(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 14 - Twenty years of looking up playing quidditch on flying broomsticks among the Gothic roofs, just as many trying to get on the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross station in London and being excluded from it because unfortunately we are muggles that is not magical but we try the same, twenty years to have in the heart that formidable trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione enterprising kids, wild, inseparable as it is at that age.
On November 16, 2001, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first of eight films in a very popular saga, was released all over the world. We celebrate the twentieth anniversary of JK Rowling's novels in cinema and it is, however, one of those cases in which literature and cinema embrace each other indissolubly because those who are passionate about those books are equally passionate about film transpositions. Harry Potter is Daniel Radcliffee when you pick up that first book released in 1997 it's like it was a pop up with the cast images animating the pages. We were first fans of novels and then of films and then both of us over the span of these twenty years, we grew up with them and every time it is a dip in fantasy, in dreams, in magic and even a little in our childhoods. Fantasy is not enough to explain such a huge success, there is more,perhaps this very similarity to the truth and if all this is a training course, it is bingo. Here are the numbers: the books sold in the world are 500 million, translated into 80 languages, 12.5 million in Italy alone (Salani editore was the first, in 1997, to invest in the Rowling saga with great flair). The 8 films have grossed 9 billion dollars worldwide, 160 million euros in Italy alone with 26 million admissions. The films are broadcast in 166 countries and in 25 languages. It is the most loved franchise anywhere, it can count on an incredible fan base with 37 million members worldwide and constantly growing. There are console games, 4 theme parks around the world, 2 tours dedicated to London and Hollywood. (HANDLE).the books sold in the world are 500 million, translated into 80 languages, 12.5 million in Italy alone (Salani editore was the first, in 1997, to invest in the Rowling saga with great flair). The 8 films have grossed 9 billion dollars worldwide, 160 million euros in Italy alone with 26 million admissions. The films are broadcast in 166 countries and in 25 languages. It is the most loved franchise anywhere, it can count on an incredible fan base with 37 million members worldwide and constantly growing. There are console games, 4 theme parks around the world, 2 tours dedicated to London and Hollywood. (HANDLE).the books sold in the world are 500 million, translated into 80 languages, 12.5 million in Italy alone (Salani editore was the first, in 1997, to invest in the Rowling saga with great flair). The 8 films have grossed 9 billion dollars worldwide, 160 million euros in Italy alone with 26 million admissions. The films are broadcast in 166 countries and in 25 languages. It is the most loved franchise anywhere, it can count on an incredible fan base with 37 million members worldwide and constantly growing. There are console games, 4 theme parks around the world, 2 tours dedicated to London and Hollywood. (HANDLE).160 million euros in Italy alone with 26 million visitors. The films are broadcast in 166 countries and in 25 languages. It is the most loved franchise anywhere, it can count on an incredible fan base with 37 million members worldwide and constantly growing. There are console games, 4 theme parks around the world, 2 tours dedicated to London and Hollywood. (HANDLE).160 million euros in Italy alone with 26 million visitors. The films are broadcast in 166 countries and in 25 languages. It is the most loved franchise anywhere, it can count on an incredible fan base with 37 million members worldwide and constantly growing. There are console games, 4 theme parks around the world, 2 tours dedicated to London and Hollywood. (HANDLE).
