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Vulture: Only Two of This Decade’s Top-Grossing Movies Were Not Adaptations
I BLOG BECAUSE I CAN: Originality is Dead: I Have Proof!
Oh No They Didn't!: Only Two of the Top 30 Grossing Films of This Decade Are Original
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End of Times: We're All Idiots (the movie addition) - http://bit.ly/2ALDf2 12/11/2009 |
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RT @pn8r: I always thought there was a paucity of original ideas in modern movies, but this is ridiculous! http://bit.ly/2ALDf2 #artwiculate 12/9/2009 |
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This is interesting http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/16/only-two-of-the-top-30-grossing-films-of-this-decade-are-original/ #FB 12/2/2009 |
Only Two of This Decade’s Top-Grossing Movies Were Not Adaptations
Vulture —
... that only one of this decade's top 20 films, Finding Nemo, was not based on previous material (a comic book, another film, etc.), Slashfilm looked at the top 30 and found only one more: Kung Fu Panda. Movie studios: They don't like taking risks! [ ...
Originality is Dead: I Have Proof!
I BLOG BECAUSE I CAN —
... singing competitions (even So You Think You Can Dance would make more sense), everything to this point has just been about my elitist view that Hollywood simply doesn't have the right creative people around to cook up fresh, new ideas any more. Yes, part of it is that I wish I could write movies or television shows or whatever because the stuff they are making is crap. There... I said it... happy? Anyway, when it comes to the film industry, website /film.com has come through with my evidence ! We're a solid nine-and-a-half years into the decade. D'you know how many of the ...
Only Two of the Top 30 Grossing Films of This Decade Are Original
Oh No They Didn't! —
... Museum 20th Century Fox $574,480,450 2006 43 King Kong Universal $550,517,357 2005 44 Mission: Impossible II Paramount $546,388,105 2000 45 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox $544,272,402 2004 46 Madagascar DreamWorks SKG $532,680,671 2005 47 The Simpsons Movie 20th Century Fox $527,071,022 2007 48 Monsters, Inc. Disney / Pixar $525,366,597 2001 49 WALL-E Disney / Pixar $521,268,237 2008 50 Meet the Fockers Universal $516,642,939 2004 ...
Only Nine Top Grossing Films of the Decade Were “Original” Ideas
Slice of SciFi —
... so much as they care about the box-office receipts a film can bring in. We’ve seen it over and over again–how a movie as creatively bankrupt as “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” can dominate the box office while a movie with a bit of originality like “Moon” doesn’t do as well and barely makes a blip on the radar. And it appears that audiences are giving Hollywood a “thumbs up” where it counts most to them in their giving audiences products with a lack of originality. SlashFilm has an article that lists the top 50 grossing films of the last decade. The site analyzes the ...
Is Rich Ross going to save Hollywood?
THE BEAT —
... Sort of related: Only Two of the Top 30 Grossing Films of This Decade Are Original. Those two being Finding Nemo and Kung Fu Panda. Discuss. ...
Dimension Films Bringing Horror Back to Amityville Yet Again
FirstShowing.net —
... , I wouldn't be sad if it wasn't happening at all. Once again, I'm stuck wishing for a strong return from the script market so we can get some original films back into theaters. Unfortunately with only 2 of the top 30 highest grossing films of the decade being original films, that time seems quite far off. ...
Dimension Films Bringing Horror Back to Amityville Once Again
FirstShowing.net —
... , I wouldn't be sad if it wasn't happening at all. Once again, I'm stuck wishing for a strong return from the script market so we can get some original films back into theaters. Unfortunately with only 2 of the top 30 highest grossing films of the decade being original films, that time seems quite far off. ...
What's in Store for the '10s? The '90s, Bloat, & a Renaissance
FirstShowing.net —
... The last ten years in film, more specifically the latter aughts, have been defined by the continuous, endless production of sequels, remakes, and adaptations. Originality has proved scarce. SlashFilm just posted two articles last month dealing with just that exact issue. After crunching some statistics, Peter found that only two of the thirty top grossing films of the last decade were original properties. And of the past decade's Academy Awards Best Picture nominees, only eight (of forty-five total) are ...
