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• 07 / 17 / 2007

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Other stats from the Harry Potter money making machine:

Books

121.5 million in print in the USA for first six books. First printing for seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 12 million.

Films

$1.175 billion total U.S. box office for the first four films since 2001. Box office for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix since Wednesday's opening: $140 million.

Merchandise

$18.8 million spent in USA on cookies, candy, gum since June 2002. Dozens of products available, including bookmarks ($3.49), Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans ($3.99), Harry Potter action figures ($12.99), Harry Potter's wand ($29.50), the Sorting Hat ($39.99).

Harry Potter theme park

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be built on 20 acres within Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure theme park. Opens in late 2009.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC are:

1. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," Warner Bros., $77,108,414, 4,285 locations, $17,995 average, $139,715,157, one week.

2. "Transformers," Paramount, $37,027,901, 4,050 locations, $9,143 average, $224,009,583, two weeks.

3. "Ratatouille," Disney, $18,012,196, 3,625 locations, $4,969 average, $142,997,082, three weeks.

4. "Live Free or Die Hard," Fox, $11,279,135, 3,201 locations, $3,524 average, $103,322,580, three weeks.

5. "License to Wed," Warner Bros., $7,311,297, 2,715 locations, $2,693 average, $30,379,749, two weeks.

6. "1408," MGM, $4,934,516, 2,206 locations, $2,237 average, $62,127,222, four weeks.

7. "Evan Almighty," Universal, $4,895,055, 2,697 locations, $1,815 average, $87,790,505, four weeks.

8. "Knocked Up," Universal, $3,676,500, 1,710 locations, $2,150 average, $138,217,270, seven weeks.

9. "Sicko," Lionsgate, $2,604,139, 756 locations, $3,445 average, $15,830,046, four weeks.

10. "Ocean's Thirteen," Warner Bros., $1,984,323, 1,244 locations, $1,595 average, $112,506,702, six weeks.

11. "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," Fox, $1,633,612, 1,312 locations, $1,245 average, $127,192,730, five weeks.

12. "Captivity," Lionsgate-After Dark, $1,429,100, 1,061 locations, $1,347 average, $1,429,100, one week.

13. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Disney, $1,396,749, 928 locations, $1,505 average, $304,454,423, eight weeks.

14. "Evening," Focus, $1,156,407, 760 locations, $1,522 average, $10,842,501, three weeks.

15. "Shrek the Third," Paramount, $662,041, 644 locations, $1,028 average, $318,079,835, nine weeks.

16. "You Kill Me," IFC, $589,368, 247 locations, $2,386 average, $1,514,156, four weeks.

17. "La Vie En Rose," Picturehouse, $543,470, 174 locations, $3,123 average, $6,882,728, six weeks.

18. "Spider-Man 3," Sony, $512,393, 447 locations, $1,146 average, $335,002,361, 11 weeks.

19. "Talk to Me," Focus, $402,000, 33 locations, $12,182 average, $402,000, one week.

20. "Nancy Drew," Warner Bros., $390,766, 425 locations, $919 average, $24,183,030, five weeks.