Another End to a Series

      Every here has heard of the Twilight Saga, even if you're not a fan there is no doubt that this series was a major hit around the world. From books, movies, jewellery and even prom dresses this series was able to have a huge economic impact that goes beyond just booksellers and movie theatres. From the day the first movie came out, ticket sales soared! Roughly $397, 923, 934 was the worldwide gross and when the second movie came out, almost DOUBLE was made! Now that's a lot of money. This doesn't even include the sales in clothes, books, jewellery and anything else with the "twilight" name.

      And it wasn't just the twilight franchise that made a profit; the success of fantasy films such as Twilight has even led to a huge surge in the popularity of science fiction and fantasy novels among older children and teenagers. According to Patrick Sawer and Robert Mendick: "Sales of sci-fi and fantasy have grown by almost 20 per cent in the past five years with industry analysts identifying the 'Twilight Effect' as the main reason.... Researchers at Mintel found that almost one in three older children and teenagers enjoy sci-fi/fantasy books, up from 18 per cent in 2005" One writer whose sales have seemed to increase as a result of the popularity of Twilight is Neil Gaiman. He is an English fantasy writer most notable for writing The Sandman graphic novel and Stardust. Even though this may be a pure coincidence there are many other authors who have seen an increase in sales after the Twilight. So love it or hate it, the Twilight series is so popular, it even affects the sales of other books, and there is no doubt it has had a major impact on our economy.

P.S. on a side note, I just watched breaking dawn part 2 recently and it was surprisingly really good! If you haven't yet, you guys should watch it :)