Nick Higdon- The State of Movies and Books

Top Grossing Movies of 2015
1 Jurassic World
2 Avengers: Age of Ultron
3 Furious 7
4 Inside Out
5 Minions
6 Cinderella (2015)
7 Pitch Perfect 2
8 Home (2015)
9 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
10 Ant-Man
11 Fifty Shades of Grey
12 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
13 San Andreas
14 Mad Max: Fury Road
15 Straight Outta Compton
16 The Divergent Series: Insurgent
17 Kingsman: The Secret Service
19 Trainwreck
20 Tomorrowland

Based on Books:
Avengers
Cinderella
Ant-Man
Fifty Shades of Grey
Divergent
Kingsman: The Secret Service

Popular Books aren't the only ones to be turned into movies, but the majority of the popular books are made into movies. They temporarily increase the sales of the books, but then the movies over shadow the books. Movies will always be more popular than the books.