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Does Harry Potter have the biggest fandom worldwide?
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I really want to know what everyone's opinions are, especially those of you who live in different countries.
Star Wars?
Lord of the Rings?
They are both big but the box office returns for Star Wars shows a lack overseas, and Lord of the Rings gathered a following as those movies progressed but many of those people don't consider themselves fans. Plus book sales for J.R.R. Tolkien are behind JK Rowling by a decent margin.
Twilight has a HUGE American following, but the overseas following just doesn't match up with Potter. It would actually be a good contest to know who has most fans domestically, HP or Twilight.
Then we have Pirates of the Caribbean, which has a big following but I consider that to be many casuals and as you can see it has fizzled out domestically on its fourth movie. Harry Potter is insanely consistent box office-wise.
Comic Book heroes... This is only brought up because of the success of The Dark Knight and the Spiderman trilogy.
What do you think?
Star Wars?
Lord of the Rings?
They are both big but the box office returns for Star Wars shows a lack overseas, and Lord of the Rings gathered a following as those movies progressed but many of those people don't consider themselves fans. Plus book sales for J.R.R. Tolkien are behind JK Rowling by a decent margin.
Twilight has a HUGE American following, but the overseas following just doesn't match up with Potter. It would actually be a good contest to know who has most fans domestically, HP or Twilight.
Then we have Pirates of the Caribbean, which has a big following but I consider that to be many casuals and as you can see it has fizzled out domestically on its fourth movie. Harry Potter is insanely consistent box office-wise.
Comic Book heroes... This is only brought up because of the success of The Dark Knight and the Spiderman trilogy.
What do you think?
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I'm gonna miss Harry Potter, another great series ending.
Goblet of Fire did make more money in 2005 than Revenge of the Sith...
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Also, Star Wars may be huge merchandise wide but HP has the success of the books as well as the films. It has that over Star Wars. Depends on how you measure it.
Over here, in the forum, we have users from EVERYWHERE guys. And that makes me so proud of being a potter fan!
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It is just the opposite for Star Wars. The films came first and then the books creating two separate cannons. The film cannon for Star Wars is the true cannon.
For HP the films are still good and enjoyable, but not technically cannon because they aren't the originals. For Star Wars, though i haven't read them, the books i am sure are still enjoyable and technically not cannon because it isn't the original medium.
And I think HP has became more popular then Star Wars.
HP has a lot less books and more movies by one.
I personally think this question is unanswerable. There is a huge generation gap here going on. I mean i don't know anyone that is a HP fan in real life. It is sort of considered a joke. I don't think the same thing is true of Star Wars. But really that is just my experience and doesn't prove that Star Wars has a bigger fandom. I don't think we can know which has a bigger fandom.
Each Harry Potter book upon release was one of the biggest events Worldwide that year. Deathly Hallows sold close to 10 million copies IN ONE HOUR!!!!!!!!!!! That's unF***ing believable for a book.
Star Wars gained massive popularity domestically and has the biggest fanbase over here no doubt, the first Star Wars movie was revolutionary. The new trilogy wasn't well received, and I might add that Star Wars couldn't compete with Potter during the height of Potter's popularity. Twilight can't compete with Potter during the height of it's popularity. Lord of the Rings (the movies) could because they drew in a big fanbase that could care less about the book, just wanting to know how the journey ended. I love Lord of the Rings. But to think that any of this stuff could manage a decade long ass-whooping like Potter has been putting on the pop culture world, is just plain silly.
And Pirates has Johnny Depp. Yes I would like to see a pirates movie perform with somebody, anybody else playing Jack Sparrow.
All in all it's close to who has the biggest worldwide of all time, but right now it's no doubt Harry Potter. It's made SOoooooo much money... Do you really think WB or anybody else (JK regardless of what she says) is going to let this massive gold-digger franchise die after this movie? You are INSANE if you think that. Harry Potter will indeed have Star Wars longevity... Just without those kick-ass lightsabers.
But the prequels wasn't as popular as the original trilogy.
So Harry Potter wins for the 2000's
It is just unanswerable. They both have huge fandoms and are both great. That is sort of it for me.
Also, there are more references, inside jokes, and tributes to Star Wars in other TV shows and movies than any other series of movies BAR NONE (that's a solid, indisputable fact)