Mickey Mouse Is Top Money-Spinner

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Mickey Mouse Is Top Money-Spinner

米老鼠、维尼熊、皮卡丘……这些形象都是虚构的,但它们创造的财富却是真实的。根据美国财经杂志《福布斯》推出的“虚构形象富豪榜”,2003年最能挣钱的“卡通富翁”是米老鼠和它的朋友们。

A top 10 of fictional characters, including Mickey Mouse and SpongeBob SquarePants, made

more than $25 billion dollars (£13.7m) in 2003.

The list, by finance magazine Forbes, of top-earning fictional characters puts Disney's Mickey

Mouse at the top of the pile, grossing $5.8bn (£3.17bn).

Winnie the Pooh and friends are close behind with $5.6bn (£3bn). Spider-Man, the X-Men's

Wolverine, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings' Frodo Baggins also made the top 10. Box office

takings increased the chances of characters making the list - fictional faces from films such as Star

Wars and Monsters Inc made the list for 2002 but dropped off without a film release to back them

in 2003. In order to qualify for the Forbes list, characters must have debuted in a narrative story on

screen, in print or in a videogame. Japanese comic-book star Yu-Gi-Oh! made $1.6bn ($87m) with

the help of trading cards and videogames. Pikachu from Pokemon, who was created in 1996 and

has a TV show, made $825m (£450m).