Magic money: Midnight hour strikes with record-breaking $22.2 million for ‘Harry Potter’

September 15th, 2009 Universal Orlando to reveal 'Harry Potter' detailsORLANDO, Fla. — Officials from Universal Orlando Resort are expected to release details Tuesday about a Harry Potter attraction under development.

July 20th, 2009 Harry Potter landmarks: Train stations to castlesEDINBURGH, Scotland — Jump on a broomstick (or a plane) and head to the United Kingdom to visit landmarks associated with Harry Potter. With the latest film installment in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," now in theaters, the Scotland-based travel-search Web site Skyscanner.com has come up with a list of places that will be sure to enchant Potter fans.

July 16th, 2009 'Potter' enchants fans with $58.4M opening dayLOS ANGELES — A long school break has been kind to "Harry Potter." After a two-year gap since the last film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened with a whopping $58.4 million domestically in its first day. That's the best single-day haul yet for the franchise and the fourth-best daily gross ever.

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly rented out part of a huge forest near Windsor Castle for the filming of a Harry Potter movie.he shooting for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final part of the series, will allegedly take place in the woodlands over the next two months. Entire sections of the 2,600-acre Swinley Forest in Berkshire, 12 miles from Windsor Castle, were reportedly sealed off for the filming, reports The Sun.

June 25th, 2009 'Transformers' strikes midnight chimes with $16MLOS ANGELES — "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" has blasted off at the box office with a $16 million haul from midnight screenings alone. That's the third-best midnight debut ever, behind the $18.5 million taken in last summer by "The Dark Knight" and the $16.9 million for "Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" in 2005, according to box-office figures from Hollywood.com.

June 25th, 2009 'Transformers' has record Wednesday with $60.6MLOS ANGELES — Those "Transformers" robots are record-breakers at the box office. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opened with $60.6 million domestically in its first day, a new high for a Wednesday debut, according to distributor Paramount.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - British actress Emma Watson, who vowed to put acting on hold to concentrate on her degree, will continue her movie career when she starts university. The 20-year-old, who will start her degree course later this year, will film Harry Potter scenes during term time holidays.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scene from the first Harry Potter film has topped a new poll of 'The Best Moments in Movie History'. The scene, from 2001's 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', came number one in the poll by the Oreo cookie brand, reports Contactmusic.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - England and Manchester United football star Wayne Rooney has revealed that he is a huge fan of Harry Potter and is more than willing to back a campaign to get children to read the series. The footballer picked J K Rowling's first novel, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, as one of his favourite books, and said the series "really gets your imagination going".

April 3rd, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama has revealed that he is a huge fan of the Harry Potter series, and even told its author J K Rowling about it. Obama, 47, who was genuinely pleased to meet 43-year-old Rowling, told her at the end of the Downing Street G20 dinner that he had read all her books, and that he also read them to his daughters Sasha and Malia.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - King of pop Michael Jackson is such a big fan of the Harry Potter films that he has reportedly invited its young stars to be his guests at the opening night of his Live 8 gig. Actors Daniel Radcliffe, 19, Emma Watson, 18, and Rupert Grint, 20, have been invited to the show, and they will even be able to go backstage at the O2 on July 8.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - The latest Harry Potter film 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince' is yet to be released but a few fans who saw a preview said they were not very happy. The fans were particularly upset that main characters and key plot lines were erased.

March 6th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has written a heart-rending message to comfort the mother of murdered actor Rob Knox. Daniel, 19, was just one of the devastated cast and crew of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' who penned moving tributes to 18-year-old knife victim Rob, reports thesun.co.uk.

February 26th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The magic had to come to an end sometime. The eighth and final movie in the 'Harry Potter' series is to be released July 15, 2011, the Hollywood Reporter trade newspaper reported Wednesday, citing Warner Bros studio.

January 29th, 2009 LONDON - 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double was rushed to hospital after a stunt scene for the film went awry. The 25-year-old, who performs stunts in place for 19-year-old Radcliffe was hit by an explosion Thursday while he was rehearsing a scene for the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', reports thesun.co.uk.