You would n’t think a gambol in book form would be the most - look for novel of the year , and yet here we are . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2 , the printed hand of the West ending maneuver , debuts at midnight Sunday and the globe is pass nuts .
Barnes & Noble said the eighth leger in the story of Harry Potter is already the book retailer’smost pre - ordered booksince , well , the seventh book , which to begin with sold over 8 - million copies in 24 hours in the US . It ’s also on the top bestseller lean on Amazon . Theupcoming releaseis being celebrated at more than five - thousand bookstores and libraries Saturday night , withmidnight release partiesfeaturing costume contests , wizard rock bands , magic show , and lots of butterbeer .
Tonight ’s the dark ! Midnight party for#HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild@booksaremybag@LittleBrownUKpic.twitter.com/qglzlPXHJW
— Children ’s Bookshop ( @childrensbkshop)July 30 , 2016
The Cursed Child novel is a verbatim script - to - book adaption of the two - part stage drama , which pick up 19 years after the original Quran ended . The play had its jamboree opening Saturday at London ’s Palace Theatre . manufacturer are n’t free slate sales figures yet , but it likely does n’t matter . According toCBS , the maneuver is already a hit . The show is sold out through December 2017 and another 250,000 tickets go on sales event next calendar month .
Cursed Child is n’t the only rationality Potter fans are go nuts this weekend . They ’re getting ready forFantastic fauna and Where to Find Them , the first spinoff film in the Potterverse saga , as well as a twelvemonth of equally wondrous content in 2017 to fete the serial ’ 20th anniversary in the US .
It also happens to be Harry Potter’sbirthday . When Potter was 11 year old on July 31 , he got the invitation to fall in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . He also partake his special day with his God Almighty , Rowling . Freeform is observe with a weekend - long marathon of all seven Harry Potter film ( because of course they are ) .
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