How much does JK Rowling earn from Universal?

recently sold the television airing rights to NBC Universal in a seven-year deal estimated at $250 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. We estimate that Rowling received a low-double digit share of the deal with payments divided over the seven years.



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Royalty Payments Every time you purchase a Butterbeer, licensed product, on-ride photograph, or even a bottle of Gillywater from one of the Wizarding World lands at a Universal Park around the world, a percentage of that sale will go directly to the rights holders (Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling).

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Daniel Radcliffe earned $1 million for his role in the first Harry Potter film, with his pay increasing substantially with each sequel to a whopping $50 million for the last two movies.

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Now J. K. Rowling is richer than the Queen, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The creator of Harry Potter, who wrote her first children's book in an Edinburgh cafe while her baby daughter slept beside her, is now worth £280 million - a figure which puts her 11 places higher than the monarch.

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