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Half-Blood Prince sets worldwide record
Reuters is reporting that the film has also set a worldwide box office record--$104 million in its first day in theatres. "Quite simply, we owe this record-breaking opening to the remarkable fans who have stood by us and who stood in line to be among the first to see 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,'" Warner Bros President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Horn said in a statement.
Half-Blood Prince magic on Twitter
Warner Bros. has developed a new application for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince where you can send some magic to your followers. Check it on harrypottertweet.com
Yahoo! posts clip from Half-Blood Prince Exclusively on Yahoo!, it's an 80-second scene where Harry and Dumbledore are discussing the Horcruxes and how Dumbledore believes Voldemort's magic is "beyond anything I've imagined".
MTV exclusive Half-Blood Prince clip MTV has a new clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! Check out this new clip featuring Harry, Ron and Hermione at the Three Broomsticks. Enjoy!
WB releases London Half-Blood Prince premiere video Warner Bros. has released their official coverage of the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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Warner Brothers posts international HBP release dates
Visitors outside the United States and United Kingdom can finally get an idea as to when the film will be released in their country, thanks to a new list of release dates posted on the official Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince website!
WB releases NEW Half-Blood Prince trailer!
It's another surprise from Warner Brothers! A brand new trailer has been released exclusively for fans.
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Tom Felton is tweeting but Emma is not
Tom felton who plays Draco Malfoy is on twitter. You can follow him at twitter.com/tomfelton. On a related note, Emma Watson does not have a Twitter account and this has been confirmed on her official website.
JKR's handprints set in stone in Edinburgh Back in September, JK Rowling was honoured in Edinburgh, receiving an award for her contribution to the city. Her handprints have now been placed in the City Chambers alongside Ian Rankin's, a fellow Edinburgh author who accepted the award in 2007.
Emma Watson 'nervous' about DH kiss with Rupert Emma Watson has revealed that she too is feeling the jitters: "Well I've never had to do it before so I can't say I have any techniques," she says. "I've never had to kiss anyone on screen so it is all new to me. Of course I am nervous about it. But, apparently it gets quite boring after a couple of takes, that's what Dan said to me anyway." Read the full story from The Telegraph.
Harry Potter 'prequel' sells for $49,000 An 800-word Harry Potter 'prequel' by J.K. Rowling, set three years before the boy wizard is born, has been sold for £25,000 at a charity auction. At the end of the tale, written on both sides of an A5 storycard, the millionaire author writes: "From the prequel I am not working on - but that was fun!". The 'prequel' is available online here.
DH sells 11.5 million copies in 10 days Scholastic announced today the record breaking sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, selling 11.5 million copies in 10 days. Scholastic was printing copies of DH up until the final hours of the release, and in total printed 14 million books.
To date, all seven books in the series have sold a total of 350 million copies worldwide.
Emma updates official site Emma Watson has updated her official site with her thoughts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, along with a recap of her experiences over the past month, including the US and UK premieres.
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