Out of the top 50 highest grossing movies worldwide, only 4 films are not sequels, remakes, or adaptations.
TL;DR: Avatar, Titanic, The Lion King 1994 and Zootopia
I was bored and looking through the top grossing movies of all time, and I noticed that the list was mostly comprised of sequels or adaptations. Makes sense, since those kinds of movies would have a higher amount of anticipation due to having an existing fanbase. So that made me wonder which movies were good enough to make the big bucks without that kind of hype.
So I discounted any movie that was a sequel, spinoff, remake, or adaptation of a previous property. That left only Avatar, Titanic, the original Lion King, and Zootopia.
What I find interesting is that two of these movies, Avatar and Titanic, are actually two of the top 3 highest grossing movies of all time and were literally top 2 until a few years ago (Lion King is 37th and Zootopia is 46th). That tells me that people can and will get up and go to theaters for originality.
But then I realized that some of the movies on the list were based on stories that wouldn't necessarily have "fans". I'm not sure if The Snow Queen had an avid fanbase chomping at the bit for an adaptation before Frozen came along, for example. But that only made me understand that Frozen, Zootopia, and Lion King could have made its money because of brand loyalty to Disney. Removing those would leave just Avatar and Titanic as the sole movies to make a ton of money without significant fan anticipation- until I remembered that directors can have fans, and James Cameron definitely did.
I went further down the list to look for more movies that fit my criteria, before coming to the conclusion that it was pointless to judge for myself which kinds of movies had a fanbase or not. So that brings me back to the original point, that Avatar, Titanic, The Lion King, and Zootopia are the only films in the top 50 grossing movies worldwide that were not sequels, remakes, or adaptations. Plenty of variables that got them that much money but still interesting to note that they're still original ideas in film form.
Source: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW
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