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Article: Harry Potter's 'Deathly' Adventure Will Be Turned Into Two Movies
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- The Washington Post
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- March 14, 2008
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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.
"It's ...
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