Harry Potter is a film series based on the books written by J. K. Rowling. The series comprises of seven films with the first being Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone which was released in 2001 and the last being the Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows released in 2011. The success of the books lifted its author from poverty and made her a billionaire.Read some interesting factoids related to the Harry Potter movies.....
- Harry Potter is the highest grossing film series with a combined box office income of $7.7 billion generated from 8 films released between 2001 and 2011.
- The film set for the Great hall of Hogwarts was inspired by the Hall of Christ Church in Oxford England.
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| The Hall of Christ Church |
- Alnwick Castle and Gloucester Cathedral were used as the principal location for Hogwarts.Oxford's University Divinity School was used as the location for Hospital wing of Hogwarts and Duke Humfrey's Library part of the Bodleian was used as the Hogwarts Library.
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| Gloucester Cathedral |
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| Alnwick Castle |
- Each film of the series had a minimum budget of $100 million with the last three films costing the producers $250 million dollars to produce and are among the most expensive films ever made.
- The last film of the Harry Potter series (Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows-II) grossed more than $ 1 billion on the world wide box office.The least grossing film of the series is Harry Porter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which grossed about $796 million dollars world wide,however,it is widely regarded as the best film of the franchise.
- London Zoo was used to film the scene where Harry accidentally sets a snake on his cousin Dudley whereas Kings Cross Station was also used in the film.Platform 9 3/4 is located on Kings Cross Station.
- The last installment of the series is the best rated movie of the entire franchise.It is ranked 4th in the list of best movies of all time both worldwide and in United Kingdom.
- The film series has made all of its three main stars multi millionaires.Daniel Radcliffe leads the way with a net worth of $110 million whereas Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson ( Hermione ) have amassed a fortune of $50 and $60 million respectively.
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Rupert Grint,Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson |
