Oh yeah, the Oscars. A bit belatedly, the annual wrap-up of the fiscal moviewatching year: 2009’s top hundred flicks by gross (as of 1/01/10, but safe to say Avatar’s still at the top), summarily labeled by the relevant information. Rankings courtesy of Box Office Mojo; categorizations by your humble compiler. This is by my own recollection, so caveat emptor. It could always turn out that Year One was loosely based on a early draft of the Caveman script.
“Sequel in works” refers to any stage past general rumor, generally a greenlight or more.
1 Original property, sequel in works (3-D), videogame produced
2 Sequel (#2), adapted property (toyline), sequel in production, videogame produced
3 Sequel (#6), adapted property (novel, fantasy), sequels in production, videogame produced
4 Original property, videogame produced
5 Sequel (#2), adapted property (novel, teen vampire), sequels in production
6 Original property, sequel in works
7 Reboot, adapted property (TV series), sequel in production
8 Adapted property (book, non-fiction/football analysis)
9 Original property, spin-offs produced, videogame produced
10 Sequel (#3), videogame produced
11 Spinoff (#4 in film series), adapted property (comic book), sequel in works, spinoff in works, videogame produced
12 Sequel (#2), adapted property (TV cartoon), sequel in works (3-D), videogame produced
13 Sequel (#2), sequel in works videogame produced
14 Adapted property (book series, mystery), sequel in production
15 Original property
16 Original property
17 Sequel (#4), two more sequels in works
18 Adapted property (toyline), sequel in production, videogame produced
19 Original property, sequel in works
20 Original property, sequel in works
21 Re-adapted property (novel, Dickens)
22 Sequel (#2), adapted property (novel, religious conspiracy thriller), sequel in works, videogame produced
23 Sequel (#4), sequel in works, videogame produced
24 Adapted property (book, children’s), videogame produced
25 Original property
26 Original property, sequel rumored, videogame produced
27 Original property (short film), sequel in works
28 Original property
29 Original property, sequel in production
30 Adapted property (comic book), videogame produced
31 Adapted property (true story, historical)
32 Adapted property (memoir/blog)
33 Adapted property (book, self-help)
34 Adapted property (novel), videogame produced
35 Sequel (#4), adapted property (play), sequels in production
36 Original property
37 Original property
38 Adapted property (television series), videogame produced
39 Original property
40 Adapted property (book, children’s), video game produced
41 Original property, sequel in production
42 Adapted property, book (children’s/fantasy)
43 Original property
44 Adapted property, book (novel/children’s)
45 Adapted property (concert film)
46 Original property
47 Original property
48 Remake, adapted property (novel/children’s/fantasy)
49 Sequel (#4)
50 Remake, adapted property (novel)
51 Remake/reboot (12th in series)
52 Original property
53 Adapted property, book (novel)
54 Adapted property (television)
55 Original property
56 Original property
57 Adapted property, “true” story
58 Re-adapted property (novel, Dickens)
59 Original property
60 Sequel (#5), adapted property (play), sequels in production
61 Remake
62 Adapted property, television
63 Adapted property, novel
64 Original property
65 Prequel (#3 in series)
66 Adapted property, the novel “Push” by Sapphire
67 Adapted property, novel series
68 Original property
69 Original property
70 Remake (loose, but still)
71 Original property
72 Original property
73 Original property, videogame produced
74 Adapted property, comic book
75 Original property
76 Adapted property, television
77 Adapted property, true story/biography
78 Sequel to remake (#2), sequel in talks
79 Original property
80 Adapted property, true story, book (historical)
81 Sequel to remake (#2 in immediate series), sequel in works (3-D)
82 Adapted property, book (true story/nonfiction)
83 Remake, adapted property (folk tale/13th century Swedish ballad)
84 Original property
85 Adapted property, book (expose/paranormal investigation/military true story)
86 Original property (documentary, but felt niggling to call it adapted-true story)
87 Original property, spinoff TV series planned
88 Original property, videogame produced
89 Adapted property, book (true story)
90 Re-release, including sequel (#2), video game produced, sequel in production
91 Remake
92 Original property (well, rip-off, but technically original)
93 Remake (Americanization), adapted property (folktale)
94 Remake (Americanization), adapted property (epic poem)
95 Sequel (#6), sequel in production
96 Original property (parody)
97 Original property
98 Original property
99 Original property, videogame produced
100 Original property
The breakdown.
Prequels, sequels and spinoffs: 17%
Sequels to remakes: 2%
Second installments: 7%
Third installments: 2 %
Fourth installments: 5%
Fifth installments: 1%
Sixth installments: 2%
Films with widely rumored or confirmed sequels upcoming: 30%
including confirmed 3-D sequels, 3%
Remakes, reboots, and re-adaptations: 12%
including Americanizations of foreign films, 2%
and versions of A Christmas Carol, 2%
Original properties: 41%
Adapted properties: 43%
Television adaptations: 6%
Video game adaptations: 0%
Comic book adaptations: 3%
Toyline adaptations: 2%
Folk tale / ballad / epic poem: 3%
Broadway/musical/stage play adaptations: 3%
Book adaptations: 27%
-novels, 12%
-children’s/young adult, 5%
-non-fiction/biography, 10%
-fantasy, 1%
-teenage vampire drama, 1%
NEW THIS YEAR!
Films with corresponding videogames produced: 22%
Films with corresponding videogames produced: 22%
TRENDS:
This year / last year / previous year:
Sequels: 17% / 16% / 19%
Sequels upcoming: 30%/ 22% / 15%
Remakes: 12% / 10% / 7%
Original properties: 41% / 46% / 48%
Adapted properties: 43% / 40% / 35%