And, with Fantastic Beasts 3 releasing soon and a new Harry Potter videogame – Hogwarts Legacy – rumored to launch later this year, 2022 could be the best 12-month period (from a cash generating perspective, at least) in the series' history. Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, an HBO Max unscripted cast reunion special, already drew huge numbers upon release on New Year's Day. Meanwhile, a first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for $471,000 (£356,000) in December 2021 (per Reuters).īut it's 2022 where the real Harry Potter renaissance could occur. Harry Potter: A History of Magic delights listeners with facts about the series, the writing process, mythology, and more. The audiobook release coincided with the New York Exhibition of Harry Potter: A History of Magic. Studio Tour in London each year, as well as the Cursed Child West End stage play – proof that the franchise is still beloved by many. Harry Potter: A History of Magic was released on October 4, 2018, and is available on Audible. Fans continue to flock to the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Rowling becoming embroiled in a number of controversies in recent times, it's understandable that some long-time fans have turned their backs on the Wizarding World's multimedia empire.ĭespite those former Potterheads ending their support for Rowling's works and the spin-offs spawned from it, though, Harry Potter is still a hugely popular series.

It's been something of a sticky spell for the Harry Potter franchise in the last few years. The Harry Potter film cast reunited on HBO Max earlier this year.

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