"Original movies just aren’t popular anymore, if they even get made in the first place." – @a_m_mastroianni

Since 2010, over 50% of top-grossing movies were prequels, sequels, etc. "In recent years, it’s been close to 100%."

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/pop-culture-has-become-an-oligopoly?s=r