The only way to figure this out is to be completely and absolutely objective! That’s why I’m going to go ahead and use statistical information to solve the age-old question:
Which is better? Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?
Let’s start with how the books fared.
The whole Lord of the Rings has sold about 150 million copies. The whole Harry Potter series has sold approximately 450 million copies. Let’s give a point to Rowling on that one.
Critics give the Lord of the Rings a 10/10, while they give Harry Potter a 9.5/10. Tolkien gets this one.
They’re evenly matched here, so on to the movies.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed $1,119,929,521, the Two Towers $926,047,111, and the Fellowship of the Ring $871,530,324. That’s a total of $2.918 billion in revenue. Harry Potter, however, grossed much more. I’m not going to list off all eight of them, so just trust me when I say that they grossed 7.706 billion. Harry Potter wins this round.
The Lord of the Rings received 17 of the 30 Academy Awards it was nominated for. Harry Potter was nominated for 12 awards, but won none. The Lord of the Rings blows this clearly out of the water.
And…
They’re tied again.
Alas, it looks like it’s impossible to objectively tell which one is better.
I guess it's up to you, [READER NAME
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