Are there any books that were movies before the book was written?

Answer 1

From http://www.librarything.com/tag/Movie+Novelization - Movies that were later novelized:

1. Total recall by Piers Anthony (6)
2. The Baby-Sitters Club: Friends Forever by Singer A. L. (2)
3. Serenity : a novel by Keith R.A. DeCandido (5)
4. Existenz by Christopher Priest (2)
5. The Long Kiss Goodnight: A Novel by Randall Boyll (2)
6. The Baby-Sitters Club: Friends Forever : The Movie by A. L. Singer (2)
7. Hellboy : a novelization by Yvonne Navarro (2)
8. Operation Getafix: The Book of the Film (Asterix Comic) by Rene Goscinny (2)
9. Bend It Like Beckham by Narinder Dhami (2)
10. Johnny Mnemonic by Terry Bisson (2)
11. The Saint (Pocket Books Tie-In) by Burl Barer (2)
12. The X-Files: Fight the Future by Chris Carter (3)
13. Holy smoke : a novel by Anna Campion (2)
14. Van Helsing by Kevin Ryan (2)
15. Last Starfighter by Alan Dean Foster (3)
16. Constantine by John Shirley (2)
17. Star trek generations : a novel by J.M. Dillard (3)
18. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (The … by Irene Trimble (2)
19. Gremlins by George Gipe (2)
20. Willow: A Novel by Wayland Drew (3)
21. X-men : a novelization by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (2)
22. Ladyhawke by Joan D. Vinge (2)
23. Asterix - The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Classic Asterix Paper… by Rene Goscinny (2)
24. Fantastic voyage by Isaac Asimov (4)
25. Surf Ninjas: A Novel by A. L. Singer (1)
26. Care Bears: Wish Bear's Promise by Sonia Sander (1)
27. Van Helsing by Carla Jablonski (1)
28. Calendar Girl by James Ellison (1)
29. Cellular by Pat Cadigan (1)
30. Secondhand Lions by John Whitman (1)
31. First Daughter by Christa Roberts (1)
32. Cutthroat Island: A Novel by John Gregory Betancourt (1)
33. The Next Karate Kid by B. B. Hiller (1)
34. The Blair Witch Project by Claire Forbes (1)
35. Bob and Carol Ted and Alice by Patricia Welles (1)
36. Free Willy by Jordan Horowitz (1)
37. Maverick. Der Roman zum Film. by Max Allan Collins (1)
38. Dune Comic Bk by Frank Herbert (1)
39. Great Expectations: Novelization (Great Expectations) by Deborah Chiel (1)
40. The Hulk: The Junior Novel (The Hulk) by Bruce Banner (1)
41. RoboCop: A Novel by Edward Neumeier (1)
42. The Legend of Zorro by Scott Ciencin (1)
43. Walt Disney Pictures Presents Shipwrecked by B. B. Hiller (1)
44. Dark City: A Novel (Dark City) by Frank Lauria (Adapter) (1)
45. The Karate Kid, Part II by B. B. Hiller (1)
46. Clueless (Clueless) by H. B. Gilmour (1)
47. Dick Tracy : a novel by Max Allan Collins (1)
48. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea by Theodore Sturgeon (1)
49. Karate Kid by B. B. Hiller (1)
50. Star wars, episode III Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover (3)
51. Outbreak: A Novel by Laurence Dworet (1)
52. King Arthur by Frank Thompson (1)
53. Fantastic Four by Peter David (1)
54. Abyss, The by Orson Scott Card (2)
55. The Empire strikes back by Donald F. Glut (3)
56. The Day After Tomorrow by Whitley Strieber (1)
57. Star trek III, the search for Spock by Vonda N. McIntyre (2)
58. Ian Fleming's James Bond in License to Kill by John Gardner (1)
59. Star wars the phantom menace by Terry Brooks (3)
60. Man on fire by A.J. Quinnell (1)
61. X-men : the last stand : a novelization by Chris Claremont (1)
62. Evolution (Underworld) by Greg Cox (1)
63. Star Wars episode II Attack of the clones by R. A. Salvatore (2)
64. X-men 2 : a novelization by Chris Claremont (1)
65. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob Macgregor (1)
66. Dragonslayer by Wayland Drew (1)
67. The Star Wars trilogy by George Lucas (2)
68. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by James Kahn (1)
69. Batman: The Novelization by Sam Hamm (1)
70. Independence Day by Dean Devlin (1)
71. Tron: A Novel by Steven Lisberger (1)
72. Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (2)
73. Labyrinth : a novel by A. C. H. Smith (1)
74. Star wars : from the adventures of Luke Skywalker : a novel by George Lucas (2)
75. Hook : a novel by Terry Brooks (1)
76. The adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the eighth dimensio… by Earl Mac Rauch (1)
77. The 10th Kingdom (Hallmark Entertainment Books) by Kathryn Wesley (1)
78. The Wrath of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre (1)
79. Star trek-the motion picture : a novel by Gene Roddenberry (1)
80. Star wars : a new hope by George Lucas (1)
81. Close encounters of the third kind : a novel by Steven Spielberg (1)
82. The Manchurian candidate by Richard Condon (1)
83. Alien by Alan Dean Foster (1)
84. Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain by Isaac Asimov (1)
85. 2010 : odyssey two by Arthur C. Clarke (1)
86. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1)

Answer 2

A lot of big budget movies have tie in books based on the film. The book is often out before the movie, but the book is still inspired by the movie. The James Bond film "Goldeneye" was like that, the book was actually missing stuff that was in the movie. And of course, there's Star Wars, which inspired a whole series of spin off books.

Answer 3

Lady and the Tramp had a book made for it because Walt Disney was superstitious about making an animated film that wasn't based on an original story, so they had the book be the "original story". This was a farce. The book may have been published first but the movie was definitely planned first.

I've also read that the book was very different from the movie.

Answer 4

Yes, I think Jurassic Park: The Lost World was based on the movie. It had no logical connection to the first book.

Answer 5

Star wars episode IV, V
Fletch
Top Secret.
Now is not so easy. Is more profitable made a movie from a good history.

Answer 6

These?


High School Musical
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars

Answer 7

there was a novelization of Hook. complete waste of time (book and movie)

they also wrote a novel of A Christmas Story

Answer 8

E.T was novelized after the screenplay was written.

Answer 9

# 1 is wrong, Jurassic Park wasa book first.