Eight of the 20 top-grossing films adapted from UK books

25 July 2014 Books+Publishing

A British Film Institute (BFI) report has found that eight of the world’s 20 highest-grossing film releases from 2001 to 2013 were adaptations of novels by UK authors, reports the Bookseller. The adaptations were four films based on J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series (Bloomsbury); Skyfall, based on the James Bond series by Ian Fleming; Alice in Wonderland, based on the novel by Lewis Carroll, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, based on novels by J R R Tolkien (HarperCollins). The report also found that 32 of the world’s top 200 grossing films in the same period were inspired by UK-originated story material, which collectively earned US$23.3 billion (A$24.7 billion) at the global box office. However, more story material originated from the US than the UK.

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