FOTR Vs. Harry Potter (Chamber)

[Bill Ferny]

I don't understand. FOTR has been out for almost a year and has already had two DVD releases. Chamber of Secrets just came out in the movie theatre, so I don't know how they can be compared.<P>It seems more reasonable to compare FOTR with Sorcerer's Stone, than with Chamber of Secrets. Lets do that!<P>On opening day Sorcerer's Stone blew out FOTR, making nearly 30 mil more than Fellowship, and went on to make 116.4 million more dollars than FOTR over the long haul. Fellowship did edge HP in DVD sales over the whole running by about 10 mil, but the first month DVD sales of HP was much higher than FOTR's first month. Of course, some extra money was earned via special edition of FOTR. All in all, there is no significant difference in DVD sales between FOTR and Sorcerer’s Stone, and the difference can be accounted for by the extra sales of the special edition (FOTR is ranked at 15, HP at 20 when I checked today). So as far as DVD sales goes, the two movies are close runners.<P>Bearing these facts in mind, it seems that HP killed FOTR. This doesn’t include merchandizing, which I’m sure would see HP edge out FOTR in a big away (after all kids buy toys, or at least their parents do). However, for you blue LotR fans who just can’t stand to see Tolkien second best to anything, keep this in mind: this is the same paying public that spent 80.03 million dollars on the opening weekend of SWII: Attack of the Clones; we aren’t talking about a lot of grey matter here.