Can you guess how many times wizards dare to say Voldemort in each Harry Potter movie?And do you know which movie contains the most magical artefacts? If not, prepare to be spellbound!
For the many muggles out there looking for an escape to the wizarding world, we’ve crunched the numbers to reveal the most magical facts from the Harry Potter and Magical Beasts film series so far.
Exploring the true value of magic, we’ve also secured the financial figures to show the most expensive and profitable movies, along with the ones with the highest audience reception ratings.
Click through each movie below to see the fascinating facts.
| Film Title |
Release Date |
Budget |
Worldwide gross |
Worldwide gross(adjusted for inflation) |
ROI |
Profit |
| Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone | 16/11/2001 | £125,000,000 | £974,755,371 | £1,413,995,561 | 1131% | £849,755,371 |
| Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets | 03/11/2002 | £100,000,000 | £878,979,634 | £1,254,507,681 | 1255% | £778,979,634 |
| Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban | 31/05/2004 | £130,000,000 | £796,688,549 | £1,082,884,887 | 833% | £666,688,549 |
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire | 06/11/2005 | £150,000,000 | £896,911,078 | £1,179,160,223 | 786% | £746,911,078 |
| Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix | 12/07/2007 | £150,000,000 | £939,885,929 | £1,163,894,297 | 776% | £789,885,929 |
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince | 15/07/2009 | £250,000,000 | £934,416,487 | £1,118,314,523 | 447% | £684,416,487 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 | 19/11/2010 | £125,000,000 | £960,283,305 | £1,130,725,048 | 905% | £835,283,305 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 | 07/07/2011 | £125,000,000 | £1,341,511,219 | £1,531,282,166 | 1225% | £1,216,511,219 |
| Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them | 18/11/2016 | £200,000,000 | £814,000,000 | £870,815,543 | 435% | £614,000,000 |
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald | 16/11/2018 | £200,000,000 | £653,800,000 | £653,800,000 | 327% | £453,800,000 |
| Film Title |
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics)  |
Rotten Tomatoes (Users)  |
Average Rotten Tomatoes |
| Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone | 81% | 82% | 82% |
| Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets | 83% | 80% | 82% |
| Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban | 90% | 86% | 88% |
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire | 88% | 74% | 81% |
| Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix | 78% | 81% | 80% |
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince | 83% | 78% | 81% |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 | 77% | 85% | 81% |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 | 96% | 89% | 93% |
| Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them | 75% | 79% | 77% |
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald | 37% | 55% | 46% |
| Film Title |
"Witch" |
"Wizard" |
"Muggle" |
"Voldemort" |
"He who shall not benamed" or "You know" |
"Dark Lord" |
"Potter" or "Harry Potter" |
| Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone | 8 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | - | 37 |
| Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets | 4 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 3 | - | 58 |
| Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire | 5 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
| Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix | 5 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince | - | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them | 22 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald | 6 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Film Title |
Total number of spells cast |
Number of unique spells and their names |
|
| Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone |
8 |
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 Oculus Reparo Mending Charm  Alohomora Unlocking Charm  Wingardium Leviosa x2 Levitation Charm  Lacarnum Inflamarae Ignites Cloaks  Petrificus Totalus Full Body-Bind Curse Lumus Solem Produces Sunlight
|
| Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets |
19 |
Expand |
Oculus Reparo Mending Charm  Immobulus Freezing Charm Vera Verto Transfiguration spell  Finite Incantantem Counter-Spell  Expelliarmus Disarming Charm Everte Statum Makes opponent stumble  Rictu Sempra Tickling Charm  Serpen Sortia Conjures a live snake Alarte Ascendare Rockets target upward  Vipera Evanesca Vanishes snakes Wingardium Leviosa Levitation Charm Cistem Aperio Opens chests Arania Exumai x3 Repels spiders  Obliviate Memory Charm
|
| Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban |
21 |
Expand |
Lumos Maxima x5 Wand-Lighting Charm  Riddikulus x4 Boggart-Banishing Spell  Arresto Momentum Slowing Charm  Expecto Patronum x4 Patronus Charm Expelliarmus x4 Disarming Charm Immobulus Freezing Charm  Bombarda Exploding Charm
|
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire |
20 |
Expand |
 Avada Kedavra x4 Killing Curse  Morsmorde Disarming Charm  Stupefy Stunning Spell  Engorgio Growing Charm Imperio Mind Control Crucio x3 Torture Curse  Accio x2 Summoning Charm  Ascendio Fire-Making Spell Periculum Shield Charm Expelliarmus x4 Disarming Charm  Reducto Reductor Curse
|
| Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix |
46 |
Expand |
Expecto Patronum x 4 Exploding Charm Expelliarmus x12 Enter the victims mind Stupefy x 11 Reductor Curse Diminuendo Suspends people by the ankles Levicorpus x2 Shrinking Charm Reducto x2 Stunning Spell Legilimens x3 Disarming Charm Bombarda Maxima Killing Curse Protego x2 Full Body-Bind Curse  Impedimenta Unlocking Charm Cruscio x3 Torture Curse Alohomora Hinders Movement Petrificus Totalus Shield Charm Avada Kedavra Patronus Charm
|
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince |
21 |
Expand |
Petrificus Totalus Full Body-Bind Curse Finite Counter-Spell  Episkey Healing Spell  Confundus Confusion Charm Oppugno Assaults target with directed object(s) Harmonia Nectere Passus x2 Repair Charm Stupefy x2 Stunning Spell  Sectumsempra x3 Slashing Curse Vulnera Sanentur x3 Healing Charm  Aguamenti Water-Making Spell Lumos Wand-Lighting Charm Lumos Maxima Wand-Lighting Charm Partis Temporus Parts the Target Expelliarmus Disarming Charm Avada Kedavra Killing Curse Incarcerous Binds Target
|
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 |
37 |
Expand |
Obliviate x2 Memory Charm Avada Kedavra x2 Killing Curse Stupefy x5 Stunning Spell Expulsio x2 Expulso Curse Petrificus Totalus Full Body-Bind Curse Expelliarmus x3 Disarming Charm Accio x3 Summoning Charm Expecto Patronum Patronus Charm Protego Totalum x2 Shield Charm  Salvio Hexia x3 Protective charm Repello Muggletum x2 Muggle-Repelling Charm Muffliato Sound Concealing Charm  Dissendum Reveals secret passages  Incendio Fire-Making Spell  Diffindo x2 Severing Charm Reducto Reductor Curse Lumos x2 Wand-Lighting Charm Confringo Blasting Curse Engorgio Growing Charm  Reducio Shrinking Charm
|
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 |
30 |
Expand |
Imperio x2 Mind Control Curse Arresto Momentum Slowing Charm Lumos Wand-Lighting Charm Accio Summoning Charm Reducto x2 Reductor Curse Relashio Revulsion Jinx Piertotum Locomotor Bring life to inanimate objects Protego Maxima x4 Shield Charm Fianto Duri x4 Shiled Charm Repello Inimicum x4 Shiled Charm Stupefy x2 Stunning Spell Expelliarmus Disarming Charm Avada Kedavra x5 Killing Curse  Crucio Torture Curse Harmonia Nectere Passus Repair Charm Expecto Patronum Patronus Charm Confringo Blasting Curse
|
| Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them |
9 |
Expand |
Alohomora x2 Unlocking Charm Petrificus Totalus Full Body-Bind Curse Fenestra Stunning Spell Accio x2 Summoning Charm  Reparo Mending Charm Aberto Opens doors  Revelio Revealing Charm
|
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald |
29 |
Expand |
 Ventus Ventus Jinx  Nebulus Concealment Charm Surgito Removes enchantments Papyrus Reparo Mending Charm Accio x5 Summoning Charm Confundus Confusion Charm Appare Vestigium Reveals Magical Activity Finite x5 Counter-Spell Revelio Revealing Charm Avenseguim Tracking Charm Expelliarmus Disarming Charm Oscausi Seals mouth Riddikulus Boggart-Banishing Spell Relashio Revulsion Jinx Lumos x2 Wand-Lighting Charm Circumrota Rotation Charm Stupefy Stunning Spell Reverte Returns objects to their original positions Ascendio Fire-Making Spell
|
| Film Title |
Number of magical creatures shown |
Names of individual magical creatures shown |
|
| Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone |
8 |
Expand |
 Cerberus  Troll  Norvegian Ridgeback  Unicorn  Centaurs  Devil's Snare  Ghosts  Goblins
|
| Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets |
19 |
Expand |
 House-Elf  Whomping Willow  Mandrakes  Cornish Pixies  Phoenix  Spiders (Arcomantula)  Basilisk
|
| Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban |
21 |
Expand |
 Dementors Ghosts  Hippogriff  Boggart Whomping Willow  Werewolf
|
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire |
20 |
Expand |
 Pegasus  Hungarian Horntail  Common Welsh Green  Chinese Fireball  Swedish Shortsnout Ghosts  Merpeople  Grindylows Phoenix
|
| Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix |
46 |
Expand |
Dementors House-Elf Goblins  Thestrals Phoenix  Giant Centaurs
|
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince |
21 |
Expand |
 Pygmy Puff Phoenix  Acromantula  Inferi
|
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 |
37 |
Expand |
Thestrals House-Elf Dementors Goblins
|
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 |
30 |
Expand |
Dementors Goblins  Ukranian Ironbelly Ghosts Cornish Pixies Acromantulas Giants
|
| Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them |
9 |
Expand |
 Nifflers  Occamy  Bowtruckles House-Elf  Murtlap  Billywigs  Swooping Evil  Thunderbird  Giant Dung Beetles  Graphorns  Fwooper  Doxies  Glow Bugs Grindylows  Nundu  Diricrawls  Mooncalves  Marmite  Obscurus  Erumpent  Demiguise Goblins Giant  Ashwinder's Egg
|
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald |
29 |
Expand |
 Chupacabra Thestrals  Black Rope Snakes  Bowtruckle House-Elf Nifflers  Leucrotta Mooncalves  Kelpie  Augurey  Kappa  Firedrakes  Oni  Maledictus  Zouwu Obscurus Grindylows Boggart  Matagots Phoenix
|
| Film Title |
Number ofbrooms shown |
Number ofwands shown |
Number of journeyson Hogwarts Express |
Names of individual magical artefacts shown |
|
| Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone |
40 |
16 |
2 |
Expand |
 Deluminator  Sorting Hat  Rememberall  Bludger  Golden Snitch  Cloak of Invisibility  Mirror of Erised  Wizard's Chess  Sorcerer's Stone
|
| Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets |
14 |
14 |
1 |
Expand |
Bludger Golden Snitch Sorting Hat  Tom's Diary  Sword of Gryffindor
|
| Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban |
15 |
11 |
1 |
Expand |
 The Monster Book of Monsters Bludger Golden Snitch  Marauder's Map Cloak of Invisibility  Time-Turner
|
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire |
15 |
18 |
1 |
Expand |
 Portkey  Goblet of Fire  Quick-Quotes Quill Cloak of Invisibility  Pensieve
|
| Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix |
8 |
39 |
2 |
Expand |
Mirror of Erised  Black Quills
|
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince |
24 |
50+ |
1 |
Expand |
Cloak of Invisibility Sorting Hat Pensieve Marauder's Map  Slughorn's Hourglass  Opal Necklace  Vanishing Cabinet  Horcrux
|
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 |
8 |
34 |
1 |
Expand |
Horcruxes Deluminator Golden Snitch Marauder's Map Sword of Gryffindor  Resurrection Stone Cloak of Invisibility  Elder Wand
|
| Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 |
10 |
100+ |
1 |
Expand |
Elder Wand Sword of Gryffindor Cloak of Invisibility Horcruxes Pensieve Sorting Hat Golden Snitch Resurrection Stone
|
| Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them |
- |
26 |
- |
Expand |
 Newt's Suitcase  Lunascope  Self-Operating Typewriters
|
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald |
11 |
43 |
- |
Expand |
Deluminator Portkey Mirror of Erised Sorcerer's Stone  Flamel's Crystal Ball  Lestrange Family Tree
|
After tallying up our data, we can reveal that Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 contains the most magic overall, with an impressive 80 magical creatures and 100 wands appearing throughout the movie.
It seems the magnificent amount of magic was well received, as it also scored the highest Rotten Tomatoes ratings from both critics (96%) and fans (89%).
From the 10 movies we analysed, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban proved to be the least magical movie, with a total of 88 encounters throughout. However, despite this, the Magical Beasts movies received the lowest Rotten Tomatoes ratings overall, with the Crimes of Grindelwald instalment receiving an average of 46%.
When it comes to characters, Voldemort receives the most attention in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix where he’s mentioned 42 times throughout the movie. He steals the limelight from Harry in this instance, as his name is referenced just 26 times.
Check out some more fun facts below.
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets is the most profitable film
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 has the most magical creatures
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix features the most spells cast
Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone has the most magical artefacts
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