![]() ![]() June 2010 - The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park opens at Universal’s Islands of Adventure park in Orlando, Florida. July 2009 - The sixth film in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” opens. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final volume in the tale of boy wizard Harry Potter sells more than 11 million copies snapped up during the first 24 hours of release in three markets alone. ![]() July 2007 - “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the fifth movie in the series has the wizard Harry flummoxed by his mates at the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft who doubt his near-death battle with the evil Lord Voldemort. November 2005 - The film of “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” opens with new additions to the cast including Ralph Fiennes as the evil Lord Voldemort, who helps give the film a darker tone than its predecessors. July 2005 - “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth volume of the Harry Potter saga, sells more than 8.9 million copies in its first 24 hours in the United States and Britain. The three-day haul for the new film surpasses the $90.3 million for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (as the movie was called in North America) in November 2001, and the $88.4 million launch for “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” a year later. June 2004 - Film of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” is released taking $92.7 million in the United States. The fifth book in the series, sells more than 5 million copies in its first day. June 2003 - “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is published in Britain and the United States. In Britain, the film earned $15.7 million in its first weekend, edging past the original’s record by about $300,000. November 2002 - “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” film version is released in Britain and the United States. November 2001 - The film of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” is released. Some 372,775 hardback copies of the book are sold in British bookshops and Internet sites when it is released on July 8, dwarfing previous records. July 2000 - “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” is published. ![]()
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