Stephenie Meyer: Now A Forbes Most Powerful Celebrity
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:56 pm by Kaleb Nation
We all know how much of a success Stephenie Meyer’s TWILIGHT SAGA has been: but just how big of a franchise have the books and films actually become in the sense of solid statistics and fame? Today, FORBES.com released their annual list of The Celebrity 100: and Stephenie Meyer has made her first appearance!
Coming in at Number 26, Stephenie is sandwiched between Simon Cowell (#25) and Roger Federer (#27) as one of the most powerful celebrities of 2008. According to the Forbes website, the Twilight film grossed over $70 million in the opening weekend, with Stephenie selling over 29 million books (about $50 million in sales) in 2008 alone!
On the list, Stephenie also beat out such huge international names like Barack Obama (#49), David Beckham (#28), Tom Hanks (#39), Ryan Seacrest (#44)… and even Miley Cyrus (#29)! How’s that for a successful Twilight-filled year?
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June 3rd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Wow. Talk about the power of following your dreams….or in this case writing them down. Nice going, Steph.
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Go Stephenie!
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Awesome!! That's really, really cool!
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
WOW! The power of Twilight! lol
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
the twilight saga movies and stuff will be record breaking i bet and that might motivate her to continue her book
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Thats awesome. I am so happy for her. She really deserves it
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
wow. All from a dream too.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
lol it would be awesome if she passed up oprah, or the new #1, Angelina Jolie.
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
That's soooo awesome!! Good for her!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Get it, Stephanie!
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Mehh..
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
of course! stephenie is AMAZING!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
woot woot!
go stephenie!
of course twilight beat out the others you listed, twilight is capable of spanning many age demographics, while the others are not (miley cyrus is not going to get older fans, and young girls aren't exactly politically informed)
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 pm
That is wonderful!
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
wow! that blows my mind!
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Very impressive. =D
June 4th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Thats cool
June 4th, 2009 at 8:11 am
oh my that is cool cant wate to see if she makes any other lists
hope she is motavated to continue her book am dieng to read it
June 4th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
that is soo awesome!
im happy for her.. since the twilight saga became famous there have been a lot of vampire books around.
&& of course she beat those other authors, she is amazing!!!!!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Ha ha ha!!! Go, Stephenie!! She beat out all those ridiculous people! If she didn't I would be very sad! Take THAT Stephen King for saying that she was a terrible writer. Look who's better now!!
June 4th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
woah, she's higher on the list than the president? haha
go Stephenie!
June 7th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Wait Stephen King Said Sh Was A Bad Writer! :O:O:O
Wooooooooooo Go Stephanie! Im So Proud. :L
June 12th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Go Stephenie!!! Way to go!!! Go TWILIGHT!!! *sigh* I'm ADDICTED to the Saga. Mom got so tired of the books last night she swore she'll throw them out. lol. i'm hiding them now…GO STEPHMEYER!!!
June 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Go Stephenie!!! Way to go!!! Go TWILIGHT!!! *sigh* I'm ADDICTED to the Saga. Mom got so tired of the books last night she swore she'll throw them out. lol. i'm hiding them now…GO STEPHMEYER!!!
November 5th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
i think you books are asom .be exsekting some thing in the mail siephine