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EPISODE 048

New from the Coen brothers, we saw "A Serious Man". We also indulged in a little death with "My Suicide". So join us, for a time you will never forget. Like that time I saw Fred Penner and threw up. It's The Weekly Re-Brew!

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Wikipedia has a list of the highest grossing films of this decade so far, and kottke noticed that of the top 20 films at the box office, only one movie was not based on a past film or tv show (remake/sequel), or an adaptation of an established property (be it a comic, book, play, toy…etc).

Which is the only original feature film to make it into the the top 20 grossing films of this decade (so far)? Answer after the jump.

Finding Nemo, which lands at #15 with $864.6 million.

1. Disney's A Christmas Carol | $31.0M

2. Michael Jackson's This Is It | $14.0M

3. The Men Who Stare at Goats | $13.3M

4. The Fourth Kind | $12.5M

5. Paranormal Activity | $8.6M

6. The Box | $7.8M

7. Couples Retreat | $6.4M

8. Law Abiding Citizen | $6.1M

9. Where the Wild Things Are | $4.2M

10. Astro Boy | $2.5M

	A Serious Man 2009 A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won't move out of the house.

	My Suicide 2009 A teen coming-of-age romantic dramedy about a media-obsessed geek and the most beautiful and twisted girl in school.

	$9.99 2009 A stop-motion animated story about people living in a Syndey apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives