I tend to agree with Chris Hewitt’s thoughts that Goblet of Fire will out perform The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the box office this year (Narnia is released 8th December). Narnia (boy is that a long title) looks good, don’t get me wrong, but the Potter films are well-established, have a recently fed and feverish fan base that is huge. The Narnia books (I didn’t even know there was more than one!) are accompanied by much less fanfare and have been relatively dormant for a long time. Having said that, if this one does well it may well raise its profile, and by choosing the best known book Disney are starting from a good platform, it may well blossom. I don’t think it’ll ever be as big as Harry Potter though.
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November 19th, 2005 at 9:45 am
vince
i have just watch Goblet of Fire and its sucks big time..same special effect..no new ‘things’ and its bored..the only things that i enjoyed are some jokes ..hmmnnn..nothing new on Harry potter.
Iam looking foward to NARNIA…i think it will out performe Harry potter.I had read the whole Narnia series and i think it will be the BEST.
November 19th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
Lee
Interesting view, Vince. I’m off to see it in a couple of hours.
I guess we’ll see on the Narnia front, I think I’m right, but I’m far from infallible.