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01-05-2006, 02:21 PM
| | |  Harry Potter vs. King Kong vs. Narnia - Box Office 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has blown away all compition in the Box Office. It is currently at the number two spot for the "franchise" (Jo hates that it is called that) behind Sorcerer's Stone - which no Harry Potter film will likely beat.
An interesting chart to watch is the Goblet vs Kong vs Narnia chart over at BoxOfficeMojo.com. It shows that although Goblet had the lowest budget of the three (a massive $150 mill) it looks like neither competing film will catch up with it.
I find it interesting that over 65% of Goblet's worldwide total comes from outside the USA. Compare that to Narnia's less-than-half.
The Hollywood Reporter (via Yahoo! News) reports... Quote:
Warner Bros. Pictures started out 2005 with Oscar gold as "Million Dollar Baby" was crowned best picture, and it finished the year with plenty of hard cash thanks to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, "Batman Begins" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
The trio each earned more than $200 million at the domestic box office, powering the studio to first place in the year-end derby with a company record $1.37 billion in sales, just $13.5 million ahead of Fox. All told, Warners' share of the domestic market was 15.6% vs. Fox's 15.4%.
Warners also led the international box office race, reaping more than $1.7 billion, the studio's second-best haul.
The fourth Harry Potter movie, directed for the first time by a British filmmaker, Mike Newell, proved that the series is only improving as its teen protagonists age; sales to date stand at $277 million.
"With each successive movie, and successive book, you continue to build a fan base," says Warners president of production Jeff Robinov. "So there's people who have seen all four movies and who have not read the books, and you have those that have read all or some. It's gained its own momentum."
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i havn't seen the other two films, but i can see why HP is doing better than them. even my dad enjoyed it!
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01-06-2006, 04:00 PM
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All of the three are awesome movies but Star Wars came top in 2005 movie list
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lol.....interesting movie choices....
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01-06-2006, 05:19 PM
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well i'll have to say that gof is best. have no interest in king kong but i also did love narnia. loved it because they totally followed the book. that's great
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Narnia was great, King Kong way too long, and obviously HP has got the better storyline to begin with...
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Yeah, cool, but that comparison to King Kong and Narnia is a tad weird, I mean, those films were released at a later point in time....ah well, HP rulez!
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hmm.. king kong was ok too long, and i love the narnia books and i really liked the movie! i dunno if gof will beat narnia
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King Kong is awesome. Narnia is okay. GoF is bloody brilliant.
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Originally Posted by karen_ginger ohhh interesting" i doubt any film will beat PS after all it is the first but maby OOTP! however it is like no film will make titanic like money but still GOF deserves this it is way better than knog and narnia The first is always the best! My favorite book is OoTP,hopefuly it'll be the one that comes near beating PS. But as was said,GoF was/is WAAAAAAY better than Kong and definetly loads better than Narnia.
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That is SWEET! GO GoF!!!
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I find it interesting that over 65% of Goblet's worldwide total comes from outside the USA. Compare that to Narnia's less-than-half.
I find the Narnia thing especially interesting because aren’t those English books as well? You’d think classics like that would gain a certain amount of popularity from their fans. After seeing all three, I can honestly say that they are all good. But GOF definitely beat out Narnia for villains- The White Witch was really bad. When it comes to King Kong, it’s hard to judge between the two. GOF is clearly going to be more popular as it is a family film. I think GOF will stay on top because it has a much larger fan based audience then the other two- Personally, even if the movies were awful, I would still see all of the HP’s. | |
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Of course Harry Potter all the way. Harry Potter for the Top!
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All three movies were awesome so the fact that they're competing? makes sense.
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this makes for great competition!
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01-13-2006, 07:45 PM
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Goblet of fire rules!!!
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