Harry Potter

film series

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The Harry Potter film series is based on the seven novels by J.K. Rowling about a young wizard, Harry Potter. The story begins with Harry discovering on his 11th birthday that he is a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his parents were murdered by the evil wizard Voldemort, and that Harry is the only one to have survived Voldemort's attack.

Throughout the series, Harry, along with his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, navigates school life and battles Voldemort's growing power. The books were adapted into eight films released between 2001 and 2011, becoming a global phenomenon and introducing terms like "muggle" into common language.1

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