Harry Potter and the Twilight Saga have reached bewildering popularity over the last decade. Both franchises boast bestselling books, international cult followings and a blockbuster series of movies, earning their creators and associates outrageous amounts of money.
But which is more successful, both as a financial powerhouse and cultural phenomenon? Here the team at money.co.uk puts both franchises through seven gruelling rounds to decide an ultimate victor... let the battle commence!
Round 1: The books
Twilight:
-100 million copies of four Twilight books have been sold worldwide.
-The first three books in the Twilight series spent a total of 143 consecutive weeks in the New York Times bestseller list.
-1.3 million copies of Breaking Dawn were sold in the first day of its release.
Harry Potter
-400 million copies of Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide.
-For the US release of the Goblet of Fire, 9,000 FedEx trucks were laid on for the sole purpose of delivering the books.
-6.9 million copies of the Half Blood Prince were sold in the first 24 hours of its release.
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