The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe "". It surpassed the gross of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by only $1.7 million, although the latter grossed $895.9 million worldwide, ahead of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". It is the highest-grossing film of the 2005 holiday period, the second highest grossing "Christian" film, the 6th largest "family – children's book adaptation", the 9th highest-grossing "fantasy – live action film" and the 10th highest-grossing film overall in Disney company history. Finally, it is the largest film of Walden Media worldwide. Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 45 million tickets in North America.
The Chronicles of Narnia book: Lewis's interest in the literary symbolism of medieval and Renaissance astrology is more overtly referenced in other works such as his study of medieval cosmology "The Discarded Image", and in his early poetry as well as in "Space Trilogy". Narnia scholar Paul F. Ford finds Ward's assertion that Lewis intended "The Chronicles" to be an embodiment of medieval astrology implausible, though Ford addresses an earlier (2003) version of Ward's thesis (also called "Planet Narnia", published in the "Times Literary Supplement"). Ford argues that Lewis did not start with a coherent plan for the books, but Ward's book answers this