Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is only the second original film of 2019 to break $100m (£82.9m) at the US box office.
The recently released film is largely fictional, although it does intertwine real people into the story and uses the Charles Manson murders as a backdrop.
Jordan Peel’s horror movie Us is the only other original film so far this year to have made more than $100m.
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All the other $100m films are sequels, spin-offs or franchises.
They include Avengers: Endgame, which is this year’s highest-grossing film at the North American box office so far, having made nearly $858m (£711m) to date.
Disney’s Lion King remake is in second spot with $473m (£392m). The top five is rounded out by Captain Marvel, Toy Story 4 and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
It was a similar pattern at the UK and Ireland box office last year, which was dominated by sequels, spin-offs and franchises, led by Avengers: Infinity War, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Incredibles 2.
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Meanwhile, the new Lion King’s global success has led it to become the most successful animated film in history – depending on whether you classify it as an animation.
It has earned more than $1.33bn (£1.1bn) around the world, overtaking Frozen’s $1.28bn (£1.06bn), according to Box Office Mojo.
Disney bills it as “live action” because it looks realistic, but director Jon Favreau said that was “a bit misleading” because the vast majority of the film was made using computer animation.
Source:Â bbc.com