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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! HARRY POTTER ALL THE WAY!!!!

Ponette – I am with you. With all this dough flying around, they have no excuse for not making the last two films SPECTACULAR.

I marvel at just how much $$ these films have made and all the people who are now wealthy as a result! I knew I should have set my sights on being a WB executive!

I am hoping with this news that the movie makers will be able to spend more money to make the movies WE want to see and they stop using the excuse of cutting out Dobby because he cost too much money to put on screen. I hope they will spend the money needed to make the last two movies the best…especially the awsome final battle at Hogwarts that Jo wrote.

Pointless to compare unless using dollars adjusted for inflation. Regardless of this, however, it appears the Potter movies will overtake any other franchise. This is a great accomplishment!

However, Jim Dale’s performance on the audio books far surpasses any movie experience. Next to reading the books “the old fashioned way” Dale’s readings are as good as it gets.

Congratulations to Warner Brothers for earning this much money through the films. Now that you have acquired all of those dollars, you better utilize them wisely. That may or may not include making the Deathly Hallows the three hour epic it has to be. ;)

Even if profits are adjusted for inflation, it goes without saying that HP still performed spectacular feats at the box office.

These figures have to be inflation-adjusted or they mean nothing. In which case, even the most successful Potter film “The Philosopher’s Stone” might – only might – just make it into the top 50 all-time highest grossing films. The rest probably would not even make the top 100. To claim all five HP movies are in the top 20 ever is disingenuous, or plain ignorant. But that’s movie executives. ;-)

The first six James Bond movies were released in the 1960s when it cost about $1 to see a movie. Directly comparing the grosses to 21st century films is plain stupid.

Woo yeah go Harry and everything, but get some perspective!

Radcakesfan and Johnny – fair enough, I’ll speak for myself, and might I add JK Rowling, Emma Watson and zillions of other Ron/Hermione shippers in the equation? That’s not such a bad company to be with, is it? ;)

But, blah, I didn’t want to get into an argument on shipping in the first place. I was just talking about money not being an excuse any more for the lack of Dobby and Firenze and other CG characters. sigh And thanks Yokata and Will, for putting things into perspective, at least for us. :D

wow that’s amazing i think it will totally beat star wars go HP

Yeah, hey great movies, but are the Brother’s Warner going to make anymore ‘Scoobie Doo movies??

Woo! If they made that record with only 1 through 5, I can’t WAIT to see how high 6 and 7 shoot them.

I can’t WAIT to see either movie, I see them being the best of the whole franchise.

Keep up the great work guys! You all kick butt!

Professor Potter- I thought that too when I read it! They talked about HP like it was their own creation. It’s this quote that I most disliked:

“This worldwide box office record once again proves that the appeal of the Harry Potter movies knows no border, no age limit, and no language barrier. Each of the five films has captured the hearts and sparked the imagination of audiences everywhere.”

this isn’t a surprise. its like ive been saying all along..THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS AND FILMS WILL ONE DAY RULE THE WORLD. mark my words.

so, this is the leaky cauldron? pretty cool

Ponette, I agree with the usage of special effects and cgi only to a certain extent. I would much rather see Matthew Lewis given Dobby’s lines than Dobby (the movie version clashes horribly with the version in my head- a live version would have been better). I would rather more time and effort be given to the actors and storyline than visual effects like quidditch for example. As for shipping, zillions don’t care about r/hr or the romances . It’s not all that important to the main storyline. At least the evil h/hr kiss leads to better trio characterization, which is important.

Radcakesfan: Um, the evil H/Hr kiss wouldn’t even be in there if it weren’t for the romance plot. It’s Ron’s insecurity over his relationship with Hermione that causes it to manifest. No R/Hr, no H/Hr horcrux kiss. The horcrux scene is important to trio characterization, them kissing in that scene is not. It’s just what sends Ron over the edge. Plus, I’m sure a lot of fans who just watch the movies will be sort of grossed out by it after Harry freely explains Hermione is like a sister to him. Then it goes from “hot onscreen chemistry” to “pseudo-incest.” I have a feeling that to cut into the overdose of kisses though, they might cut that kiss anyway. Not the horcrux scene itself (god I hope not) though. I’m worried about that scene on the whole though because I have a hunch it has a chance of looking really goofy in however they choose to do it. Sirius in the fireplace in GoF was imho just wince-worthy. It looked silly.

R/Hr’s kiss is important whether you like the pairing or not. And by the way you don’t need to be a shipper to enjoy their relationship. Most readers of the HP books aren’t on the internet and they aren’t shippers, but I’m sure many of them like it and would be chapped to see that consummation cut from the movie. If they’re going to be married in the epilogue (which I am quite sure will be in the film) it would be just a wee bit awkward to at least not have them kiss before. It’s an expression of at least six movies of building tension. To leave that unresolved is just pure sloppiness. The movie really played up the Harry/Cho kiss as if it were a truly big deal. It wasn’t even shown in the books. I do not like how the movies characterize Ron nor Hermione but I simply cannot see them removing it. Hollywood loves romance and makeout sessions. If they add back in the house-elf plot at least slightly, the kiss will seem much more natural. Either way, it will happen. Whether you like R/Hr or not, it’s essential.

harry potter is life.

& I agree completely with what Kelly said.

It may be gross to see a brother/sister kiss, but h/hr are not brother and sister. I’m not grossed out by seeing 2 people/friends kiss, so “pseudo-incest” is kind of out the window.It would still be a hot kiss, and as you say, it triggers Ron’s following reaction. It is, therefore to me, just as necessary. Incidentally, isn’t there just the 2 kisses anyway?Hardly an overload, except for R/hr fans lol. I don’t think there is a H/G kiss. Actually, I think they would cut the 19 year thing anyways, that is one ending that I think most people would like cut anyways and they always change the way the film ends. In this case, I look forward to it.

I was going to say that was a ridiculous claim until they admitted it was before adjusting for inflation. Star Wars is clearly the winner and I can say that as someone who’s seen every Potter film and only one of the last three Star Wars movies.

Why would the WB publicize something that isn’t really true? To ignore inflation is to cheat to get the result desired. Harry Potter does fantastically well in theaters and will probably top this chart honestly by the end of the series. Its a shame that the WB has to grab for glory by distorting truth.

Yes, there is an H/G kiss. One at the start of DH and Harry remembering Ginny’s blazing look and kissing her as his last memory before facing death.

I’m sure they’ll do their best to give us an entertaining DH movie. No need to worry about that since we’ve got HBP to worry about now, lol.