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Monday, 19 November, 2001, 11:29 GMT
The magic of Harry Potter
![]() JK Rowling has captivated millions with magical tales about a young wizard. Now her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has been turned into a film which looks set to become one of the most popular children's movies of all time.
![]() 19 November 2001 - Box office smash
The celluloid adventures of Harry Potter perform magically at the box office, notching up record sums in their debut weekend. The tale of sorcery made £16m in Britain and took $90m (£63m) in America - smashing all previous records.
![]() 15 November 2001 - The location trail
The harshest critics of the Harry Potter film will probably be the children who have read the book and formed an opinion of what the imagery should look like. Many will be eyeing up the locations used in the movie so they can follow in the footsteps of the boy wizard himself.
![]() 14 November 2001 - The child stars
Daniel Radcliffe has found fame as Harry Potter, and was chosen for the highly coveted role from thousands of boys. He stars alongside newcomers Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, who play the young wizard's best friends Ron and Hermione.
![]() 13 November 2001 - Columbus and Coltrane
Chris Columbus is perhaps best known for directing the Home Alone movies but that looks set to change with the success of Harry Potter. Columbus and Robbie Coltrane, who stars as the friendly giant Hagrid, talk to the BBC's arts correspondent Rosie Millard.
![]() 12 November 2001 - America falls under Potter's spell
America got its first peek of the new Harry Potter film with a première in New York. Hundreds of thousands of advance tickets have been sold and the adaptation of JK Rowling's book is well on its way to becoming one of the biggest movies ever.
![]() 5 November 2001 - Potter première
Thousands of excited fans crammed into Leicester Square for a glimpse of arriving celebrities at the film's London première and were not disappointed when the film's stars arrived.
![]() 8 July 2001 - Fans snap up Goblet of Fire
Booksellers across the UK mop their brows after hundreds of thousands of the latest Harry Potter novel were snapped up by fans. Stores around the country said JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was one of the fastest selling books they had ever seen.
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