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In response to "There's a difference between a film series breaking out huge as a fad and one that creates a lasting legacy." by Reagen

Also, the original Star Wars trilogy had to build its own fanbase from scratch.

Posted by Dignan (aka Dignan) Nov 19 '09, 14:39

Twilight, Harry Potter and even LoTR had the advantage of an established fanbase.

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Disney sci-fi was a novel concept that was easily marketable. Twilight had to stand out in a saturated market of gothic romance stories. - David Nov 19, 14:57 5
- I'm simply saying that the movie dies on the vine without the established book audience. nm - Dignan Nov 19, 15:01 2
  - Star Wars had the benefit of an exponentially easier marketplace. Every theater in the country wanted to run it for a year. That doesn't happen now. - David Nov 19, 15:06 1
    - I'm not knocking the success of the books. - Dignan Nov 19, 15:15
- Did the first movie's worldwide numbers outpace domestic by that much? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 14:59 1
  - No, it was one to one. The film wound up with $191 million domestically and $191 million internationally. - David Nov 19, 15:01
they went to a lot of scifi & comic conventions the year before the first one came out -- nm - peglegpete Nov 19, 14:48 5
- All nine of them? nm - Dignan Nov 19, 14:52 4
  - their marketing was very ahead of the curve, in the same way Lucas had the foresight to retain merchandising rights -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 14:58 3
    - Still, this would have been a fraction of its eventual fanbase. nm - Dignan Nov 19, 15:02 2
      - yeah but for a movie that was expected to be a Fox-killing flop, it was crucial in laying the groundwork -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 15:05
      - (and I would include the marketing as "building a fanbase from scratch.") nm - Dignan Nov 19, 15:04

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