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Box office

Title	Original Release date	Director	Time Length	Total worldwide box office
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	16 November 2001	Chris Columbus	145 mins.[39]	$976,475,550
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	15 November 2002		156 mins.[40]	$878,988,482
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	31 May 2004	Alfonso Cuarón	136 mins.[41]	$795,541,069
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	18 November 2005	Mike Newell	150 mins.[42]	$896,016,159
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	11 July 2007	David Yates	132 mins.[43]	$938,465,035
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	15 July 2009[44]		153 mins.[45]	n/a
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	19 November 2010[46]		n/a	n/a
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	15 July 2011[8]		n/a	n/a
Totals of films 1-5 as of 22 September 2007			872 mins.[47]	$4,485,486,295

As of 14 November 2008, the Harry Potter film franchise is the second highest grossing film franchise of all time, with the five films released so far grossing $4.48 billion worldwide. Without adjusting for inflation, this is slightly behind the 22 James Bond films and higher than the six films in the Star Wars franchise.^[48]

Who's J.K. Rowling?

Joanne "Jo" Murray OBE (née Rowling) (born 31 July 1965), who writes under the pen name, J. K. Rowling is a British author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies.

Aside from writing the Potter novels, Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her "rags to riches" life story, in which she progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years. The 2008 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £560 million ($798 million), ranking her as the twelfth richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007, and Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fandom. She has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, and the Children's High Level Group.

Harry Potter Fanatic

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!
Coming soon! Hahaha!
I'm so excited and I just can't hide it ;P

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an upcoming 2009 fantasy-adventure film based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth film in the popular Harry Potter film series. It is directed by David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. David Heyman and David Barron are producing the film, and Steve Kloves, screenwriter of the first four films (but not the fifth), has returned as screenwriter for this film. Filming began on 24 September 2007, and the film was originally planned for a UK and North American release on 21 November 2008, but on 14 August 2008, it was announced that the release date for the film was to be delayed to 17 July 2009, but this date was later changed to 15 July 2009. Like the previous film, the sixth film will be simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3-D, the opening sequence of the film will be in 3D.