I read this article that said the hunger games had a wider audience than Harry Potter, which, they said, had a very limited audience due to it's audience being made up of "little kids and their guardians…" Did they miss the fact that Harry Potter is the highest grossing franchise in film history? That the audience of Harry Potter is teenagers primarily, just like The Hunger Games? That the majority of the films are PG-13? Harry Potter isn't for children. Children can read it. But it's not a children's series. Or at least, it's so dark and complex, it doesn't read like one. Is anyone else frustrated at the patronization? Harry Potter is brutally patronized. It's literally listed as "for a younger audience than Percy Jackson," on Barnes and Noble… Can you address the two comments made about the series? Do you agree with them? Do you disagree? Why?
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