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The highest-grossing movies at the 2024 box office all share one sad similarity. The year has had an unusual structure in terms of theatrical distribution, as the planned releases of many big-budget blockbusters were pushed to 2025 amid the dual 2023 Hollywood strikes, during which writers and then actors took to the picket lines to fight for fair pay from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, pausing productions across the globe.
Posts1 ✕ Remove Ads 2024's 15 Highest Grossing Movies Worldwide Are All Part Of IP They Range From Inside Out 2 To Alien: Romulus Close At the time of writing, all of 2024's Top 15 movies are IP adaptations, which is a roster that includes sequels, prequels, and interquels. This was not the case earlier in the year.
2024's Box Office Is The First Time In X Years The Top 15 Movies Are All IP Usually There Is At Least One Breakthrough Original However, 2024 marks the first time that the entire Top 15 has been dominated by IP since at least 1977, past which point worldwide box office records become murkier. However, it seems unlikely that full IP domination of the Top 15 was ever the case before 1977, as the modern preponderance of sequels did not begin to kick into high gear until the 1980s.
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