"Witch Barbie... My hope is that this is just marketing idiots taking advantage of the Harry Potter/Sabrina scenario"
You know nothing, FAILful(l):
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"MGLNStrikerS"' Fate T. Harlaown.
The anime series "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" has been a huge bestseller on DVD/Blu-Ray outside of Japan; no wonder that - as per "Highschool of the Dead" - it was one of the fastest-licenced series to a Western distributor. Be afraid. Be very afraid. >:D
@Canadiest
"How about Fundie Barbie, she gets worked up about nothing and whines all day"
@#451032
"@Canadiest: But then nobody would buy them. :) "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_(film_series)
Budget Total (8 films):
$1,155,000,000
Box office Total (8 films):
$7,723,431,572
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind:_The_Movie
Budget $4,000,000
Box office $4,224,065
Nobody's buying the (C)Rapture, neither. PROTIP: For all the novels supposedly being 'bestsellers' worldwide, I've yet to see even one in so much as a secondhand bookshop, never mind in the basement bin in a remainder bookshop in my locale, so I guess it confirms that your precious (C)Rapture is virtually an alien concept here in the UK. Oh, and enjoy your "Left Behind: The Remake" in eternal Development Hell, Ruptured Retards. >:D
Moral: Sex Sells. Sci-Fi & Fantasy sells too. Religion doesn't. You do the maths, RR.
@#1430657
I've even seen a "Harry Potter"/"Sailor Moon" crossoverfic on Fanfiction.net; and considering how the worldwide literary phenomenon ('Doo-doo-de-doo-doo!' X3 ) "50 Shades of Grey" started out as a mere fanfic, then...!
