The Harry Potter franchise is incredibly successful, making over $9.5 billion in worldwide box office sales and selling millions of copies of the books.; The first two movies, directed by Chris Columbus, are the most faithful adaptations of the books, staying true to the narrative beats.
The final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) is the highest grossing of all the Potter films at $1.34bn. It's the eighth-highest grossing film of all time . The main reason Harry Potter movies are associated with Christmas is that almost every film includes a scene at Christmas that is key to the story. In Sorcererโs Stone Harry finds the Mirror of Erised and sees his parents for the first time, in Chamber of Secrets Harry and Ron use Polyjuice Potion to question Malfoy, in Prisoner of Azkaban Harry discovers Sirius Black is his Godfather, in IotaYr.