Box Office Mojo declalres Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix the top-grossing film this weekend, with a take of more than $77.4 million and a per-theater average of $18,065. Since opening on Wednesday, Potter has earned more than $140 million. The rest of the Top Ten include Transformers ($36 million), Ratatouille ($18.019 million),…
Now that the movie’s been released, the articles are slowing down a bit, so Harry Potter Mania! will probably go on hiatus for a week or so — but you can be sure that local papers all over the country (and around the world) will be ready to run inane local stories on the 21st,…
We break up another sticky week with a Big ComicMix Broadcast filled with Pop Culture breezes: Harry Potter is in the theaters and we review the film, plus news on stuff being dumped on your TV this summer, who is talking for Hellboy, some cheap gaming options online AND another step in our Countdown To…
More Harry Potter news and links for those whose eyes are starting to wander… The Whittier Daily News uses the release of the Order of the Phoenix movie as a hook to talk to a bunch of local librarians about their preparations for Deathly Hallows. SaukValley.com epitomizes the small-town paper approach to the Harry Potter…
I just came out of a screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth installment of the series, and before I go spouting off my likes and dislikes, I wanted to forewarn anybody reading this review that my expertise is vastly limited in the world of J.K Rowling. While I’ve never…
It seems that every news outlet in the world is scrambling to keep up with the Harry Potter frenzy. And I know you people at home are wondering, "How can I keep up with all of these mildly diverting stories that all rehash the same three or four facts?" Well, friends, wonder no more, for…
Forbidden Planet International previews the very cool-looking new entry in the Penguin Modern Classics line, A Science Fiction Omnibus, edited by Brian Aldiss. Today’s Harry Potter hoopla: The New York Times reports on Harry-themed conferences, parties and festivals taking place this summer. Also working the HP beat: The Washington Post has an article about avoiding…
Variety reports that Robert E. Howard’s most famous sword-swinger, Conan the Barbarian, may be coming back to the screen via New Line Pictures, mere weeks after Warner Brothers lost the rights to the Cimmerian. [report – but not link – originally from SciFi Wire] Warming us all up for the publication off Harry Potter and…
Does your hair get in your eyes and keep you from reading the latest Harry Potter book? Don’t know what to wear to the moves this summer when you go to see Harrry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Sassy Tails has just what you need — Licensed Harry Potter hair accessories! Kim Madden,…
BBC News is reporting that a "hacker" calling himself Gabriel has posted the ending of the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, on his website. Thoughtfully, the BBC does not provide a link. The book is due in stores on July 21. Author J. K. Rowling has said that two characters…
Nikki Finke reports that Warner Bros Entertainment and Universal Orlando Resort are teming up to bring "The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter" to Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park in late 2009. The pair of studios are partnering to "create the world’s first fully immersive Harry Potter themed environment" envisioned as a "theme park within a theme park"….
Today, Scholastic announced a contest to celebrate the publicationof the seventh — and last — Harry Potter book. Seven US fans will be selected to win a great prize — round-trip airfare for two to London, three nights there in a hotel, and a seat at the midnight launch of the book, Harry Potter and…
