The data displays information about favorite movie genres among adults in the U.S. in 2016, sorted by gender. According to the source, 62% of female respondents stated that action movies were their favorite genre. The favorite movie genre among males was comedy, whilst females preferred the drama genre. The movie genre that has generated the most revenue at the North American box office since 1995 is the adventure genre, which has brought in 45.67 billion USD of revenue. Second on the list is the comedy genre, which has collective box office takings of 42.
