Harry Potter

Instead of selling off its publishing division, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) should use it to hunt for the next Harry Potter. Harry Potter was more than a book franchise; it was an event – an event that consumers lined up for in endless anticipation. From afar, onlookers might have thought that...

It seems that most consumers are stuck on a galaxy far, far away. In the category of movie searches, you would think that the latest Twilight film, Breaking Dawn, would be a contender for the most-searched film of the year. And it was a contender – but, despite the mountain of hype, the cornucopia...

In America, the only time people line up for a book is when Harry Potter or Twilight has a new entry. In China, they are willing to line up for books with a bit more substance. At least, that was the case this week when the Steve Jobs biography arrived on Chinese store shelves. MICGadget (via...

You might have heard the news that the final Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2", had the biggest second-weekend decline of all time by a blockbuster movie. When you take a closer look at the numbers, it's easy to see that Harry and his fellow wizards are laughing...

It's the finale that will leave fans cheering and tearing at the same time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which hit theaters last night at midnight, has already broken records and is about to become the biggest film of the year. My colleague is under the impression that Potter...

Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), got off to a strong start for the summer. Despite harsh reviews, its The Hangover Part II raked in $86.5 million from Thursday to Sunday. That was the best three-day weekend ever for a live-action comedy and the second-best opening of all-time for an...

Online retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) said earlier this month it now sells more digital e-books than paper books. And the consensus at this past week's BookExpo America was that the book publishing industry is losing money overall, even while sales of e-books and e-readers are on the rise....

IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq: IMAX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, which opened number one at the box office this weekend, generating an overall domestic gross of $125.1 million, grossed a record $16.1 million globally in IMAX theatres,...

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