It's all coming to an end indeed. An end to a fantastic franchise adapted from one of the most popular book series the world over.
I love each and everyone of the Harry Potter movies. All of them are well made and each have their own look and feeling to it. It's sad to know that my favorite director (Steven Spielberg) wanted to make these into a cartoon. That would've worked for the first two films, but the rest ... No. It's awesome to know that these movies are superior to the cheesy garbage otherwise known as the Twilight 'Saga'. It's rare that a movie franchise like this lasts 8 films in ten years. Rare indeed. Star Wars took breaks. James Bond took (several) breaks. Indiana Jones took breaks. Harry Potter is the first movie to split its final chapter into 2 parts. Twilight and LOTR copied them. Its indeed a true symbol of greed, but its a fantastic idea.
It really grinds my gears when I see comments that say 'Captain America will engross the most money this year'. Shows how blind those people are. They forget one movie-Harry Potter 7. This is the final movie of a franchise that averages 900 million worldwide per movie. You really think Captain America will beat out one of the most popular character in the world? Yeah right. If anything, Cap will make a little more than Thor, or maybe less, worldwide. It won't touch Harry Potter. True statement there.
Many have gone far to say that Cap is in danger of having the lowest opening out of the four Superhero movies this summer due to the movie that opens before it. With the majority of the people in this country will rush to see the final chapter, and with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 8.1/10, things are looking extremely well for the Hogwarts wizard. (considering general audiences take Critic grades too seriously. Yes GL, I'm talking to you)
Rotten Tomatoes link:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_deathly_hallows_part_ii/
In my opinion, Captain America isn't in too much trouble. If they opened on the same day, then Captain would definitely be in trouble. I predict Harry Potter to open with 150+ on its opening weekend. And for its second, 70-80 million with Captain America in the 60s. But it wouldn't surprise me if the First Avenger opened with less than 50 million (Probably won't happen, but just throwin' that out there) A lot of people are putting too much faith in Captain. It won't engross a lot world wide if it turns out to be bad (but that's one big if)
I know it sounds like I'm bashing Captain America, but understand-I am excited to see Captain. But not as near as excited to seeing Harry's final chapter. Chris evens looks like an awesome Cap, Hugo an awesome Skull. But worldwide people are gonna choose Harry. Yeah yeah, bash me for that. but if you do, you're in denial. BIG TIME.
In short:
Harry Potter-900 million-1 billion world wide
Captain America-300-400 million worldwide
And for those of us who enjoy Harry Potter movies, the big question is raised-do we really want it to end?
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