Are we becoming less and less imaginative? (movie remakes)?

Practically every single movie being made is either a remake, based off a book, based off something else (eg. Akira, DBZ), or it's based off a play which is based off a movie which was based off a book (Phantom of the Opera 2004), or how about one that's based off a remake of another movie (The Thing 2009). For god sake, think of something original for once! If this continues, I think the American film business might head towards a dark age of movie and film arts. This is why I don't watch movies anymore. BTW, how much would I be paid for if I wrote a totally original movie script?