shikamaru317 said:
Pokemon is first in terms of revenue, but I would be surprised if more people on the planet know what Pokemon is compared to how many know what Star Wars is. There's barely anyone in the US that hasn't watched at least one Star Wars movie, and based on the foreign box office I'm sure that many hundreds of millions more outside of the US have watched at least one. Star Wars lack of popularity in China hurts it for sure, since China is like 1.4 billion people, but I still think Star Wars might top Pokemon overall in terms of mindshare. We know that at least 1 billion people know what Pokemon is, because Pokemon Go passed 1 billion downloads. |
Yeah, more people in the US have probably watched at least one SW film. It's a much easier entry price as well. Sadly...don't kill me...I've never watched even one Star Wars film. I once told my co-workers that I'd never really watched one and they all gasped in horror. It's just that I was surprised when I said SW was the biggest IP and someone told me it was Pokemon. I didn't even believe it.
