this story that combines a coming-of-age
tale with the mystical world of wizardry
has struck a chord with children and
adults alike hi I’m Rebecca Braden and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning all about the ultra
successful
Harry Potter franchise with its first
installment released in 1997 the Harry
Potter series is the best-selling
children’s book series in history
selling well over 400 million copies
worldwide to date the series consists of
seven books with each installment
chronicling one school year in Harry
Potter’s life when JK Rowling originally
penned the series she was an unknown
author Rowling has said that the ideas
for Harry Potter and his world came to
her while on a train ride from
Manchester to London in 1990 she sold
the first Harry Potter manuscript in
1996 for an advance of about $4,000 she
has since become the first billionaire
author because of this series the group
of books follows Harry Potter as he goes
from a young orphan boy to one of the
most famous wizards in the Wizarding
World when Harry was one year old his
parents were murdered by the most evil
wizard of all time Lord Voldemort once a
normal boy named Tom Riddle Voldemort or
he-who-must-not-be-named
as he is referred to by most witches and
wizards was the source of violence and
unrest in the Wizarding community for
much of two decades the entire series
revolves around Harry’s connection to
this Dark Wizard the series popularity
stems from its blend of real-life issues
and the world of magic themes of racism
persecution war and especially death are
pervasive throughout the books and thus
speak to a wide audience the story of
Harry Potter basically begins on Harry’s
11th birthday when he learns for the
first time that he is a wizard Harry is
then invited to attend Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry one of the
most esteemed schools in the Wizarding
World
while at Hogwarts Harry befriends Ron
Weasley a redheaded and freckled boy and
Hermione Granger a know-it-all with
bushy hair Ron comes from a large family
of wizards and the Weasleys become a
surrogate family for Harry over the
years
Hermione’s parents are both muggles
otherwise known as non-magic folk
Hermione turns out to be one of the
smartest witches in her year disproving
the thought the witches and wizards
without magical ancestry are less
powerful the series follows these three
grow get into trouble and ultimately aim
to save the Wizarding World supporting
characters in Harry’s world include
Rubeus Hagrid a half giant in charge of
groundskeeping at Hogwarts and Severus
Snape the Hogwarts potions teacher and
one of Harry’s main rivals at school
Harry’s mentor is the Hogwarts
headmaster Albus Dumbledore who acts as
a father figure and advisor to Harry
throughout his school career the final
installment of the book series was
released July 21st 2007 with both
children and adults lining up at
midnight to grab their copy long before
the last book had even been finished
Rowling sold the movie rights to the
first four books in the Harry Potter
series to Warner Brothers in 1999 this
film series is now seen as one of
Hollywood’s major franchises and each of
the movies is counted as one of the
highest-grossing films of all time
Oh
tale with the mystical world of wizardry
has struck a chord with children and
adults alike hi I’m Rebecca Braden and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning all about the ultra
successful
Harry Potter franchise with its first
installment released in 1997 the Harry
Potter series is the best-selling
children’s book series in history
selling well over 400 million copies
worldwide to date the series consists of
seven books with each installment
chronicling one school year in Harry
Potter’s life when JK Rowling originally
penned the series she was an unknown
author Rowling has said that the ideas
for Harry Potter and his world came to
her while on a train ride from
Manchester to London in 1990 she sold
the first Harry Potter manuscript in
1996 for an advance of about $4,000 she
has since become the first billionaire
author because of this series the group
of books follows Harry Potter as he goes
from a young orphan boy to one of the
most famous wizards in the Wizarding
World when Harry was one year old his
parents were murdered by the most evil
wizard of all time Lord Voldemort once a
normal boy named Tom Riddle Voldemort or
he-who-must-not-be-named
as he is referred to by most witches and
wizards was the source of violence and
unrest in the Wizarding community for
much of two decades the entire series
revolves around Harry’s connection to
this Dark Wizard the series popularity
stems from its blend of real-life issues
and the world of magic themes of racism
persecution war and especially death are
pervasive throughout the books and thus
speak to a wide audience the story of
Harry Potter basically begins on Harry’s
11th birthday when he learns for the
first time that he is a wizard Harry is
then invited to attend Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry one of the
most esteemed schools in the Wizarding
World
while at Hogwarts Harry befriends Ron
Weasley a redheaded and freckled boy and
Hermione Granger a know-it-all with
bushy hair Ron comes from a large family
of wizards and the Weasleys become a
surrogate family for Harry over the
years
Hermione’s parents are both muggles
otherwise known as non-magic folk
Hermione turns out to be one of the
smartest witches in her year disproving
the thought the witches and wizards
without magical ancestry are less
powerful the series follows these three
grow get into trouble and ultimately aim
to save the Wizarding World supporting
characters in Harry’s world include
Rubeus Hagrid a half giant in charge of
groundskeeping at Hogwarts and Severus
Snape the Hogwarts potions teacher and
one of Harry’s main rivals at school
Harry’s mentor is the Hogwarts
headmaster Albus Dumbledore who acts as
a father figure and advisor to Harry
throughout his school career the final
installment of the book series was
released July 21st 2007 with both
children and adults lining up at
midnight to grab their copy long before
the last book had even been finished
Rowling sold the movie rights to the
first four books in the Harry Potter
series to Warner Brothers in 1999 this
film series is now seen as one of
Hollywood’s major franchises and each of
the movies is counted as one of the
highest-grossing films of all time
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