TIME Magazine looks at books translated to movies

by · October 16, 2009

Celebrating the release of the new book-to-film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, TIME Magazine has a new feature looking popular books turned into popular films.

The Harry Potter series is of course included on this list:

Though J.K. Rowling's 1997 book had already sold hundreds of thousands of copies by the time Hollywood released its first Potter film, Sorcerer's Stone turned the boy wizard into an international pop icon virtually overnight. The movie earned close to $1 billion at the box office and guaranteed that the remaining books in the series would find their way to the big screen. The last installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II, is expected to be released in the summer of 2011.

See the entire list – which looks at Willy Wonka, Stuart Little, and many others – at this link. Thanks to Vivi for the tip!