At first glance, it looks as if Halo 4 had out-earned the final Harry Potter movie on its opening day.
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Sky Movies is also offering exclusive access to the most successful movie franchise ever, with customers able to enjoy all 8 Harry Potter films on-demand throughout the Christmas holidays.
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It imposed tough conditions on Coca-Cola, insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans, and is now in the process of making its licensing programme even more restrictive.
Ms. Rowling kept the digital book rights to her Harry Potter novels and is expected to begin selling Harry Potter e-books on her website Pottermore later this year.
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All eyes are now on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 which opens July 15th.
When the first half hour of Harry Potter was uploaded illegally on the web recently, it was via the torrent file.
Meanwhile, 50 years from now, someone will be comparing a film of that era to the receipts and ticket sales of Harry Potter, and so on.
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Calling all Muggles: Princess Cruise Lines is launching a Harry Potter-themed cruise on the Golden Princess, which will depart from Los Angeles on 27 November.
The first title, "Book of Spells, " is based on the Harry Potter universe and written by J.
But we know that Harry Potter will be a wizard on his deathbed.
That is less than many parents in rich countries will be spending on a Harry Potter video game for their children this Christmas.
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Thompson doesn't wish Harry Potter's family situation on anyone.
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How many publishers rejected Harry Potter before Bloomsbury took a risk on it?
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"Harry Potter" producer David Heyman has signed on to coproduce the project with KatzSmith.
But for now, she is just a happy little fifth grader with a crush on Ron Weasley from Harry Potter.
The Harry Potter author will "collaborate closely" on the adaptation which is expected to air on BBC One in 2014.
They showed up in my phone's photo gallery as moving pictures that reminded me of those portraits that hang on the walls in Harry Potter movies.
His visual effects company Double Negative is a great success story, with credits on films ranging from Harry Potter to Batman to Inception, for which it won an Oscar.
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets is released on video and DVD on Friday.
All day it's been Katie's turn to read "Harry Potter, " and she's already on chapter 18 and now has the book open on her lap.
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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Harry Potter actress Emma Watson plays a fictional character based on Neiers.
Now, having been stuck with the library shtick, she has to go on working the stacks in the Harry Potter movies, while the kids who have since come of age nudge their parents.
The pay-off is the reported local spend for features such as Prometheus and Snow White and The Huntsman, which were shot on Skye, and many other productions filmed nearby in Glencoe and the Cairngorms on the mainland, including the Harry Potter series, The Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall and Cloud Atlas.
For the cameras he took on his own gremlin, played by Harry Potter and Willow star Warwick Davis, at the Oval cricket ground in London.
The woman on a train will most likely be reading Harry Potter while the man will be reading a biography of Sterling Moss.
There are 15 in total which means that if the film is a hit, Warner could have another successful franchise on its hands (to go along with Harry Potter and Batman).
"Movie and TV-themed tours have always been popular on Viator.com -- 'Harry Potter, ' 'Downton Abbey' and 'Sex and the City, ' to name a few, " says Viator spokesperson Kate Sullivan, adding that the company began taking bookings shortly after the new tours were announced.
He reads books (currently Harry Potter, a big hit in Estonia) and writes them (on economics, history and politics).
Warner Brothers, owned by Time Warner, the parent company of CNN, snapped up film rights on all four books -- as well as an option on the next three -- and the first Harry Potter movie became one of the most talked about projects in Hollywood.
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