Popularity of Action Adventure

All Time Worldwide Top 20
1 1997 Titanic $1,848,813,795
2 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,133,027,325
3 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,065,659,812
4 2008 The Dark Knight $1,000,245,358
5 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $976,457,891
6 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $960,996,492
7 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $938,468,864
8 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $934,431,513
9 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $926,284,377
10 1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace $924,288,297
11 1993 Jurassic Park $923,067,947
12 2004 Shrek 2 $919,838,758
13 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $896,013,036
14 2007 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626
15 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $883,661,830
16 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,987,880
17 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $868,621,686
18 2003 Finding Nemo $866,592,978
19 2005 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith $848,998,877
20 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $833,229,011

This is the all time worldwide top 20 best selling films and 16 of these fall in some way into the action adventure genre. This shows that this genre is very popular and studies have shown it is mostly young people who visit the cinema around 14-30 year olds. This shows the genre is also popular with this audience.

Rachael