"Harry Potter" rides to top of box office charts
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" whisked its way to No. 1 at movie box offices with weekend ticket sales of $77.4 million and a five-day total of just over $140 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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A first edition of J.K. Rowling's debut Harry Potter novel is expected to sell for a magical sum later this month, auctioneers say.
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The dragon fantasy  "Eragon" sold an estimated $30.3 million worth of tickets  during its first weekend of foreign release, propelling the  youth-slanted adventure to the No. 1 slot overseas.
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In a relatively soft movie-going weekend, Paramount&#39;s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow rockets its way to the top of the box office chart.
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The effects-laden dragon  tale "Eragon" flew high on the back of openings in 76  territories over the weekend, taking in $30.1 million and  ending the four-week reign of "Casino Royale" as the No. 1  choice of the overseas audience.
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The sixth Potter book tops bookseller Amazon's chart less than 24 hours after its release date is announced.
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Online bookseller Amazon.com reports that it sold 2.2 million advance copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." It also tracked what towns and cities were most fanatical about the book, with a ranking of the top 100 towns by advance book sales per capita for municipalities with 5,000 people...
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The final book about boy wizard Harry  Potter broke a single-day record at Borders Group Inc. ,  selling about 1.2 million copies worldwide.
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The final chapter of the Harry Potter series has at least one thing in common with the first six - it's already a runaway best seller, six months before it hits store shelves.
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"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught a wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates as of Sunday morning.
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Deathly Hallows becomes world's fastest-selling book, with 2.7m copies in 24 hours sold in UK alone.
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"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" worked like magic in its U.S. box office debut, whipping up $44.8 million for the biggest Wednesday ever, according to studio estimates released on Thursday.
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The latest installment in the Harry Potter series won't hit stores for more than six months but it has already topped at least one bookseller's most wanted list and is racking up thousands of advance orders, retailers said Wednesday.
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Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events tops the charts.
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National Treasure beats animated hits at the US box-office.
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The final book in the world-shaking Harry Potter series headed Sunday for new sales records as millions of readers across the globe rushed to find out the fate of the bespectacled boy wizard.
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price -- at auction on Thursday.