$93.5 million – in the first 3 days, shattering that little ol’ dinosaur movie that held the $72.1 million record. And that’s the estimate…the 3 days aren’t even over yet. Also, many, many people have mailed to tell us about some quidditch tidbits from the movie: In the trophy case, it says James Potter was …read more!

Aspyr Interactive has announced that it will port the Harry Potter PC game to the MACintosh, and the game should be ready for Harry Potter fans by mid-January. (This is big news for all Harry Potter fans who use MACs, most great games don’t get ported to the MAC, except action games!!) Westlake Interactive is …read more!

NOTE: If you go to the theatre, take a pen and paper. We’re trying to gather the most comprehensive list of credits (especially for the actors) that we can. Try to record the more obscure actors, such as Deadalus Diggle, Madame Pomfrey, other Hogwarts Professors and email them to us.

Okay, today the movie is hitting the screens in the US – and almost every paper in the country has an article out today. Here are some articles we have reviewed: Wild about Harry Potter (The Holland Sentinel) Harry Potter imparts wisdom for all ages (The Post Star) Harry Potter box office magic (Toronto Star) …read more!

Our reader Lorna Gilmour has taped all of Daniel Radcliffe’s recent TV interviews and here are some really cool snippets she sent us: In an interview with Jonathan Ross on BBC1’s “Film 2001” 8/11/01, Daniel Radcliffe was reduced to helpless giggles when Jonathan asked him if there was any truth to the rumour going round …read more!

Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski has a great article out today on how Quidditch could revitalize todays Muggle sports (it feels as if sports have grown stale).

Has anyone else noticed that on the soundtrack, the Face of Voldemort track from :32 to :42 sounds a bit like Darth Vader’s theme but slower?

HAPPY HARRY POTTER DAY – I see the movie in only a few hours and will have my own review soon.

CNN’s MONEY site has a Galleons to Dollars conversion calculator. An explanation of the rates says that the numbers are based on the U.S. cover prices for the Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch schoolbooks.

The satirical Betty Bowers has her say on Harry Potter (yes, this is a satire – NOTE: Some language not appropriate for younger folk)