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Oh honey, let me tell you - it's like a buffet of adaptations out there! Roughly 20-30% of movies are based on books, so it's safe to say Hollywood loves to raid the bookshelves for inspiration. But hey, who can blame them? Books are like the ultimate cheat code for storytelling success.

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Oh, dude, like, I don't know the exact number, but a good chunk of movies are based on books. I mean, Hollywood loves a good adaptation, right? So, like, let's just say a solid percentage of movies come from books. But hey, who's counting, right?

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It is difficult to provide an exact percentage of movies based on books as the data can vary depending on the source and time period analyzed. However, in recent years, it has been estimated that around 30-40% of movies released are adaptations of books or other literary works. This trend is driven by the popularity of existing intellectual property and the potential for built-in audiences.

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I think they're just called the "film adaptation" of the book.

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I don't know an exact percentage, but I do know that in 2006, over 50 movies that were released were made from books, and that this number increased over the last four years.

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