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In response to "Also, the original Star Wars trilogy had to build its own fanbase from scratch. " by Dignan

Disney sci-fi was a novel concept that was easily marketable. Twilight had to stand out in a saturated market of gothic romance stories.

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 19 '09, 14:57

Like it or not, Twilight has accomplished more in a shorter period than Star Wars did. We're in year four of Twilight and it's already dominated 2008/2009 book sales and will have hit $500 million in worldwide box office by the end of the weekend.

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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

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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.

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