In a new interview, Warner Brothers film group president Jeff Robinov talked about how they can replace Harry Potter. And the studio is apparently feeling as confident about The Hunger Games as many others.

Quotage from the Financial Times:

The eight films generated $7.7bn over the past decade but the series came to an end last year. “We’re not going to replace Harry Potter with any single movie – not unless we had a Twilight or a Hunger Games,” says Mr Robinov, referring to the hit vampire series and the hotly anticipated teen offering from rival studio Lions Gate Entertainment.

“Our plan is to expand our event movies,” he says, pointing to the release in December of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In July, the studio will also release The Dark Knight Rises, the final instalment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman series.

“We think it will take two movies to replace – if replace is the right word – the loss of Harry Potter on an economic basis,” Mr Robinov says.

This is one of the first times we’re hearing WB’s thoughts on what lies ahead for them. We’re very intrigued by the fact that they already see The Hunger Games franchise being as popular as Harry Potter and Twilight. Maybe it’s because of those huge Hunger Games tracking numbers revealed a few days ago.