25%, which was 5% higher than comedy; it stood at 20%, respectively. As for fantasy, the percentage was over 10%, and approximately 5% for romance. During the next four years, drama experienced a notable increase and reached 35%. Furthermore, the proportions of both comedy and fantasy marginally climbed to approximately 25% and 15%, respectively. Nevertheless, for 4 years, romance had the same figure, at around 5%.
Regarding the percentage of cinema ticket sales, it can be clearly seen from the graph that both drama and comedy observed a negligible rise from roughly 15% to 16% and 20% to 22%, respectively. Meanwhile, fantasy and romance had contrasting figures. To be precise, fantasy saw a considerable increase from around 3% to nearly 7% in 2000, whereas romance experienced the opposite trend and declined from 5% to about 1%.
