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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)
Released
2001 · FILM

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

A young orphan discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard and must leave his cruel relatives to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he learns he is the only survivor of a deadly encounter with the feared dark wizard Lord Voldemort.

“Let the magic begin.”

Directed by
Chris Columbus, Chris Carreras
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
152 min
AdventureFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

Harry Potter has spent his entire life living under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house. On his 11th birthday, he discovers that he is a powerful wizard and has a place reserved for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he begins to learn how to use his newfound abilities with the guidance of the school's kind headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths and the identity of the villain responsible.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 855+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard Francis BruceShot by John SealeScored by John WilliamsSound by Eddy JosephVFX by Roger Guyett

Box Office

2001 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$974.8M

Budget$125.0M
Worldwide gross$974.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $317.6M — 33% of worldwide · International: $657.2M (67%)

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • extended· 159 min

Also known as

  • Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisende
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneen
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneen
  • Harry Potter y la piedra filosofales
  • Harry Potter à l'école des sorciersfr
  • (Flemish)Harry Potter en de steen der wijzen
  • Harry Potter e la pietra filosofaleit
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United KingdomNov 4, 2001
  • United StatesNov 11, 2001
  • CanadaNov 16, 2001

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Warner Bros.Heyday Films1492 PicturesDuncan Henderson Productions
Distributors
Warner Bros.Warner Bros. PicturesFox-WarnerGarsu Pasaulio Irasai
Special effectsCinesite, Double Negative (DNEG), Gentle Giant Studios, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Other companiesAnvil Post Production, AFM Lighting, ALP Entertainment, Abbey Road Studios, Abbots Langley Theatre Arts

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