Harry Potter conjures up profits at the box officeThe latest installment of the Harry Potter film series was released in several locations at 12 am this morning. <i>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</i>, based on the fifth <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/17050121'>book</a> in the series, chronicles Potter and his friends' adventures in surviving school exams and fighting Lord Voldemort. The first four films released have done extremely well in the <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/14166257'>film industry</a> grossing over 3.5 billion dollars <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/20073378'>globally</a>. In the United States the <font color='#E4377F'>first film</font> grossed over 300 million dollars and remained in the box office for 27 weeks. Sales weren't quite as successful for the <font color='#1C155E'>second</font> and <font color='#004123'>third</font> films in the series. However, the fourth film suggests a growing fan base and <font color='#81004B'><i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</i></font> fared very well, grossing 290 million dollars during its 20 weeks at the box office. Three of the four Potter movies made it into the top 20 highest <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/14166266'>film profits</a> in the US. <font color='#81004B'> <i>The Goblet of Fire</i></font> and <font color='#004123'><i>The Order of the Phoenix</i></font> each have the second most expensive <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/1232141'>budget</a> at 150 million dollars each, second only to Titanic. The four films also did extremely well in the <a href=' http://swivel.com/graphs/show/20070299'>UK</a> grossing over 200 million pounds. On July 21, the seventh and final book in the series will be released by <a href='http://swivel.com/graphs/show/20070645'>Scholastic</a> in the US. <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows</i> has surpassed its own <a href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070702/en_nm/britain_potter_presales_dc'>record</a> for online book pre-sales; almost 1.6 million copies have been reserved on Amazon alone.2127430.0Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:26:34 -0700Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:54:17 -0700NatalieLineGraphdefaultSorcerer's Stone (2001)Chamber of Secrets (2002)Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)Goblet of Fire (2005)