Can you name the top 25 grossing films that are NOT sequels, prequels, remakes, spin-offs, or direct adaptations? by Juvo415

Overall Ranking	Movie	Worldwide Gross (Year)
1.		$2,782 million (2009)
2.		$2,185 million (1997)
16.		$952 million (1994)
27.		$868 million (2003)
30.		$826 million (2010)
32.		$817 million (1996)
35.		$793 million (1982)
38.		$775 million (1977)
39.		$770 million (2009)
44.		$731 million (2009)
51.		$673 million (1999)
55.		$654 million (2003)
57.		$632 million (2008)
58.		$631 million (2004)
60.		$624 million (2008)
62.		$624 million (2007)
69.		$591 million (2010)
80.		$554 million (1998)
83.		$544 million (2004)
85.		$543 million (2010)
87.		$533 million (2005)
89.		$525 million (2001)
91.		$521 million (2008)
94.		$506 million (1990)
98.		$495 million (1996)
102.	$495 million (1996)
103.	$495 million (1996)
104.	$495 million (1996)
105.	$495 million (1996)
108.	$495 million (1996)
112.	$495 million (1996)
113.	$495 million (1996)
114.	$495 million (1996)
115.	$495 million (1996)
116.	$495 million (1996)
119.	$495 million (1996)
121.	$495 million (1996)
125.	$495 million (1996)
131.	$495 million (1996)
135.	$495 million (1996)
143.	$495 million (1996)
146.	$495 million (1996)
147.	$495 million (1996)
158.	$495 million (1996)
159.	$495 million (1996)
161.	$495 million (1996)
162.	$495 million (1996)
163.	$495 million (1996)
165.	$495 million (1996)
166.	$495 million (1996)
168.	$495 million (1996)

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Non-Sequel, Non-Remake, Non-Adaption Box Office Quiz

by Juvo415

Created Jun 28, 2012 in Movies
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	drewSID:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 16:27 GMT		2 points
	"Forrest Gump" was a book.

	Juvo415:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 16:44 GMT		2 points
	Thanks! You inspired me to double-check everything and sure enough a few of the bonus answers (those that would fit 26-50) were adapted too. I admit in the end it's a bit of judgment call sometimes--e.g. I decided 'The Passion of the Christ' and 'Troy' are adaptations.

	DoDaFoo:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 16:48 GMT		5 points
	Great quiz. Makes you realize how few movies that succeed commercially are original screenplays.

	Underdog518:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 17:37 GMT		5 points
	You could make a pretty good case that Pirates of the Caribbean and Tangled are adaptations, IMO.

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	moviegoer74:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 18:17 GMT		8 points
	^A prequel is made later but takes place earlier. A movie doesn't become a prequel just because sequels get made later. To put it another way, a prequel is just a punny name for a sequel that is set before the events of the original film in the series. So, by definition, the first film in any series cannot be a prequel or a sequel.

	amwoods13:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 18:18 GMT		2 points
	@awezomesauce - all those were original movies that subsequently had sequels. Of course, the argument can be made that Star Wars is not entirely original since Lucas admits to borrowing heavily from Akira Kurosawa's film, The Hidden Fortress.

	Juvo415:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 18:30 GMT		5 points
	@Underdog518 I would carefully define an adaptation as drawing not just inspiration but some significant combination of plot-points, setting, characters, and title, from another film, novel, short story, ancient text, play, or musical. Star Wars, for example, is a very derivative work, but Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, 'The Force', the Death Star--these are all original to Lucas & Co. in their own right. Pirates of the Caribbean is inspired and loosely based upon a thematic amusement park ride. Tangled is much closer to an adaptation, being very roughly based upon (and once titled) Rapunzel, but so much of it is completely original. (I admit though if they'd kept it called 'Rapunzel' I probably wouldn't have it on this quiz.) All art is derivative; I need to draw the line on "original" somewhere sensible. @AwesomeSauce This list includes only the first of each of those series. Star Wars = original, included. Empire Strikes Back = sequel, not included.

	chrisgaitan:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 21:23 GMT		2 points
	I purposefully refrained from typing Pirates of the Caribbean because I knew it was based on the theme park ride (the movie also uses plenty of imagery from the ride throughout the story). While admittedly the plot is an original creation, the film was made so that Disney could market one of their existing "brands" and adapt it into a new medium, which makes me think it shouldn't be included because you have Non-Adaptation in the title. However, I can see how you've formulated what you consider to be the parameters of the game and I'm glad you explained it in the comments. Overall this was a very good quiz.

	zalkon2004:	Jun 28th, 2012 at 21:54 GMT		4 points
	All 'arguments' aside, this is a fun movie quiz that really makes the player think instead of just typing in usual suspects. Love the URL as well!

	Meltha:	Jun 29th, 2012 at 02:31 GMT		1 point
	Tangled is definitely an adaptation of Rapunzel. It's been argued that The Lion King is actually an adaptation of Hamlet, but I think it's more partially inspired by that as opposed to a direct adaptation (unless Timon and Pumbaa are actually Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern, which is pretty scary as now I'm nearly sure they are...).

	Juvo415:	Jun 29th, 2012 at 05:00 GMT		3 points
	I'm prepared to remove Tangled, but the Lion King is definitely original. The creators say it was inspired by Hamlet and some Torah scripture, but the script, characters, setting, scenes, etc. stand as original on their own. The connection is fairly limited in my mind. Anyway if The Lion King were truly an adaptation of Hamlet then Simba would stab Zazu and order the killing of Timon and Pumbaa.

	dummo:	Jun 29th, 2012 at 05:59 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz. Interesting that half the highest grossing original films are animations. It shows the lack of originality in studios these days. On The Lion King it draws inspiration from Hamlet, the same way Avatar draws inspiration from Dances With Wolves... not enough to call it an adaptation though.

	Yojimbo:	Jun 29th, 2012 at 10:03 GMT		2 points
	You must avenge my death Kimba... er, I mean Simba!