Harry Potter is a hard act to follow. With over $25 billion made between books, movies, video games, and more, the boy wizard’s commercial franchise has far outshone and outlasted most pop-culture fads.
For Bloomsbury, the British publisher behind the series, it’s proven a massive cash cow, helping it become one of the world’s leading players. But it’s also been 27 years since the first J.K. Rowling–authored book was released (yes, it’s that old).
