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The franchise has grossed more than $21 billion. Here are 11 words that even ordinary muggles have adopted into common parlance.
In August 1999, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone topped the New York Times list of best-selling fiction [39] and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the New York Times split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1997 novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.
The track is named for Harry Potter's pet owl, Hedwig. Since being featured in The Philosopher's Stone soundtrack , the piece's main theme was further developed by Williams for The Chamber of Secrets and The Prisoner of Azkaban , and by Patrick Doyle , Nicholas Hooper , and Alexandre Desplat for the remaining five Harry Potter films.
The book, which is up for auction London's Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts in November, is expected to bring in more than $33,000!Matthew Haley, Head of Books and Manuscripts at Bonham's, is ...
By the events of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Harry Potter has become its head. According to Rowling, this is the department that Hermione joins, after the events of the seventh book, transferring from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, where she began her post-Hogwarts career. [citation needed]
The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the Harry Potter universe. A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner Bros. for inclusion with their Harry Potter film DVDs, and was accepted by author J. K. Rowling as conforming to her works. The Lexicon is a winner of J. K. Rowling's Fan Site Award.