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JK Rowling: I Almost Killed Ron

Kevin Spak — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:59:42 CDT

Talk about your unforgivable curses. JK Rowling has revealed that she came very close to tossing an Avada Kedavra Ron Weasley’s way somewhere in the middle of the Harry Potter series. “I did seriously consider killing Ron,” Rowling tells Daniel Radcliffe in an interview on the Harry Potter and the...

Harry Potter Zaps Box Office Record, Nabs $168.6M

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:06:20 CDT

Harry Potter went out with a true bang: The final installment in the wizarding saga, the Deathly Hallows Part 2, notched almost half a billion dollars internationally, with an opening weekend take of $475.6 million. That shattered the previous record, Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince, which...

Robert Pattinson Sweeps MTV Awards

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:41:06 CDT

Not a bad night for the undead. Pale hunk Robert Pattinson scooped up three big MTV movie awards last night for Best Male Drama Performance, Best Fight, and Best Kiss. He also managed to slip the F-word past censors when presenting Reese Witherspoon with a special MTV Generation Award, quipping:...

Between Harry Potter and Osama, ‘Eerie’ Connections

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:00:05 CDT

Now that Osama bin Laden has been killed, the inevitable question: When will the first movie about his death come out? In the Hollywood Reporter , Gregg Kilday makes the case that it might be as soon as July 15 ... when the final Harry Potter installment hits theaters. There have been...

Kindle Becomes Amazon's Best-Selling Item Ever

Kevin Spak — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:53:05 CST

Move over, Harry Potter. The Kindle 3 has passed The Deathly Hallows to become the best-selling product in Amazon’s history, the company has announced. The latest generation Kindle is also selling much faster than its predecessors, and, as Mashable notes, the sales milestone indicates that the iPad isn’t hurting the...

Harry Potter 's $50.3M Haul Tops Holiday Weekend

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:27:05 CST

A fairy-tale princess gave young wizard Harry Potter a run for his money at the weekend box office. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by the animated musical Tangled with $49.1 million, according...

Harry Potter Has $125M Weekend

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:20:39 CST

Harry Potter has cast his biggest box-office spell yet with a franchise record $125.1 million domestically over opening weekend. In terms of revenue, that puts Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ahead of the series' best previous debut of $102.7 million for 2005's Harry Potter and...

Deathly Hallows Is Darkest Potter Movie Yet

Rob Quinn — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:03:50 CST

The penultimate Harry Potter movie hits theaters today, and while reviews for Deathly Hallows: Part I range all the way from "best Potter movie ever" to "worst Potter movie ever," most critics are positive about it and are looking forward to next summer's grand finale. The movie currently has a...

Harry Potter Film Leaked Online

Rob Quinn — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:20:35 CST

The first 36 minutes of the new Harry Potter movie have been leaked online days before its worldwide theatrical debut, and Warner Bros. officials are on a hunt to find the culprit. The footage made available for download on file-sharing sites like the Pirate Bay was watermarked, meaning it came...