POLL: Will Harry steal Charlie's golden ticket at the cash register?
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Yahoo asks an interesting question: Will Harry steal Charlie's golden ticket at the cash register? The latest installment of the Harry Potter series arrives in bookstores the same night that Tim Burton's adaption of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory hits movie theaters. The Half-Blood Prince
goes on sale at 12:01am Saturday morning, with more hype than the
previous five Potter books combined. Scholastic has ordered a
record-setting initial print run of 10.3 million copies, and Barnes
& Noble plans to celebrate the release with Potter gatherings at
more than 670 of its outlets. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sold more than 5 million copies, making over $150 million dollars in its first 24 hours. That's a lot of allowance money. Charlie will also see competition from the R-rated adult comedy Wedding Crashers. There's really no way Charlie can beat the book release, that's not in question. What is in question, is how many kids will be home with the book instead of hitting the theaters opening weekend?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-12-2005 @ 5:53PM
Scott Weinberg said...
Oh no, children might be home reading a BOOK instead of seeing the next big blockbuster??
The horror!
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7-12-2005 @ 7:39PM
Tyler J. Smith said...
Eh, somehow I think it really won't matter either way. If the kiddies (and adults, for that matter) can't multitask between reading the story before *and* after the movie, then bahhumbug to them. Everyone needs a break from the book, right?
Although, I heard reports on my local news channel when the last book came out that readers were finishing the book within the first 24 hours of it going on sale. Holy crap. Imagine if American kiddies/adults put that much effort into school work and just plain old work. Forget China.
Then again, here's an idea: Just drive up to Canada and pick up one of the accidently released books! Who cares what the justice system says! It's all about being first.
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