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How ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone’ Magically Became A Billion Dollar Movie · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Harry Potter is known
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  Speaker 1: for his magical prowess, but even his peers at Hogwarts
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  Speaker 1: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would be impressed with his
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  Speaker 1: latest feat. The very first Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter
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  Speaker 1: and the Sorcerer's Stone, has passed one billion dollars in
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  Speaker 1: global box office receipts, not only nineteen years after its
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  Speaker 1: initial release, but also during the pandemic. Truth be told,
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  Speaker 1: it's not thanks to any spell casting. It's due to
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  Speaker 1: a four K three D reissue in China which is
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  Speaker 1: recently released into theaters there as they begin to reopen.
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  Speaker 1: The Potter franchise steadily gained popularity in China as the
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  Speaker 1: series expanded over the years, and fans were clearly excited
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  Speaker 1: to see the new upgraded version it's first weekend of release.
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  Speaker 1: In that weekend, it raked in an impressive thirteen point
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  Speaker 1: six million dollars, just enough to push its total take
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  Speaker 1: of the box office to one billion, one million dollars. Overall,
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  Speaker 1: the Potter franchise is taken over seven point seven billion
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  Speaker 1: dollars worldwide. That's direct from Hollywood