Top Grossing Movies of the 2000's

From TYWKAIBI:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
3. The Dark Knight
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
9. Shrek 2
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
11. Spider-Man 3
12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
13. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
15. Finding Nemo
16. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
17. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
18. Spider-Man
19. Shrek the Third
20. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The first thing I noted is literally 98% of these movies are nerd worthy. Does this means our ranks have secretly grown to ridiculously atrocious numbers? Does this mean the title of the movie series Revenge of the Nerds is meant to be taken literally, OR DOES IT MEAN... the term nerd has become over used and liking fantasy is something everyone does, is it possible nerds are merely just the pioneers, the first to be open and incessant about our leisure activities ?

Have we been given a bad rap, or is it just the magic of sequels and family friendly properties ? All these movies are sequels and have all at one point or another been adapted to appeal to children. I noted this while scanning the list only to see the person who posted it came to the same conclusion, but also pointed out Finding Nemo is the only original property on the list, the rest are sequels or adaptations.

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