Harry Potter movies grossed more than $7.7 billion. So...how much of that $$ did she actually get? Let's assume Rowling earned a standard 10 percent and then do some simple math (so sorry): 10 percent of $7.7 billion is $770 million, multiplied by 2 for books and movie sales = just over $1.5 billion.
Cool, so the opposite of shabby. But honestly...that's not even the main way she earns money from Harry Potter. reports that—despite her astronomical book sales—the primary way Rowling makes Harry Potter money these days is from Universal Studios' Wizarding World.
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