'Cursed Child' Sales Top Two Million

Scholastic estimated Wednesday morning that 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two' sold more than two million copies in North American in its first two days of sales. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]

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