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Most Successful Movies of... Original Screenplay

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7.1

7.9

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Worldwide Gross: 2,787,965,087 $
Written by: James Cameron

James Cameron managed to established a fantasy world from scratch. And the most successful movie ever, as a sideline.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

9373

7.1

7.9

Titanic

Worldwide Gross: 2,186,772,302 $
Written by: James Cameron

Based on true events of course. But still, the story was written by James Cameron alone.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

7651

7.9

8.5

The Lion King (1994)

Worldwide Gross: 987,483,777 $
Screenplay by: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton

Lots of people have worked together to create this story.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

8370

7.5

8.1

Finding Nemo (2003)

Worldwide Gross: 936,743,261 $
Original Story by: Andrew Stanton

Andrew Stanton wrote the story himself, Bob Peterson and
David Reynolds turned it into a screenplay.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

6238

8.2

8.8

Inception (2010)

Worldwide Gross: 825,532,764 $
Written by: Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is the mastermind behind this intricate journey.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

5146

6.5

Independence Day (1996)

Worldwide Gross: 817,400,891 $
Written by: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich

Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich had the idea to blow up the White House.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

6550

7.2

7.8

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Worldwide Gross: 792,910,554 $
Written by: Melissa Mathison

The mostly unknown Melissa Mathison crafted the story behind this modern classic.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

6463

8.6

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Worldwide Gross: 775,398,007 $
Written by: George Lucas

The film that started one of the most successful franchises ever and established many famous characters. Impressive!

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

2615

5.3

5.8

2012 (2009)

Worldwide Gross: 769,679,473 $
Written by: Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser

No matter what you think of this big budget flick, at least it was not a lazy adaption of some famous novel.

4803

8.2

Up (2009)

Worldwide Gross: 731,342,744 $
Story by: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Thomas McCarthy

Animations can be the source of innovation, as this movie proves clearly.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

1923

7.4

7.7

Gravity (2013)

Worldwide Gross: 716,392,705 $
Written by: Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón

Once again a sci-fi movie. Written by director Alfonso Cuarón in collaboration with his son Jonás.

7244

7.5

8.1

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Worldwide Gross: 672,806,292 $
Director: M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan saw dead people.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

3769

7.6

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Worldwide Gross: 631,744,560 $
Story by: Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris

A Panda doing martial arts. No one thought that up before.

7132

7.2

The Incredibles (2004)

Worldwide Gross: 631,442,092 $
Written by: Brad Bird

New super heroes, created for the silver screen.

3123

6.4

Hancock (2008)

Worldwide Gross: 624,386,746 $
Written by: Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan

Another new hero.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

4751

7.5

Ratatouille (2007)

Worldwide Gross: 623,722,818 $
Original Story by: Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco

Another original movie by pixar.

908

6.8

7.2

The Croods (2013)

Worldwide Gross: 587,204,668 $
Story by: John Cleese

Comedian John Cleese created the story of this movie.

6659

7.5

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Worldwide Gross: 562,816,256 $
Original Story by: Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston

Monsters starting a business.

SchwarzerAbt's rating:

4707

6.3

6.7

Armageddon

Worldwide Gross: 553,709,788 $
Director: Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh

Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh thought out this story that was turned into a big budget movie by Michael Bay.

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The success of original movies is rare these days. Production companies mostly rely on established franchises and successful novels, comic books or other sources when they decide to push a movie forward. Audiences are lazy to learn and only go to the cinema if they already know the characters. Who would blame them, considering the entrance fees they have to pay. But every once in a while something new comes along.

These are the 100 most successful movies of all time, minus the movies based existing franchises, novels, comic books, action figures or whatever... only 19 movies left!