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Almost all school-going kids in the country are the fans of Harry Potter — which is good news for the entertainment industryNUMBER 1 Yo...

Almost all school-going kids in the country are the fans of Harry Potter — which is good news for the entertainment industry

NUMBER 1 Young wizard Harry Potter conjured up $92.7 million (around Rs 418 crore) worth of ticket sales in three days at the North American box office with his latest film “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” setting a new opening record for the hit franchise.

AND TWO: The box office champ for the last two weekends, “Shrek 2,” slipped to No. 2 with $37 million. The computer-animated fable passed $300 million (Rs 1,353 crore), beating the record of 22 days held by “Spider-Man.”

In India too, Harry Potter continues to entertain young and old alike with movie theatres reporting record ticket sales. With movies like Harry Potter, the Indian entertainment industry is expecting a revenue growth of over 20 per cent in the current fiscal.

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