Bond No Longer Most Successful Franchise

HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
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Gads--I signed on to my computer, and staring at me was this news:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/lifeslittlemysteries-what-is-the-most-successful-movie-franchise-of-all-time.html

Yep, the six Harry Potter films--released just a few years apart--have managed to eclipse the 22 James Bond films, released over a forty-year span! Quick: check your scriptures. . .I'm sure this is a sign of the Apocalypse!
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    Sad news- but give it time...
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Just a speed-bump...with only eight Potter films altogether, the tortoise will overtake the hare in the end B-)

    And naturally I await NP's entendre rejoiner:
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  • Donald GrantDonald Grant U.S.A.Posts: 2,251Quartermasters
    It said not adjusted for inflation. So if they did so, I'd bet Bond would win. As the saying goes, "statistics don't lie but liars use statistics". Sensationalist horse hokey! Bond is still the most successfull franchise in cinema history no matter how you slice it. Harry Potter indeed!

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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Loeffelholz wrote:
    Just a speed-bump...with only eight Potter films altogether, the tortoise will overtake the hare in the end B-)

    And naturally I await NP's entendre rejoiner:

    Eh? I've wracked my mind for a double entendre but find none.

    Surely this stat is a load of old pony (cockney rhyming slang, pony + trap = cr@p). It doesn't take into account inflation. It's like saying, hey, I earn 20 times more a week than my granddad did - he was on £50 a week. Or how every year there's a new blockbuster film that's the highest grossing ever, or has broken new records... yeah, that's cos ticket prices have gone up. 8-) It shows the same financial acumen that got us into the current crisis.
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  • anshopkinsanshopkins Leland, NC, USAPosts: 8MI6 Agent
    Right on target! A better indicator would be the number of tickets sold since 1962 for JB....
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  • youknowmynameyouknowmyname Gainesville, FL, USAPosts: 703MI6 Agent
    anshopkins wrote:
    Right on target! A better indicator would be the number of tickets sold since 1962 for JB....

    True. I am sure that JB is more successful than HP when you look at those statistics. Even so, give Bond a few more runs over the next several years and Loeff is right, the tortoise will overtake the hare. James Bond won't stop for a while yet, while HP only has a couple years left on its lifeline.

    Funny that both are British characters though...is there something to that? :D
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  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    edited May 2010
    Yes, as with HB, the first thing my bleary eyes saw after opening my computer this morning. Like what NP said, it's all fanciful manipulation of statistics and just one more example of lazy and sensational journalism. The then author takes it another step in treating readers like they're stupid by twice stating the disclamer that the figures aren't adjusted for inflation (feigning with the obvious), or otherwise the Bond and SW franchises would have easily overtaken HP, but what exactly are those amounts? Listing those would have quickly deflated the article on the spot.

    When comparing profitability that occurred across a wide span of time, in this case decades, what's the point of stating figures that aren't adjusted for inflation? For his journalistic achievments, this reporter should be given a hefty raise of $200,000 a year, but in 2050 AD dollars, and forced to live on it. EDIT: That amount would actually be around 70 grand, which is not bad at all, LOL.
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Loeffelholz wrote:
    Just a speed-bump...with only eight Potter films altogether, the tortoise will overtake the hare in the end B-)

    It always does.... 'slow and steady wins the race.'

    Well, I bloody hope so anyway ;)
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  • Rainier WolfcastleRainier Wolfcastle Posts: 484MI6 Agent
    By the time Bond 23 is ready for filming, 'Harry Potter' Daniel Radcliffe will have grown into a convincing Bond actor.

    Daniel Craig could still play a soon-to-retire 'M'.
  • youknowmynameyouknowmyname Gainesville, FL, USAPosts: 703MI6 Agent
    Rainier Wolfcastle wrote:
    By the time Bond 23 is ready for filming, 'Harry Potter' Daniel Radcliffe will have grown into a convincing Bond actor.

    Daniel Craig could still play a soon-to-retire 'M'.

    According to our friend theScashman DC could already play a retired M...but possibly once the MGM debacle is figured out we can call on Sir Rog again :D
    "We have all the time in the world..."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    youknowmyname wrote:
    Rainier Wolfcastle wrote:
    By the time Bond 23 is ready for filming, 'Harry Potter' Daniel Radcliffe will have grown into a convincing Bond actor.

    Daniel Craig could still play a soon-to-retire 'M'.

    According to our friend theScashman DC could already play a retired M...but possibly once the MGM debacle is figured out we can call on Sir Rog again :D

    Meanwhile, back in the real world ......... :))
  • Mr. Arlington BeechMr. Arlington Beech Posts: 105MI6 Agent
    so they're milking the last potter novel into two movies?

    lol
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Mr. Arlington Beech wrote:
    so they're milking the last potter novel into two movies?

    lol

    Evidently you're not a Potter fan...I'm very glad they're expanding Deathly Hallows into two films---there's more than enough story for it...
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  • Bella_docBella_doc Quantum's next target (Canada)Posts: 51MI6 Agent
    Loeffelholz wrote:
    Evidently you're not a Potter fan...I'm very glad they're expanding Deathly Hallows into two films---there's more than enough story for it...
    Yes, and they'll need at least one film to cover all the twisted wand lore... LOL
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