According to money.co.uk, book sales sold in the millions with “Harry Potter” having 400 million copies sold worldwide as “Twilight” gathered up 100 million copies of its four books.
According to Showbiz CheatSheet, the Harry Potter films “collectively made an astonishing $7.73 billion worldwide.” The Twilight movies made a little bit less than that and earned about $3.3 billion worldwide. That means billions more people watched the Harry Potter movies than the Twilight movies.
Philosopher's Stone and Deathly Hallows – Part 2 are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time—at 50th- and 16th-highest, respectively—with both grossing over $1 billion. It is the fourth-highest-grossing film series, with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts.
Who is the richest actor in Twilight? Pattinson is the wealthiest star to come from the Twilight Saga franchise. He is followed by Stewart (estimated net worth of $70 million), Taylor Lautner(estimated net worth of $40 million) and Anna Kendrick(estimated net worth of $20 million).
As of 2022, the 30 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe form the highest-grossing film series even when adjusted for inflation, surpassing J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World (11 films), Star Wars (12 films), Ian Fleming's James Bond (27 films), and J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth (6 films) series.
The New York Times stated that Rowling sold the rights for the first four Harry Potter movies for $2 billion as well as receiving a portion of the net profits whenever a movie ticket or DVD was sold.
Emma Watson earned $70 million during the eight movies of Harry Potter, $15 million for her role as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and $5 to $10 million a year in endorsements.
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The lowest-grossing Harry Potter film, and the third in the series, is also widely regarded as the best by fans and critics.
In Twilight, we have vampires and werewolves, which are always fun. But in Harry Potter, we get so much more! We have the traditional fantasy creatures like dragons, mermaids, and giants, plus completely new creatures like boggarts, thestrals, and dementors.
Robert Pattinson – US$100 million
For the latter franchise, he took home a whopping US$25 million base salary and earned another US$40 million for the final two films, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Bella, a mere mortal, is drawn to their mystery, their beauty, and — in all honesty — their multi-billion dollar fortune. As the centuries march on there's no doubt that the family will continue growing their portfolio of investments, then there's no telling how much money the Cullens will have.
With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings.
While the Guinness World Records say the longest movie ever made is 1987's The Cure of Insomnia, it's actually Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo, also known as The Innocence.
J.K. Rowling's estimated net worth is $1 billion dollars but the author has insisted that she isn't a billionaire. That may be true if she has donated a lot of it. Rowling has made most of her money from the Harry Potter franchise which includes book sales, movies, theme parks, and merchandise.
By 2004 J.K had become a billionaire while still only halfway through eight Harry Potter films and well before the launch of the Fantastic Beasts movies which would prove to be a cash-cow.
Fastest to $1 billion
Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in 74 days of release. The list below is restricted to the 10 movies that reached the milestone the fastest.