The historic record was acquired after calculating the global sale of all books in the literary saga of ‘Harry Potter’
More than 25 years after the release of the first book by the little wizard who has lightning on his forehead, the literary series ‘Harry Potter’ created byJ.K. Rowling became the best seller in the world by surpassing the mark of 600 million copies sold.
The brand was released by Scholastic last Tuesday, 07. The American book publisher calculated the number based on the sale of all the franchise’s books around the globe.
In addition, the work that bears the name of the wizard belonging to the Gryffindor house, has been translated into 85 languages, and has already had more than a million hours listened to in audiobook form, as revealed by the UOL Cultura portal (via Aventuras na História).
It is worth remembering that “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, a book released on June 26, 1997, marked the beginning of the saga located in Hogwarts that received 7 books in total, the last of which is “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” which hit bookstores in 2007.
Although it appeared on the pages, the story of the most popular wizard among readers ended up on the big screen in 2001, where the actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson It is Rupert Grint gave life to the trio of friends formed by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively, in the 8 films that were released over 10 years.
The film franchise that adapted the books of J.K. Rowling became a huge success, grossing more than US$ 7.7 billion at the box office worldwide, even resulting in the creation of spin-offs released from 2016 through the sequel ‘Fantastic Beasts’.
The world of games is not left out either, as the role-playing game set in the school of magic in the 1800s, ‘Hogwarts Legacy’, will be available on February 10, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One , Nintendo Switch and PC.
Source: Recreio
