The top 5 "original" films of 2023 per Dule's criteria:
1-Oppenheimer - $326,101,985
2-Sound of Freedom - $184,177,725
3-Elemental - $154,426,697
4-M3GAN - $95,159,005
5-Cocaine Bear - $64,670,240*
By comparison 2006 (and not adjusted for inflation):
1-Cars - $244,082,982
2-Happy Feet - $175,967,627
3-Over the Hedge - $155,019,340
4-Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - $148,213,377
5-Click - $137,355,633
And Click was the #11 movie of 2006, Cocaine Bear was #40.
Still as noted this could very well be a low point, especially as people seemingly are sick of Marvel by now. And these trends come and go. Remember when 3D movies were everywhere and every blockbuster was a 3D one?
*I initially was going to put this as Killers of the Flower Moon, but that was technically based on a book.
Wouldn't Oppenheimer be considered as Not Original with Dule's criteria seeing as it is based on the book "American Prometheus"?
