Article: Harry Potter's 'Deathly' Adventure Will Be Turned Into Two Movies

Warner Bros. will make two movies based on the seventh and final "Harry Potter" novel to tap the popularity of J.K. Rowling's best- selling series about the young wizard.

The first part of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be released in 2010 and the second part will be released the following year, Warner Bros. said yesterday in a statement.

The decision extends a movie franchise that has taken in $4.49 billion in worldwide ticket sales, or an average of $897 million for each of the five films so far, according to Box Office Mojo. More than 350 million copies of Rowling's books about Potter's adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are in print worldwide.

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