Does JK Rowling Make Money From LEGO®?

Without a doubt. As to how much money? It is really hard to say for sure…

JK Rowling makes royalties from the Harry Potter franchise every time it is mentioned. She is the individual who has created the intellectual property. Her licensing, trademarks, copyrights, and partnerships for Harry Potter have allowed this prolific author to amass a net worth of over $1 billion dollars. She is one of the richest authors of all time.

Maybe, one day, if you create a franchise that brings magic to every home and living room, you too can have an infinite stream of wizarding-royalties!

What Does The Agreement Look Like?

It is impossible to know. Harry Potter is a privately owned franchise (linked with Warner Bros.), which has contracts with countless private entities. With LEGO® Group also being a privately owned and operated company, there is no chance you will get to know the inner-workings of that agreement unless you are in the upper echelon of LEGO®.

How About Hypothetically?

Warner Brothers handles all royalties from LEGO® Group transferred to JK Rowling. It is well-known that the Wizarding World author makes anywhere from $50 million to $100 million annually from her royalties. Since LEGO® makes billions and so does she…that is a huge chunk of change!

Let’s do some fun math:

LEGO® sells roughly 220 million sets per year. LEGO® Harry Potter has been noted as one of LEGO® Group’s most popular and highest-selling themes. Let’s say 25% of all sets sold are Harry Potter. Also, we need to know that the LEGO® Group makes roughly 9.6 billion USD, per year, in revenue (according to what we can find on the internet). Lastly, LEGO® makes roughly $0.28 for every dollar spent on LEGO® – this means 28% of revenue is most likely a fair estimation of overall profit.

Finally, let’s say JK Rowling gets 5% of the profit sold from the Harry Potter franchise.

We end up with LEGO® revenue multiplied by their profit margin, multiplied by the percent of HP sets sold, multiplied by JK Rowling’s estimated cut of the profits: $9,600,000,000.00 * 28% * 25% * 5% or $9,600,000,000.00 * 0.28 * 0.25 * 0.05 = JK Rowling’s Royalties From LEGO® = approximately $33.6 million USD.

That is a ton of cash! With these estimates, JK Rowling could be making in the realm of $92,054.00 per day from LEGO® Harry Potter royalties.

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