Harry Potter is a series of magical literature novels written by British writer J·K· Rowling from 65438 to 0997 to 2007, with a total of seven novels. The first six books take Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the main stage, and describe the story of the study, life and adventure of the protagonist, the young wizard student Harry Potter, during his six years at Hogwarts. The seventh book describes the story of Harry Potter's search for horcruxes and the destruction of Voldemort in World War II.
This series of novels has been translated into 73 languages, and the total sales volume of each version exceeds 450 million (as of 20 15), ranking among the best-selling novels in the world. The British edition was published by Bloomsbury publishing plc, and was published by Scholastic Publishing House after it was introduced into the United States, with some modifications. The simplified Chinese version is published by China People's Literature Publishing House, and the traditional Chinese version is published by Crown Publishing House.
Warner Bros. Film Company changed these seven episodes into eight, one for each of the first six episodes, and the seventh episode was divided into two. Harry Potter movies are the highest-grossing movies in the history of the world, with a total box office income of $7.8 billion.
20 14 12.6, J·K· Rowling revealed that she would update a series of short stories about Harry Potter during Christmas. One of the main characters will be Draco Malfoy, the popular villain in the original series. [2]
On July 3rd, 2065438, People's Literature Publishing House hosted "Harry Potter Series-The 5th Anniversary of Harry Potter/Kloc-and J·K· Rowling's 50th Birthday", and Guan, the president of People's Literature Publishing House, announced that the Chinese illustrated version of Harry Potter would land in China book market at the end of the year.
Harry Potter is probably the most successful adaptation case since the 20th century. From seven novels to eight movies, a stage play, a prequel series, best-selling toys, theme parks and tourist attractions, it set an example for all IP adaptations in the future. According to the statistics of American consumer news and business channel, the value of Harry Potter series has exceeded 25 billion dollars. If you count more than 7 billion box office and book sales, more than 2 billion DVD sales and 7.3 billion toy sales.