Harry Potter

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1. A boy wizard and the hero of a series of widely read fantasies by the British author J. K. Rowling. Eleven-year-old Harry, an orphan, discovers his magical powers, and the books chronicle his adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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The first book in the series was published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It was made into a film in 2001.

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Between them, they own legendary franchises like Harry Potter, Batman, Mission: Impossible, and Top Gun, as well as TV channels CNN, MTV and Nickelodeon.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

I only sell fiction, but you have Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games,” you have Harry Potter in Hogwarts, you have Thomas in “The Maze Runner.”

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Two century-old film studios — with rights to Harry Potter, Batman, “Top Gun,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “Game of Thrones” — would be combined, and HBO and CNN would come under new ownership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Since the 2000s, the movie business has been dominated by franchises like Marvel, Harry Potter and Jurassic World, which are owned or controlled by major studios.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

And not the nice kind of ghosts from Harry Potter, either.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy