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03-07-2004, 11:14 AM
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Looking ahead to GOF - Summary:
An interesting article about the next movie. Article:
Thanks to Wizardnews for providing the link to this article about the filming of GOF Quote: When it comes to box office receipts, there are a few agreed upon landmarks that have cemented their presence in Hollywood’s history books. There is of course Jaws, the first ever summer blockbuster, the trendsetter that has helped shape movie release strategy as we know it today. There is also Star Wars, the first film to ever have a rabid fan base. Ten years after Star Wars was released, Batman destroyed box office records and highlighted the importance of a film’s opening weekend. Batman was followed by The Lost World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, which fueled the sequel and franchise craze. In 2002, Spider-Man set the standard for single weekend take and hit a number that will likely not be broken by any film, other than one of its sequels, for a long time to come. More recently, The Passion of the Christ turned the box office world on its head by making back its production budget in one day and bringing in five times its production budget in its first total weekend of release, an unprecedented feat that will likely never be duplicated again. But in between The Lost World and Spider-Man, a film was released that, in its first three days, grossed over 25% more than what any other film had grossed in the same time span. It was the first film to ever make more than $90 million in its first three days; in fact, it was the first ever movie to gross more than $75 million in its first three days. That movie was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
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03-07-2004, 11:35 AM
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| | Crup
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Quote: It is a fact that a 10-year-old that read the first Potter book in 2000 will be 16, at the youngest, when The Goblet of Fire is released so the question is whether Potter will retain its audience. I agree, the average for orginal readers of the books/original fans is about 16 now, at this point in time.
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03-07-2004, 11:49 AM
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I am 16 and I read HP for the first time when I was 13. I think I will always stay a HP fan, no matter how old will I be.  | |
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03-07-2004, 11:59 AM
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hmm yer but im turning 18 and i still like HP and stuff so i guess it depends on tha person??! | |
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03-07-2004, 12:22 PM
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thats kind of funny to think about... most of the fans of a childrens book are about 14-16... its nice to know that though, makes me feel like I'm not too old.
its a really cool article, thanx Lozz. Didnt mention the second one though :whisle:
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03-07-2004, 01:04 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by shezygurl@Mar 7 2004, 04:33 AM
hmm yer but im turning 18 and i still like HP and stuff so i guess it depends on tha person??! I'll be turning 18 on the june 28th but i'll a hp fan no matter how old i get,plus all the stuuf like the books and stuff are collectable so they will help me out if i need money quickly
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03-07-2004, 01:49 PM
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same here ive just turned 18 and will keep luvin' harry potter :sorcerer:
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03-07-2004, 03:47 PM
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| | Gnome
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What the author of the article is forgetting is what once was a little known series of books written by J R R Tolkien, that generations of childern have discovered at around age 13 to 18. That series of books has now produced the richest trilogy of movies known to man, the gross now stands around 3 billion US dallors. The original readers of LOTR flocked to the theater decades after writing "Frodo Lives" in the subway walls on NYC in the 1960's and 1970's. I should know. I read Professor Tolkein's Hobbit in the Sixth grade in 1973 at age 12 and soon followed it with LOTR.
Good books...no great books don't lose their readers, because the reader and book are old friends. The book is taken off the shelf every so often and opened then reread with as much wonder and delight as the first time, sometimes more for now child understands more and sees more.
No this article's author needs to talk the older LOTR fans.
Oh by the way I, at age 43, am a Harry Potter fan. I discovered movies first, then a friend gave me the box set of the books for Christmas 2002. Within a week I had read all four books. I have enjoyed rereading them several times as I have the OotP. So bluntly speaking a good book is a good book no matter what your age.
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03-07-2004, 03:53 PM
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yea I guess it all depends on the preson b/c earler this person was turning 18 or 19 and the had lost intrest in HP, but I mean yea it dose depend on the person
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03-07-2004, 04:28 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by AnimagusPadfoot@Mar 7 2004, 08:21 AM
Good books...no great books don't lose their readers, because the reader and book are old friends. The book is taken off the shelf every so often and opened then reread with as much wonder and delight as the first time, sometimes more for now child understands more and sees more.
That's so true, and I think it holds with most great books. I first started reading Terry Pratchett when I was 8, and there are a lot of jokes which I didn't get at the time (like the song about the very lazy hedgehog), but still really enjoyed the books regardless. Only later, when re-reading the books, have I been able to pick up on the rest of it, and even though nearly 12 years have passed, I still eagerly await the next in the series.
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03-07-2004, 04:44 PM
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| | Firecrab
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I read the 1st book when it first came out in 1997 and i was only 7. Now i'm 13 and i'm still a crazed fan
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03-07-2004, 05:31 PM
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| | Puffskein
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:sorcerer: i was 14 when i first read hp and the first harry potter book i read was goblet of fire..... and i think that i will be a hp fan for the rest of my life no matter what.
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03-07-2004, 06:00 PM
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| | Puffskein
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I was about 10 i think when I read the first book, and I'm 13 now, and I'm never going to stop absolutely loving HP...  | |
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03-07-2004, 06:04 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by AnimagusPadfoot@Mar 7 2004, 08:21 AM
What the author of the article is forgetting is what once was a little known series of books written by J R R Tolkien, that generations of childern have discovered at around age 13 to 18. That series of books has now produced the richest trilogy of movies known to man, the gross now stands around 3 billion US dallors. The original readers of LOTR flocked to the theater decades after writing "Frodo Lives" in the subway walls on NYC in the 1960's and 1970's. I should know. I read Professor Tolkein's Hobbit in the Sixth grade in 1973 at age 12 and soon followed it with LOTR.
Good books...no great books don't lose their readers, because the reader and book are old friends. The book is taken off the shelf every so often and opened then reread with as much wonder and delight as the first time, sometimes more for now child understands more and sees more.
No this article's author needs to talk the older LOTR fans.
Oh by the way I, at age 43, am a Harry Potter fan. I discovered movies first, then a friend gave me the box set of the books for Christmas 2002. Within a week I had read all four books. I have enjoyed rereading them several times as I have the OotP. So bluntly speaking a good book is a good book no matter what your age. I didnt start reading the HP series until I was 31 and I love the books and I know I wont change my opinion. If I like what an author writes I usually like all of their books. I look forward to the last 2 books in this series and any other book the JK decides to write. 
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03-07-2004, 06:08 PM
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Well! I'm 16 and i'm completly obssesed wait...passonite. (sp)
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03-07-2004, 06:09 PM
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they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
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We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
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03-07-2004, 06:14 PM
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| | Streeler
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Harry Potter is great!
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03-07-2004, 06:21 PM
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My dad is 44 and he love hp and i'm thirteen i i love it to. I think it depends on the people if they like it or not.
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03-07-2004, 06:30 PM
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:rose: Hi, I started reading the Harry Potter books when I was 10 and now I'm 13. I still love Harry Potter and I've read all of the books 3 times. The first time I read a HP book it smelled like coffee and I got hooked on it, just like I'm hooked on coffee, now...
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03-07-2004, 06:35 PM
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| | Firecrab
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well..i started reading when i was 9 and im 14 now..i dont think i'll ever stop being a HP fan..
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03-07-2004, 06:38 PM
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wow.i love the 4th book so i can't wait to see that one.
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03-07-2004, 07:07 PM
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I was 16 when I first heard about the books.. I'm 18 almost 19 now and I still love them! Glad to know that I'm not the only one not growing up yet lol | |
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03-07-2004, 07:41 PM
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I honestly don't think it depends on the person's age but the person themselves. I am 13 and starting reading the books when I was 10 and haven't lost interest at all but gained interest. Gained so much that I now consider myself an....obsesser.....but I do have a life outstide of the books. It all depends on the book and what you like. My mom knows a guy she's known for a long time and when they were my age he loved LOTR and he's in his 40s now and still loves them. So there's proof that it doesn't depend on your age at all in some cases.
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03-07-2004, 09:35 PM
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Age doesn't mattter... It's all about the individual...
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03-07-2004, 09:48 PM
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As it said in USA today~~ " You don't have to be a wizard or a KID to appreciate the spell cast by Harry Potter."
I agree no sentance could be more true! J.K. Rowling is a wounderful story teller and a master of capturing those both young and old.
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