They took a risk and had paid a hefty sum to acquire the rights to the movie tie-in volumes. publisher of Tolkien’s work for more than 60 years, has a lot to smile about. His son Christopher, who oversees the family business of wheeling and dealing agreements about his Dad’s masterpiece, and also edits and annotates the notes and stories his famous father left behind, Christopher, who is not a fan of the movies, perhaps because they didn’t directly make him a dime, balked at some of the merchandising, and successfully stopped a Lord of the Rings slot machine that was developed by Warner Brothers.
It’s also been reportsedthat John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Tolkien was worth 500 million pounds when he died in 1978. In 2001, it was reported that Christopher was quite upset that the family would not be making cash directly from the movie deals. That’s before they sat down with Houghton Mifflin to discuss further rights stemming from future book sales. The Telegraph estimates that book sales alone for 2001 were up to 50 million pounds worldwide. The Tolkien estate, run by the author’s son, Christopher, is still making money hand over fist. How much is the Lord of the Rings franchise worth? To ascertain anywhere near a close estimate, all of the limbs of the entertainment branch of the LOTR tree must be analyzed.
From there revival video games, action figures and other merchandise has exploded around the world. But more recently the millennium movies rocked the box office with ticket sales, and the books gained a new Frodo following. Whether you want a crash course in Tolkien lore or you're just looking for a refresher, this is the story of the One Ring.Since the books publications, The Lord of the Rings has been making a solid stream of income. We all know the story of The Lord of the Rings and its many heroes, villains, and battles, but the story of the One Ring itself is a longer one, with a backstory that stretches all the way back to the beginning of Tolkien's fictional universe. Over the course of the story a single golden ring, first introduced in Tolkien's novel The Hobbit, grows from a simple magical artifact into the most important and powerful object in the entire fictional world, one that kings and demigods have fought over, but only a small Hobbit can destroy. Tolkien's epic saga, split into three volumes, tells the story of a world battling encroaching darkness, and a quest to destroy one powerful ring that could undo all that the forces of good had worked for. Tolkein's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings is one of the most influential works of literature ever published, and one of the most popular books of the 20th century.
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