If that were true then there would be more harry potter merchandise out in the world than there is Pixar. Any toy or department store you walk into usually has almost an entire isle dedicated just to the pixar IPs, where maybe theres 2 or 3 potter things left at this point.
Not saying HP isn't a huge asset, it is...but its not bigger
Tow Mater......thats why.
And this is why I can't understand the franchise's popularity. That character is nails on a chalkboard and caters to the lowest common denominator (or youngest kids). The Larry the Cable Guy show is why the Cars series is, in my eyes, a black eye on Pixar's record.
IMHO Wall-e is a black eye on Pixar much more than Cars.
Wall-E is a near-masterpiece and far and away the most ambitious project, thus far, in Pixar's canon. The first 45 minutes of that film are pure genius.
Yes, it is a masterpiece in art and style. Its a horrid political rag.
Happy Feet is horrid political rag. Wall-E has issues once the the humans are introduced into the film, and it does mostly involve the heavy-handed political subtext, but at the end of the day, Wall-E never had a character say "Git er done", while Cars did.
I'm sure there's also a Mr. Burns level of enthusiasm by Comcast to let TWDC build and further popularize the brand while IOA is awarded increasing merchandising interest and sales at USF & IOA.
Worldwide?
DH2 made more than any other Pixar film worldwide.
Pixar isn't a franchise. It's an animation studio that has produced 14 titles. Potter is a franchise that has spawned 8 films, and taken individually, the highest grossing film from Pixar, TS3, earned roughly $400 million less worldwide than that of DH2.
Bah, Wall-E was a love story first and foremost (and a good one), not a political rag (although, granted, that was the secondary storyline).
