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The first Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," hit U.S. theaters on Nov. 16, 2001. USA TODAY is republishing articles from its archives to mark the movie's 20th anniversary.

First published in 1997, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (originally named "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" for British audiences) was made into a movie in 2001.

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry, Ron and Hermione in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Charisse Meloto/Scholastic. It was the first time most American readers ever saw an image of Harry Potter, and yet 20 years later, ...

On Nov. 16, 2001, Warner Bros. launched J.K. Rowling’s wizarding universe in wide release with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which grossed more than $970 million worldwide.

Scholastic and Bloomsbury Publishing have released several new Illustration by British artist Jim Kay for the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Originally released in ...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is an unremarkable game that diehard fans may enjoy, but it's one that casual gamers and Potter fans may want to think twice about picking up.

Fifteen years ago Wednesday, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone arrived in theaters. After making its world premiere in London on Nov. 4, 2001, and hopping across the pond for the stateside ...

There is no doubt that Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone for those in the UK) is headed to be one of the biggest films of 2001, and possibly of all time as some early ...

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) learns that he is a wizard on his 11 th birthday. He is then enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Nov. 19 -- The debut of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone left few box office records unbroken as it made $93.5 million disappear from the wallets of American moviegoers over the weekend.