With the 8th, and reportedly last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, being released recently, I thought it would be good to take a look at just how amazing a run the popular fantasy book/movie series has had. Here are the more interesting Harry Potter facts and statistics I was able to dig up. As with all my stats posts, I will be adding to this post as I stumble on more interesting tallies. Be sure to check back in the future for updates.

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Harry Potter Facts

Date of the release of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:

June 26, 1997

Date of the release of the first Harry Potter book in the US (as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone):

September 1, 1998

Harry Potter book release dates:

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016)

Estimated value of the Harry Potter franchise:

$25 billion 

Last updated 10/13/16

Number of Harry Potter books sold globally:

500 million

Last updated 2/1/18

Number of languages Harry Potter books have been released in:

80

Last updated 2/1/18

Number of words in the seven Harry Potter books total:

1,100,086

Last updated 2/1/18

Amount Harry Potter movies have grossed in worldwide box office sales:

$7.7 billion

Amount J.K. Rowling reportedly sold the film rights to the first four Harry Potter books:

$1.9 million

Number of copies of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child that were printed for its initial release date:

4.5 million copies

Last updated 7/29/16

Harry Potter movie release dates:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Box Office: $974 million

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Box Office: $878 million

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Box Office: $796 million

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Box Office: $896 million

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Box Office: $939 million

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Box Office: $934 million

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

Box Office: $960 million

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Box Office: $1.34 billion

Amount that a 1st edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for in 2019:

$90,000