This move comes after retail sales of the game failed to live up to the success of the wide array of LEGO video games from WBIE (LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4), Disney Interactive Studios (LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean), and LucasArts (LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars).

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Spoiler alert: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" has an already well-publicized additional scene, featuring Harry Potter and Hermione Granger slow-dancing -- a nod to fans who have long wondered if the two should be more than friends.

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The Tale of the Three Brothers, part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, picked up the award for best animated sequence in a film.

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According to IHS Screen Digest, U.S. spending on DVDs (including Blu-ray) grew 1.6% over April and the first two weeks of May thanks to the DVD release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

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Time Warner posted strong fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday as the company capitalized on the continued success of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, growth in networks stemming from advertising and subscription growth in HBO and TVS, and improved productivity in its publishing unit, Time Inc.

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She also appeared in last year's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, playing the Ministry of Magic's Mafalda Hopkirk.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 set five UK records last year - but Part 2 has broken four of them.

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While "The Casual Vacancy" sold 1.5 million copies, that pales in comparison with the last Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, " which sold 15 million copies in a single day when it was released in July 2007.

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