By the numbers: Harry Potter

TORONTO
– The magic of Harry Potter is finally coming to e-readers.

J.K.
Rowling’s novels go on sale in electronic form Tuesday, with the seven titles
now available on Rowling’s Pottermore website.

The
Harry Potter books are currently available in U.S. and U.K. editions.

With
French, Italian, German and Spanish editions to follow in the coming weeks, Global
News takes a look at the Harry Potter phenomenon by the numbers.

4
– Hours of train delay during which the Potter idea popped into Rowling’s
head

1995
– Year J.K. Rowling finished writing the first Harry Potter book

450
million – Number of Harry Potter novels sold worldwide

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2007
– Year Rowling’s final Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows, was published

169,000,000
– Approximate number, in dollars, the finale film Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows Part II made opening weekend

200
– Number of countries in which the books have been published

6
– Number of actors to have played Voldemort over the course of Harry Potter
movies

70
– Number of languages into which the books have been translated

1,
000 – Initial print run for Rowling’s first book, Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone 

80
– Number of book copies sold, per second, of Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince in the United States on the first day of sales  

1,000,000,000
– Rowling’s estimated net worth, in dollars, as of May 2011, making Rowling the
first author to become a billionaire

11,000,000
– Copies that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold on its first
day of publication

2000
– Year Rowling became the highest-earning woman in Britain

8
– Number of films based on the series and produced by Warner Bros.

2007
– Year in which Rowling caused a stir by stating that Dumbledore, the
headmaster of the Hogwarts School, is homosexual

7,706,147,978
– Total number, in dollars, the Harry Potter film franchise grossed worldwide,
making the series the largest-grossing franchise is history

526,534
– Number of followers on the official Harry Potter Film Twitter feed
@HarryPotterFilm

– With a file from The Canadian Press