Hollywood’s 10 Percent Problem

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As evidenced this year by original successes like Anyone But You and Longlegs, the audience for original, commercial films is still there. Photo: Courtesy of NEON
Matthew Belloni
September 6, 2024

If I asked you to ballpark the percentage of Hollywood movies that are based on original scripts developed internally by the major studios and streamers, you’d probably guess, what… half? Thirty percent? Twenty?