teut509 t1_iujlq5s wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Sherlock Holmes as well, still making big movies.

There is a book phenomenon that's making as big a modern impact as Rowling though, and that's the Marvel comic book movies.

jpbronco t1_iujmo38 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:46 PM

Thrown in Ian Fleming's James Bond series.

teut509 t1_iujttu4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:37 PM

Good shout

bofh000 t1_iuk3t7y wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:54 PM

I don’t think the question is about which other books generate big movies. The HP books themselves were huge cultural moments and were sold out within hours in many places.

I am not aware of any Sherlock Holmes work being re-edited in the past couple of decades, let alone generating such expectation as the HP book series. (The lack of expectation is relatively normal, the SH works were written and published long ago, the author is dead, there is no new book coming out. They also do not appeal to people of all ages and all genders the way HP does).