Potter Beats Box Office
"Even allowing for deep discounts on the $29.99 release, "Half-Blood Prince" still easily generated more than $100 million in revenue. It's not only the richest opening in publishing history, but tops the combined estimated take for the weekend's top two movies, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "The Wedding Crashers."" (Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8608578/)
Though I've not yet read the series myself (so much to read, so little time), this news makes me happy and hopeful.
Right now I'm about one hundred pages into Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated which Seth picked up on a recommendation from someone out here in the blogosphere. Thank you, whoever you are. At one point last night I was laughing so hard I could barely catch my breath.
The wedding, by the way, was a blast. My feet are still sore from dancing!
Comments
Ah. You are a very premium person who no doubt goes to the most premium nightclubs. [grin]
Harry's worth getting to someday, even if you just read the first one.
Posted by: Emily Lloyd | July 18, 2005 07:57 PM
I love H. P.--but I can never get rid of the pun-image of a 'Hairy Potter' out of my head. I suppose it's because I'm a moron, but that explanation is (for me) getting a bit old.
Posted by: A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz | July 19, 2005 12:16 AM
P. S. -- I wish there were an 'edit' function for blog-comments. I always seem to miss some grammatical problem until after I've hit the 'post' button.
Posted by: A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz | July 19, 2005 12:17 AM
Tell us how "Illuminated" novel goes, OK? Thanks!
Posted by: Anonymous Poet | July 20, 2005 02:48 AM