In 1999 Warner Bros bought the film rights to the book for a reported £1million. The film was released in the UK and the US in 2001 and recieved positive reviews. It raked in a total of $974 million at the worldwide box office and to date has made a total of $974,755,371. It was nominated for many awards and is the 11th highest grossing film of all time. It is a fantasy film about a boy who finds out he is wizard and moves out to go to Hogwarts a wizardry school.
A video for the film was released for several consoles and the film was so popular as there were so many people who had read the books and were interested in the film. It was so successful that Warner Bros went on to produce 7 others and there is also a Harry Potter World in the US as well as lots of other merchandise available worldwide. In the United States it made $33.3 million on its opening day, breaking the single day record previously held by Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The film went on to make £66.1 million in the UK alone making it the second highest-grossing film of all-time in the country after Titanic, until both were surpassed by Mamma Mia!
The film was directed by Chris Coloumbus but was originally meant to be directed by Steven Spielberg until he turned down the offer because he wanted it to be made into an animation.
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