Harry Potter Top Grossing Motion Picture Franchise
Harry Potter Top Grossing Motion Picture Franchise Warner Brothers has announced this evening that the Harry Potter series is the largest-grossing film franchise to date globally, surpassing Star Wars and and James Bond. Totaling $4.47 billion in ticket sales (with two films left to go, WB points out), several high-ups at Warner Brothers are quoted in the press release:
In making the announcement, Alan Horn [President & Chief Operating Officer] said, “It would be an understatement to say we are proud of the success of the Harry Potter films. We also want to congratulate all of the extraordinary actors, filmmakers and artists who have shared this remarkable cinematic journey with us.”

Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution, said, “It is a thrill to see the Harry Potter franchise reach this unparalleled mark, and, with two movies yet to come, it is amazing to think what heights the franchise could reach by the end of the decade.

Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, Warner Bros. Pictures President of International Distribution, added, “This worldwide box office record once again proves that the appeal of the Harry Potter movies knows no border, no age limit, and no language barrier. Each of the five films has captured the hearts and sparked the imagination of audiences everywhere.”
Of note, Variety has published an article comparing the Potter film franchise to the other big ones:
Bond, which dates back to 1962, has generated $4.44 billion worldwide and the "Star Wars" pics have pulled down $4.23 billion since the first release in 1977. None of the tallies account for inflation or rising ticket prices.

And domestically the "Star Wars" franchise still far outpaces the boy wizard. All told, the "Star Wars" pics have grossed $2.18 billion, while the "Harry Potter" franchise has grossed $1.41 billion. But then there are still two more "Potters" to go.

And all three have generated millions upon millions in downstream ancillary coin for their studios, once homevideo and TV revenue are added into the tallies.
To read the press release from Warner Brothers, click the link below.
Press Release:
WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ HARRY POTTER FILMS COMBINE TO

BECOME THE BIGGEST FILM FRANCHISE IN HISTORY

Harry Potter Film Franchise Surpasses James Bond

and Star Wars, With Two Films Yet to Come

BURBANK, CA, September 10, 2007 – With the success of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter films have now become, worldwide, the top-grossing motion picture franchise in history. The announcement was made today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and Alan Horn, President & Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros.

The combined worldwide box office gross for the five Harry Potter films to date is in excess of $4.47 billion, surpassing the box office totals of all 22 James Bond films and the six “Star Wars” movies.

This impressive record comes even as “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is still going strong in theatres around the globe, and with two more highly anticipated Harry Potter films—“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”—still in the offing.

In addition to holding the franchise box office record, all five of the Harry Potter films have the distinction of being among the 20 top-grossing box office hits of all time.

In making the announcement, Alan Horn said, “It would be an understatement to say we are proud of the success of the Harry Potter films. We also want to congratulate all of the extraordinary actors, filmmakers and artists who have shared this remarkable cinematic journey with us.”

Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution, said, “It is a thrill to see the Harry Potter franchise reach this unparalleled mark, and, with two movies yet to come, it is amazing to think what heights the franchise could reach by the end of the decade.

Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, Warner Bros. Pictures President of International Distribution, added, “This worldwide box office record once again proves that the appeal of the Harry Potter movies knows no border, no age limit, and no language barrier. Each of the five films has captured the hearts and sparked the imagination of audiences everywhere.”

The next Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” will open on November 21, 2008. The seventh and final film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” is planned for a 2010 release.
Posted by Andrew on Sep 10th | 801 Comments
Visitor Comments
Posted by crumple_horned_snorcak Sep 12th 2007

wow danny, that sounds like a lovely book!!!


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

okay heres the oath 4 u..... I PROMISE NOT TO READ SPOILLERSO R MAKE THEM AND I WILLL FIGHT TO DESTROY ALL EVIL (THE DIRT BURGALAR AND HIS DEATH AGGIES) AND I WILL GET DANNYROB15 AND HALLOWSAINT AND SIRIUS_LEE CHEESECAKE WHENEVER THEY ASK..... ccuni u gotta recite that to join.... okay watch my posts now....


Posted by Quirrell_is_a_squirrel Sep 12th 2007

i_loverz_HP: HOW THE HELL CAN U HATE HAGRID?????? HE IS SO FLIPPIN' SWEET!!!!!!! HE'S ONE OF MY FAVES!!!!!!! (then again everyone is my fave lol)


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

lol i forgot about that part!! i need to reread it. how weird is that i actually like a book i read in school!! i like ray bradbury, he has someting interesting short stories. I remember one about a house that took care of itself with robots and such and than another that seemed about cavemen that lived by a river, but it was actually people after like a nuclear bombing in NYC and they had lost all the knowledge that we have today.... its very interesting... well to me


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

my posting is a becky/sirius stalking secret... lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

surely i can see... u aint lonely... handfulla niggas and they all got cheese so ur lookin at me now wut its gonna be....


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

i wanna


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

luv u


Posted by HPfanx14 Sep 12th 2007

haha, thats how i am too Quirrell_is_a_squirrel lol, and since i never really posted that oath ill do it right now. *hem hem* I PROMISE NOT TO READ SPOILLERSO R MAKE THEM AND I WILLL FIGHT TO DESTROY ALL EVIL (THE DIRT BURGALAR AND HIS DEATH AGGIES) AND I WILL GET DANNYROB15 AND HALLOWSAINT AND SIRIUS_LEE CHEESECAKE WHENEVER THEY ASK... alrighttty


Posted by i_loverz_HP Sep 12th 2007

ewww hes so child molesterish and hes annoying i just dont like him.....in DH when he was like on the ground and harry thought he was dead but then he got back up...i was like NOOOO HAGRID needs to die. i was angry. wow very educational book.


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

c_h_s, the book takes place in the future and at that time, pretty much all books are banned and the main characters job is to go to houses that have books and burn them down. (hes a firefighter, but he starts them instead of putting them out) eventually he sees a book and reads it and there is a lot of drama after


Posted by dannyrob15 Sep 12th 2007

oh and then there's this part where the wife is sleeping and ray says she has an island-face and when it rains on her face shadows and rain can't touch her jungle face...does that mean she has a hairy caveman face or what? oh crumple i've read some weird books for school. like breathing underwater. very inappropriate for minor cheesefarts. i thought it would be some kind of swimming book. nope. it talks in detail about how this sixteen year old kid has sex with his girlfriend. then he abuses her by slapping her and throwing her into lightpoles and whatyes. then his dad abuses him. then he gets beat up by someone named saint. and in his ainger management class one of the people kills their girlfriend then shoots himself. so alas.


Posted by HPfanx14 Sep 12th 2007

well. imma go makes some brownies cuz im cravin them at the moment. ttyl bye!


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

ok either danny hasnt seen the new page OR he just ditched me again...*sob* its p-p-prolly the second o-o-one!!! *wails*


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

I liked Animal Farm too, that was a good book. yes i am dork! dork dork dork! but of course none of it is as good as HARRY POTTER!


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

nvr mind hes still here....


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

my bad....


Posted by i_loverz_HP Sep 12th 2007

now that i think about it rap music (well most of it) is soooooo gay like what they sing about and whatnot but thats why i love it because, its so random and the sweet beats of course. i was listening to this one old skool song today and this dude was talking about how he has a gold fish tank in is car like on the dash board umm please.....and a elevator in his truck.....but i still love it. its my nigger music.


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

TOM FELTONS AMAZINGLY DEFINED CHEEKBONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

SIRIUS BOOK BLACK (meaning not gary oldman) THE AMAZING PIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!


Posted by crumple_horned_snorcak Sep 12th 2007

Ari!!!! How r you posting like that! Its angering me!!!!


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

RUPERT THE SECOND HOTTEST HP ACTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (after tom felton)


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

for a second i thought Missmalfoy was back (the tom cheekbone comment) LOL OLIVER WOOD"s CHEEKBONES!


Posted by Quirrell_is_a_squirrel Sep 12th 2007

there are several books we've read for skool that i like....we read the iliad last year, that was good, and i'm reading the odyssey right now, that's even better....in sixth grade (two years ago) we read animal farm and to kill a mockingbird, jane eyre we read in seventh grade (last year) and it was AWESOME....we're reading pride and prejudice in a couple of months, that sounds good....okay....thats all i can think of....oh yeah and d'alaires book of greek myths.


Posted by dannyrob15 Sep 12th 2007

imma put you to bed bed bed imma put you to bed bed bed....i'mma rock your body turn you over something something like i'm your solja boy. i love it i love it you love it you love it every time every time we touch it we touch it.


Posted by crumple_horned_snorcak Sep 12th 2007

ARI!!!!!! I need to kno how u dont have to wait 3 mins!!! Its bugging the cheesecake outa me!!!


Posted by i_loverz_HP Sep 12th 2007

ay bay bay ay bay bay. ahh i wanna read that book danizzle what is it called? it sounds interesting. DRACO MALFOY IS SO SEXYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I WANNA KIDNAP HIM. I THINK IM GONNA FLY TO HOGWARTS TONIGHT AND STEAL FROM THE COMMON ROOM OR HIS BED. MUHAHA AND THEN KILL PANSY. this is gonna be simply amazing. animal farm was real good i had to read that many years ago in 7th grade. when i was a wee one.


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

it depends on how old your computer is, the newer ones the trick doesnt work on.... or at least i cant do it at work and i definitely cant do it as much as sirius is doing it at my house


Posted by crumple_horned_snorcak Sep 12th 2007

That still doesn't tell me how!


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

i dont know these songs you guys are singing. i feel old


Posted by Ketchup4life Sep 12th 2007

hello?


Posted by i_loverz_HP Sep 12th 2007

that songs word like how the dude says hes gonna watch the girl when shes sleeping. okay if i ever stayed the night at my boyfriends house i woke up like in the middle of the night and he was staring at me i would be like HELLO THERE....that would creep me out but i guess some people like to be watched at night.


Posted by dannyrob15 Sep 12th 2007

I've told you loverz: there's this part where the wife is sleeping and ray says she has an island-face and when it rains on her face shadows and rain can't touch her jungle face...does that mean she has a hairy caveman face or what lilbecky? i've read some weird books for school. like breathing underwater. very inappropriate for minor cheesefarts. i thought it would be some kind of swimming book. nope. it talks in detail about how this sixteen year old kid has sex with his girlfriend. then he abuses her by slapping her and throwing her into lightpoles and whatyes. then his dad abuses him. then he gets beat up by someone named saint. and in his ainger management class one of the people kills their girlfriend then shoots himself. so alas you don't want to read it. well maybe you do.


Posted by Ketchup4life Sep 12th 2007

that sounds only slightly scary.


Posted by Quirrell_is_a_squirrel Sep 12th 2007

dont feel old becky, my parents got mad @ me cuz our town's hit music station was my radio alarm, and my dad came in @ 6:30 in the morning and they were talking about britney spears, he didnt believe me when i said the give a lot of real news, so now i'm behind on music, the only songs i know right now are the ones that were playing several months ago that are playing right now, *pants* okay, rant over, sry about that y'all.....i know the trick too, but i aint using it cuz i'm lazy....now i g2g eat dinner, brb


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

LOL i dont think so Dannyrob, i am not sure what it means tho... prolly someting about her decent side in front of strangers and company and such and her mean, evil side when shes around him??? (she was a b*tch to him right?)


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

sorry i left... i got kicked off... literally... lmao!!! ull find me in the back of a gray cadillac.... we be in the bed like ooh ooooooooh oooooh.... lemme buy u a drank


Posted by Marie_Lee Sep 12th 2007

sorry guys i gotta leave 4 a bit....


Posted by i_loverz_HP Sep 12th 2007

lol wow people are weird. but alas i do want to read it. thats why sex scenes umm fighting people, getting shot up on the block. my kind of book. maybe that chick has like palm trees on her face so they block they rain.


Posted by Ketchup4life Sep 12th 2007

heck yes! i love people with palm trees growing out of their faces!


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

or maybe its when times get tough, she puts up walls and she doesnt like bad things affect her? i dont know, i have done the analyzing of books in a while...


Posted by dannyrob15 Sep 12th 2007

i backed my car into a cop car the other day, well he just drove off sometimes life's okay i ran my mouth off a bit too much oh what did i say well you just like it all when its all okay and we'll all float on okayyyy, we'll all float on okay...there's some rock 4 ya ari! float on by modest mouse. i guess she is a bit*ch to him kinda...she has to read his lips all the time.


Posted by crumple_horned_snorcak Sep 12th 2007

Ok!!!!!! fine dont tell me how to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sobs silently*


Posted by HPfanx14 Sep 12th 2007

hmmmmmmm back :D whtcha guys talkin about?


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

it happens when I refresh the page, sometimes it comes up as the page is unavailable, so than i hit the back button and there is a text box for me to type in (it generally goes back to the previous page of comments) it doesnt work all the time for me tho.


Posted by crumple_horned_snorcak Sep 12th 2007

mine says theres no page all the time!! Hee hee!!


Posted by dannyrob15 Sep 12th 2007

if anyone likes last of the mohicans and football they'll like this commercial best commercial of all time: http://youtube.com/watch? v=55BZ2gSsSmY (delete spaces)


Posted by i_loverz_HP Sep 12th 2007

my brother got to see modest mouse in concert....he said they were good live. look at the double on the back of that bumper she aint even playin when she shakin that rumba.


Posted by lilbecky8 Sep 12th 2007

dannyrob: Montag is outraged by the indifference of Mildred and her friends. He wants them to feel something about anything beyond the characters in the wall television programs that they watch constantly. He sees that they don't want to think of anything that requires emotional investment or work. It is too unhappy for them. (thats what someone else thinks)


Posted by HPfanx14 Sep 12th 2007

guess wht ?! ma brownies are cooking :D i have bout 20 mins til there done then an hour b4 i can eat them, tahts kinda a put down ...




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