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[Ethan Hunt]

Now You See Me counts, right?

[darkelf]

Based on novels.

 

See? we can't even have our Andrew Stantonness Oh, Pixar's movies count tho, right?

[The Panda]

Pirates of the CaribbeanHancockAvatarInceptionHow to Train your DragonThe HangoverDjangoFrozenGladiator (does year 2000 qualify)

2000 qualifies

[The Panda]

Now You See Me counts, right?

It can count

[The Panda]

See? we can't even have our Andrew Stantonness Oh, Pixar's movies count tho, right?

Pixar movies count as long as they aren't sequels or prequels Edited July 19, 2014 by The Panda

[The Panda]

Does it count that POTC is based on a theme park ride?

Pirates can count, it's based on a theme park ride but it's nothing like the ride only the name came from it

[The Panda]

Would Django Unchained actually count since it's technically Tarantino riffing on the Django spaghetti westerns?

Yeah, it's an entirely original story.Rule of thumb is if it could get nominated for original screenplay it's original. Edited July 19, 2014 by The Panda

[The Panda]

Pirates is a ride, how to train your dragon is a book series and frozen is the snow queen.honestly, I don't think we're gonna get a very impressive list here.

Try looking through boxoffice mojo and you will find some.If we have to I will open this up to novel adaptions but there are more than you think there are.

[AndyLL]

Pirates is a ride, how to train your dragon is a book series and frozen is the snow queen.

 

honestly, I don't think we're gonna get a very impressive list here.

 

Pirates and Frozen are more 'inspired' by their sources then based off them.

 

Pirates I'd definitely consider original and Frozen is on the line. 

[chasmmi]

Pirates can count, it's based on a theme park ride but it's nothing like the ride only the name came from it

 

 

So that means Battleship will count too?

[The Panda]

If the movie is inspired by a source material (such as a game, toy, or fairy tale) but isn't an adaption of it then I will count it.That'll give more options.

[The Panda]

Here is my list people can use as an example,1.Gladiator2.Finding Nemo3.Gravity4.Life of Pi

5.Django Unchained6.Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

7.The Wolf of Wall Street

8.The LEGO Movie

9.The Hangover

10.Wall-E

11.Cast Away

12.Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

13.Tangled

14.The Incredibles15.Minority Report

Edited July 24, 2014 by The Panda

[4815162342]

Minority Report is based on a short story.

[Empire]

Minority Report is based on a short story.

Yeah, it isn't original at all.

[The Panda]

Yeah, it isn't original at all.

Oops didn't know that for some reason I'll exchange it.

[chasmmi]

This thread is going to be a goldmine for nitpickers the forum over

[The Panda]

We need some lists

[Kvikk Lunsj]

1. Inception

2. Gravity

3. Spirited Away 

4.  Gladiator 

5. Noah

6. Ratatouille

7.  Ted

8, Up

9.  The Aviator

10. Cast Away

11. Noah

12.  Pacific Rim

13. Passion of the Christ

14.  Wall-e

15. Brave

Edited July 27, 2014 by Snoopy of Suburbia

[BadAtGender]

Shit. Both Argo and Catch Me If You Can were based on books.

 

IAC, my criteria was basically whether or not it earned more than $100m DOM. And also that I didn't think too hard about it. Placements could be quibbled.

 

1. Frozen2. The Incredibles3. Lilo & Stitch4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl5. Pacific Rim6. Monsters, Inc.7. Bolt8. Up9. Gravity10. Wall-E11. Inception12. Enchanted13. Brave14. Wreck-it Ralph15. District 9

 

Rest of the top 25, for the curious:

16. Tangled17. Gladiator18. National Treasure19. Avatar20. Juno21. Kung Fu Panda22. Cast Away23. Django Unchained24. Taken25. The Croods

[Dementeleus]

BLACK HAWK DOWN and PERFECT STORM are based on non-fiction books.

 

1. Inception

2. Gravity

3. Cast Away

4. Wall-E

5. The Incredibles

6. Finding Nemo

7. Monsters Inc

8. Up

9. Ratatouille

10. Collateral

11. The Aviator

12. Avatar

13. Gladiator

14. Pacific Rim

15. Wedding Crashers