Throughout 2023, the action movie genre accounted for 34 percent of the box office revenue in the United States and Canada, collectively known as the North American film market. Adventure, which historically tends to lead the market, ranked second with around 20.3 percent and comedy ranked third with around 12.5 percent in 2023.
Movie genre distribution in the United States and Canada from 2010 to 2023, by box office market share
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