Harry potter and tom kerridge fuel bloomsburys record revenue. Record firstday sales for last harry potter book the new. Billions in box office revenue, millions of books sold. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. As a result, the author still owns them, and sells harry potter ebooks through. Harry potter and the halfblood prince, the sixth of j. The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, broke records to become the fastestselling fiction book of all time. Based on the harry potter royalties she got, how much is the. Harry potter franchise box office history the numbers. English harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano. Harry potter is a record breaker on both sides of the atlantic. A year later, harry potter and the sorcerers stone debuted in the u. Total harry potter franchise revenue statistic brain.
Jul 22, 2007 in its first 24 hours on sale, harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final installment in the wildly popular series by j. The series burnished the notion that longer childrens novels could be popular and massively profitable. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Gunelius book demystifies the success of the harry potter series. In their sophomore story, new moon, the people of forks have. Another report suspects its total profit from the potter tour to sit.
Nov 18, 2018 harry potter and the philosophers stone published in the united kingdom on june 26, 1997. Sep 12, 2019 as of august 2018, a staggering half a billion harry potter books had sold worldwide, 180 million of which were sold in the united states. But now that the core book and film series have run their. The new york times created a bestseller list for childrens literature in 2000three years after the first harry potter bookbecause the books in the series kept knocking out adult titles. For years, fans asked her how the story was going to. Im reading for the first time this book to my daughter 6 years old, but for me 37 years old its the third time i read harry potter and the philosophers stone. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. In fiscal 2001, the potter peak for scholastic, sales from the. Harry potter domestic and global box office revenue 2018.
The original harry potter book series spawned millions of fans across the. Jul 18, 2005 the new harry potter book sold an astonishing 6. Jul 16, 2007 we totted up broad estimates of everything from book, boxoffice and soundtrack sales to ad time sold on tv airings of potter films and even potential revenue from an upcoming theme park, and. The first novel portraying harry potter was published in june 1997, titled philosophers stone, and the series of novels are filed away in the fantasy genre. Despite being the titular character, i have found that harry is not the favorite character of the majority of readers. And the final installment, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is one of the fastest selling books in the history of fiction, with 8. The main story arc concerns harrys struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the.
The stories are devoured not only as print and ebooks, but we love listening to them too. Thats how much time passed between the opening of the first movie, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, and the final film, harry potter and the deathly hallows. Rowling, was on welfare as a single mother, the first book in the harry potter series was initially rejected by a series of leading british publishing. We totted up broad estimates of everything from book, boxoffice and soundtrack sales to ad time sold on tv airings of potter films and even potential. Even before the first ticket was sold to harry potter and the deathly hollows.
Scholastic, which sold more than 160 million copies of the seven harry potter novels in the u. Aug 03, 2016 harry potter and the cursed child is definitely the eighth book in the harry potter series, picking up from where we left nineteen years after the battle of hogwarts. The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, broke records to. They can also take it a step further and create some of their other favourite characters. Heres how the famous harry potter author spends her millions. In its first 24 hours on sale, harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final installment in the wildly popular series by j. The billiondollar business behind the harry potter. Harry potter and the philosophers stone, the first book in the series. As of january 2018, harry potter and the halfblood prince, the sixth installment in the series based on the books written by j. Oct 18, 1999 written partly in cafes when the author, ms.
Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. This 17yearold girl transformed herself into harry potter and its mesmerizing. Harry potter world 20 years on book sales, franchise. The first book of the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was. The lost years of merlin series book series like harry. Jk rowlings movie licensing is 15% of the movie profits. Rowling makes and spends her millions business insider. Aug 30, 2018 scholastic printed 50,000 copies of harry potter and the sorcerers stone for its first u. Harry potter and the philosophers stone published in the united kingdom on june 26, 1997. Jun 26, 1997 english harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano. Jun 26, 2010 but on average, the harry potter films do have an edge when it comes to revenue. Jul 15, 2011 even before the first ticket was sold to harry potter and the deathly hollows. Harry potter and the philosophers stone published in the united. Number of copies the final installment in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, sold on its first day of release in the u.
In terms of narrative quality, deathly hallows, part 2s 97 percent rotten tomatoes was a series best, easily outstripping the 80 percent garnered by first installment harry potter and the. Dec 18, 2019 in the entire 7book series, the one that started it all, harry potter and the sorcerers stone released as harry potter and the philosophers stone in the u. See the complete harry potter series book list in order, box sets or. As of august 2018, a staggering half a billion harry potter books had sold. Because of its nature as a series, its hard to compare harry potter book sales with the lord of the rings, so well look at harry potters most successful book, and harry potter the series as a whole in the entire 7book series, the one that started it all, harry potter and the sorcerers stone released as harry potter and the philosophers stone in the u. Harry potter world 20 years on book sales, franchise total. Book series like harry potter for kids the 20 series your kid should read after they finish harry potter as popsugar editors, we independently select. Not surprisingly, the first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, remains the bestselling book of the seven. Rowling first started to write the harry potter books, she knew exactly how the characters and story were going to develop. The billiondollar business behind the harry potter franchise.
The book series as written by jk rowling also shows that the philosophers stone, although the shortest at 223 pages, is the most popular with a volume of 3,844,316 sales during 20082010. Oct, 2016 scholastic, which sold more than 160 million copies of the seven harry potter novels in the u. Harry potter or, better yet, harry james potter, is the featured protagonist in the harry potter novel series authored by j. Jan 03, 2020 pottermore, the digital publisher of harry potter, recorded sales of. May 22, 2018 the evergreen harry potter franchise and the popularity of tv chef tom kerridges lose weight for good has driven book publisher bloomsburys revenue to the highest level in its 32year history. Twelve years later, the harry potter entertainment empire is still strongand. However, its the final book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, that is the fastest selling book of fiction of all time. Rowlings harry potter series since 1998, and it has used that to make films, games, and more. Record firstday sales for last harry potter book the. Box office revenue of harry potter series in north america and worldwide as of 2018, by movie in million u. See the complete harry potter series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Scholastic printed 50,000 copies of harry potter and the sorcerers stone for its first u. If your kids are fans of the harry potter book series, then i am sure they would love to make this harry potter craft. Harry potter and the cursed child is definitely the eighth book in the harry potter series, picking up from where we left nineteen years after the battle of hogwarts.
If your harry potter book has this typo, it could be. The harry potter series has been hailed as one for the ages by stephen king and a spellbinding saga by usa today. Recreate the main harry potter characters harry, ron and hermione using some toilet rolls and papers. She went on to pen six more books in the harry potter series, which. Value, in dollars, of a bloomsbury firstedition of harry potter and the philosophers stone. As of august 2018, a staggering half a billion harry potter books had sold worldwide, 180 million of which were sold in the united states.
Rowlings fantasy series, sold about 9 million copies in britain. The harry potter book series by multiple authors includes books harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, and several more. Statistics on book industry in spain sales and revenue. And most recently, the new york times called harry potter and the deathly hallows the fastest selling book in history. The film had the best opening in the harry potter franchise in 21 markets, but overall, it was only 3% ahead of fantastic beasts and where to find them in the same markets. The evergreen harry potter franchise and the popularity of tv chef tom kerridges lose weight for good has driven book publisher bloomsburys. Rowling posing with her book harry potter and the deathly hallows.
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