![]() ![]() Now in his fifth year at Hogwarts school, Headmaster Dumbledore sits Harry down to tell him "everything." The third movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," is currently in production.īut Harry has remained a child in the new book. Meanwhile, Hollywood has released movies based on the first two books, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" ("Sorcerer's Stone" in the U.S.) and 2002's "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," both of which have become two of the biggest box office successes in history. Rowling has married, had a second child and become richer than Britain's Queen Elizabeth. In the three years since the last Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was released, author J.K. Thirteen million copies have been published and distributed around the world - meaning the latest book is also set to break publishing records as well as records for items ordered on the Internet.Īlmost 200 million copies of the first four books have been sold, having been translated into 55 languages in 200 countries. Rowling's new novel has been released amidst unprecedented publicity and hype. The book is released at one past midnight Saturday in the U.S. Many bookstores across the United States are planning Friday night parties, and a countdown is scheduled in New York's Times Square. Potter fans queued outside book stores in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand early Saturday to be among the first to read the 800-plus pages that forms the latest in the adventures of the boy-wizard.Įurope and Asia got a headstart on the U.S. "Once I get out of here, I will start reading and will probably be through by the time we get to the hotel." "Harry Potter is the most magic thing there is," Lisa told the AP, clutching the book to her chest. "I love it so much I get goosebumps," 12-year-old Lisa Brummett, from Mesa, Arizona, said who waited four hours at the WH Smith shop at King's Cross rail station in London, The Associated Press reported. ![]() ![]() The tome was selling like hotcakes, CNN's Richard Quest reported from a London bookstore early Saturday, with fans - who had endured a three-year wait for the next Harry Potter installment - buying not one or two copies, but three or four each. With a yellow, blue and red cover, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" went on sale at the stroke of midnight in Britain Saturday (2300 GMT) and cash registers have been jingling since, with much of Europe, Asia and South Africa joining in on Potter-mania. Rowling's phenomenally successful Harry Potter series. (CNN) - The wait for Harry is finally over for thousands of fans that queued to snap up the fifth and latest book of J.K. ![]()
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