The chart below shows the proportion of profits made from the seven most viewed movie genres in US cinemas in 1995, 2000, and 2005 as a percentage of the total earnings of the US film industry for each year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the proportion of profits made from the seven most viewed movie genres in US cinemas in 1995, 2000, and 2005 as a percentage of the total earnings of the US film industry for each year.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar graph shows the proportion of
profits
made
form
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from
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the seven most popular movie
genres
in the US in 1995, 2000, and 2005 as a percentage of the total for the industry.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the
profits
from all the
genres
fluctuated across the three years, with
adventure
and
drama
changing the most.
Furthermore
,
adventure
,
comedy
, action, and
drama
generated considerably more
profits
thatn
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than
the other three
genres
. Looking at the graph more closely, one can see that in 1995,
drama
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stood
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out as the most lucrative
genre
since it accounted for almost one-third of the film industry's total
profits
.
Drama
was followed by
comedy
, which generated 20% of the industry's
profits
,
while
action was the third
highest grossing
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genre
at 17%.
Adventure
was
also
sucessful
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successful
, representing close to 15% of the total, which was nearly equal to the combined
profits
of the three
genres
that made the least money. In 2000,
comedy
became the most profitable
genre
, surging five percentage points above its 1995 figure. An upward trend was
also
evident that year for thrillers, musicals, and animated films. Meanwhile, the other
genres
were less profitable that year, with the earnings generated by dramas decreasing the most. In 2005,
comedy
remained the most profitable
genre
and its profit share increased to above 25%.
While
the
profits
froma
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from
from a
nimated
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animated
films
also
grew,
adventure
movies gained the most compared to 2000.
Adventure
became the second most profitable
genre
after earning close to 25%.
In contrast
, the
shre
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share
of
profits
of action,
drama
, thrillers, and musicals all declined.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words profits, genres, adventure, drama, comedy, genre with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "proportion" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.

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