The bar charts illustrate the total proportion of films released, together with that of ticket sales across four various genres – drama, comedy, fantasy, and romance – in the years 1996 and 2006. Overall, the total shares of films and ticket sales were considerably higher in the latter year than in their initial distribution, although romance was an exception, where a marked decline was observed in both charts. While drama stood as the most common means of films in both years, comedian movies accounted for the largest percentage of tickets throughout the decade in question. It is also clear that drama experienced the most pronounced increase with a substantial margin.
Looking at the first chart, all kinds of films saw a rising trend. Specifically, drama topped the list, making up above 25% initially and increasing by ten percentage points towards the following decade. The other two movie genres – comedy and fantasy – followed a modest upward trend: while the former ranked second, rising from 20% to 30%, the latter constituted about 13% in 1996, growing to roughly 16% after the decade in the breakdown of movies. The figure for romantic films represented approximately 7%, slightly falling in 2006 and recording the lowest share.
Turning to the next chart, it exhibited a comparable pattern over the same time. Despite comedy emerging as the second most released genre, it was the leading country that marked the largest percentage of ticket sales in both years. Having accounting for 20%, the figure went up to 23% over the next 10 years. Regarding that of drama, it witnessed a slight jump yet still hovered around 16.5%. Fantastic movies came third, selling about 3% of tickets, rising further and registering 7%. Finally, romance reversed, declining dramatically by 3 percentage points (5% vs. 2%).