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| name           = Harry Potter {{no wrap|and the Philosopher's Stone}}
| image          = Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone banner.jpg
| alt            = A poster depicting a young boy with glasses, an old man with glasses, a young girl holding books, a redheaded boy, and a large bearded man in front of a castle, with an owl flying. The left poster also features an adult man, an old woman, and a train, with the titles being "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]
| producer       = [[David Heyman]]
| screenplay     = [[Steve Kloves]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''|[[J. K. Rowling]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
* [[Rupert Grint]]
* [[Emma Watson]]
* [[John Cleese]]
* [[Robbie Coltrane]]
* [[Warwick Davis]]
* [[Richard Griffiths]]
* [[Richard Harris]]
* [[Ian Hart]]
* [[John Hurt]]
* [[Alan Rickman]]
* [[Fiona Shaw]]
* [[Maggie Smith]]
* [[Julie Walters]]
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}}
| music          = [[John Williams]]
| cinematography = [[John Seale]]
| editing        = [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="BritishCouncil" />
* [[Heyday Films]]<ref name="BritishCouncil" />
* [[1492 Pictures]]<ref name="BritishCouncil" />
}}
| distributor    = Warner Bros. Pictures<ref name="AFI" />
| released       = {{Film date|2001|11|04|df=y|[[Odeon Leicester Square]]|2001|11|10|United Kingdom|2001|11|16|United States}}
| runtime        = 152 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 152:13--><ref name="BBFC" />
| country        = {{Plain list|
* United Kingdom
* United States<ref name="BritishCouncil" /><ref name="BFI" />
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $125 million<ref name="BOM" />
| gross          = $1.026 billion<ref name="BOM" /><!-- DO NOT CHANGE THIS NUMBER, SEE [[WP:BOXOFFICE]] -->
}}
'''''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''''' (also known as '''''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone''''' in the United States, India and Philippines) is a 2001 [[fantasy film]]<!-- Do not add any other description here. --> directed by [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] and produced by [[David Heyman]] from a screenplay by [[Steve Kloves]]. It is based on the 1997 novel ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' by British author [[J. K. Rowling]]. It is the first instalment <!-- British English "instalment", not US "installment"-->in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]]. The film stars [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], with [[Rupert Grint]] in his film debut as [[Ron Weasley]], and [[Emma Watson]] in her film debut as [[Hermione Granger]]. Its story follows Harry's first year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] as he discovers that he is a famous [[magician (fantasy)|wizard]] and begins his formal wizarding education.

[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] bought the [[film rights]] to the book in 1999 for a reported £1 million ($1.65 million). Production began in the United Kingdom in 2000, with Columbus being chosen to helm the film from a short list of directors that included [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Rob Reiner]]. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British and Irish, with the three leads chosen in August 2000 following open casting calls. Filming took place at [[Leavesden Film Studios]] and historic buildings around the United Kingdom from September 2000 to March 2001.

''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 10 and 11 November 2001 for two days of previews. The film opened on 16 November in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan as well as officially in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $974 million at the worldwide box office during its initial run and over $1 billion with subsequent re-releases against a $125 million budget. It became the [[2001 in film#Highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film of 2001]] and the [[List of highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film]] at the time. The film was nominated for many awards, including [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], [[Best Art Direction]] and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]. It was followed by seven sequels, beginning with ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' in 2002 and ending with ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' in 2011.

==Plot==
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Orphaned as a baby, Harry Potter is put in the care of his only living relatives, the Dursley family, by Professors Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. As Harry grows up, the Dursleys keep him unaware of magic and tell him his parents died in a car crash. Ahead of his eleventh birthday, letters addressed to Harry and delivered by [[owl]]s keep arriving at the Dursely home, which they intercept until Hagrid is sent to confirm to Harry that he is a wizard and has been accepted to study magic at Hogwarts.

Hagrid brings Harry to purchase school supplies at Diagon Alley, where Harry learns he is celebrated for surviving the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who murdered his parents but was unable to kill Harry, leaving him with only a scar while Voldemort was defeated. Harry then journeys aboard the [[Hogwarts Express]], where he befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, while later rivaling Draco Malfoy. Arriving at Hogwarts, the first-year students are sorted into four houses; Harry, Ron and Hermione join [[Gryffindor]], while Malfoy goes to [[Slytherin]], known for producing dark wizards.

Harry begins learning about magic and exploring Hogwarts, where he, Ron and Hermione wander onto a forbidden corridor on the third floor, guarded by a giant three-headed dog named Fluffy, leading them to question what it could be protecting. After Ron insults Hermione's studious ways, she becomes upset and retreats to the girls' toilets at the same time Professor Quirrell announces a mountain troll is loose in the school. Harry and Ron go to warn Hermione and, finding her cornered by the troll, rescue her; Hermione subsequently saves Harry and Ron from punishment by telling McGonagall she went looking for the troll. During his first flying lesson, Harry retrieves fellow student Neville Longbottom's [[Remembrall]] from Malfoy, displaying such impressive flying skills McGonagall makes him Seeker for the Gryffindor [[Quidditch]] team. During his first match, Ron and Hermione believe they see potions professor Severus Snape jinxing Harry's broomstick, and act to prevent him harming Harry.

Harry tells Hagrid of his suspicions that Snape is trying to get into the forbidden corridor, which Hagrid dismisses while unintentionally revealing that Fluffy is guarding something known only to Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel. Harry and Ron spend [[Christmas]] together at Hogwarts, where Harry receives the [[Cloak of Invisibility]] and discovers the Mirror of Erised, which shows one's deepest desire. When Hermione returns she informs the boys that Nicholas Flamel created the Philosopher's Stone, which can grant users immortality, and deduces is what's being kept on the third floor. Harry subsequently encounters a hooded creature feeding on unicorns in the forest surrounding the school, which a centaur called Firenze informs him was Voldemort, who is seeking immortality.

Suspecting that Snape will make a move to retrieve the stone for Voldemort, the trio decide to head him off. After getting past Fluffy, they then face challenges involving a devil's snare plant, flying keys and an enchanted chessboard, which leaves Ron incapacitated. Hermione tends to him, leaving Harry alone to confront their suspect, which turns out to be Quirrell, who in fact has been the one trying to find the stone all year while Snape has been preventing him and protecting Harry. Looking into the Mirror of Erised once again, Harry comes into possession of the stone. Quirrell reveals Voldemort's weakened form on the back of his head and he attempts to have Harry hand it over. When Harry refuses, Voldemort orders Quirrell to kill him, but Harry's touch incinerates Quirrell while Voldemort's spirit escapes. 

Harry wakes up in hospital, where Dumbledore tells him the stone has been destroyed, and that Harry was able to defeat both Voldemort and Quirrell as his mother's sacrifice has left him protected from harmful magic. As the school year ends, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville earn house points, enabling Gryffindor to win the House Cup despite Slytherin's early lead. As summer nears, Harry is happy to have found a real home at Hogwarts.

==Cast==
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* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]:<br /> An 11-year-old orphan living with his unwelcoming aunt, uncle, and cousin, who learns of his own fame as a [[Magician (fantasy)|wizard]] known to have survived his parents' murder at the hands of the dark wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant when he is accepted to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. Columbus had wanted Radcliffe for the role since he saw him in the [[BBC]]'s production of ''[[David Copperfield (1999 film)|David Copperfield]]'' before the open casting sessions had taken place but had been told by casting director Susan Figgis that Radcliffe's protective parents would not allow their son to take part in fear of him not going to have a normal childhood.<ref name="JensenEW2001p5" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/daniel-radcliffe-reflects-harry-potter-264791/ |title=Daniel Radcliffe Reflects on the 'Harry Potter' Films, Celebrity, and His Future (Audio) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=22 November 2011 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> Columbus explained that his persistence in giving Radcliffe the role was responsible for Figgis' resignation.<ref name="JensenEW2001p5" /> Radcliffe was asked to audition in 2000 when Heyman and Kloves met him and his parents at a production of ''[[Stones in His Pockets]]'' in London.<ref name="KoltnowEVT2007" /> Heyman and Columbus successfully managed to convince Radcliffe's parents that their son would be protected from media intrusion. They agreed to let him play Harry.<ref name="JensenEW2001p5" /> Rowling approved of Radcliffe's casting, stating that "having seen [his] screen test I don't think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry."<ref name="SussmanCNN2000p2" /> Radcliffe was reportedly paid £1 million for the film, although he felt the fee was "not that important" to him.<ref name="TheTimes2001" /> The Saunders triplets appear as Harry as a baby.<ref name="SaundersBuzzFeed" />
* [[Rupert Grint]] as [[Ron Weasley]]:<br /> Harry's best friend at Hogwarts and a younger member of the Weasley wizarding family. A fan of the series, Grint decided he would be perfect for the part "because [he has] ginger hair".<ref name="TheTimes2001" /> Having seen a ''[[Newsround]]'' report about the open casting he sent in a video of himself rapping about how he wished to receive the part. His attempt was successful as the casting team asked for a meeting with him.<ref name="TheTimes2001" /> 
* [[Emma Watson]] as [[Hermione Granger]]:<br /> Harry's other best friend and the trio's brains. Watson's [[Oxford]] theatre teacher passed her name on to the casting agents and she had to do over five interviews before she got the part.<ref name="SchwartzEW2001" /> Watson took her audition seriously, but "never really thought [she] had any chance of getting the role."<ref name="TheTimes2001" /> The producers were impressed by Watson's self-confidence and she outperformed the thousands of other girls who had applied.<ref name="KulkaniBuzzle2004" /> 
* [[John Cleese]] as [[Nearly Headless Nick]]: The [[Ghosts (Harry Potter)|ghost]] of Gryffindor House.<ref name="LinderIGNMar2001" />
* [[Robbie Coltrane]] as [[Rubeus Hagrid]]:<br /> A half-giant and Hogwarts' [[gamekeeper]]. Coltrane was one of the two actors Rowling wanted most, along with Smith as McGonagall.<ref name="DaviesTelegraph2000" /><ref name="BradleyHuffPost2016" /> Coltrane, who was already a fan of the books, prepared for the role by discussing Hagrid's past and future with Rowling.<ref name="JensenEW2001p4" /><ref name="MzimbaNewsround2001" />
* [[Warwick Davis]] as [[Filius Flitwick]]: The Charms Master and head of Ravenclaw House.<ref name="RobinsonAVClub" /> Davis also plays two other roles in the film: the [[Goblin (Harry Potter)|Goblin]] Head Teller at [[Gringotts]],<ref name="VarietyReview" /> and dubs the voice of [[Griphook]], who is embodied by [[Verne Troyer]].<ref name="GriphookPeople" />
* [[Richard Griffiths]] as [[Vernon Dursley]]: Harry's [[Muggle]] uncle.<ref name="VarietyReview" />
* [[Richard Harris]] as [[Albus Dumbledore]]: Hogwarts' Headmaster and one of the most famous and powerful wizards of all time. Harris initially rejected the role, only to reverse his decision after his granddaughter stated she would never speak to him again if he did not take it.<ref name="YoungPeople2001" /><ref name="McGoohanBBC" /><ref name="ConneryDH" />
* [[Ian Hart]] as [[Quirinus Quirrell]]:<br /> The stuttering Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.<ref name="VarietyReview" /> Hart also voiced [[Lord Voldemort]],<ref name="VoldemortSR" /> while [[Richard Bremmer]] provided his physical appearance and portrayed him as a hooded figure during a flashback.<ref name="VoldemortSR" /><ref name="DaviesTelegraph2001" />
* [[John Hurt]] as [[Mr. Ollivander]]: a highly regarded wandmaker and the owner of [[Ollivanders]].<ref name="VarietyReview" />
* [[Alan Rickman]] as [[Severus Snape]]: The Potions Master and head of Slytherin House. 
* [[Fiona Shaw]] as [[Petunia Dursley]]: Harry's Muggle aunt.<ref name="VarietyReview" />
* [[Maggie Smith]] as [[Minerva McGonagall]]: The Deputy Headmistress, head of Gryffindor and transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts. Smith was one of the two actors Rowling wanted most, along with Coltrane as Hagrid.<ref name="DaviesTelegraph2000" />
* [[Julie Walters]] as [[Molly Weasley]]: Ron's mother. She shows Harry how to get to Platform {{frac|9|3|4}}.<ref name="BBCNov2000" />

Additionally, [[Zoë Wanamaker]] appears as [[Madame Hooch]], Hogwarts' flying instructor and Quidditch referee;<ref name="WanamakerBBC" /> [[Tom Felton]] portrays [[Draco Malfoy]], a student in Slytherin and Harry's rival.<ref name="FeltonAuditions" /> [[Harry Melling (actor)|Harry Melling]] plays [[Dudley Dursley]], Harry's Muggle cousin; and [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] appears as [[Argus Filch]], Hogwarts' caretaker.<ref name="NYTimesReview" /> [[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]], [[Devon Murray]] and [[Alfred Enoch]] portray [[Neville Longbottom]], [[Seamus Finnigan]] and [[Dean Thomas (Harry Potter)|Dean Thomas]] respectively, three first year students in Gryffindor;<ref name="MurrayNine" /> [[James and Oliver Phelps]] play twins [[Fred and George Weasley]], Ron's brothers,<ref name="LinderIGNReview" /> while [[Chris Rankin]] appears as his other brother [[Percy Weasley|Percy]], a Gryffindor prefect,<ref name="RankinBBC" /> and [[Bonnie Wright]] appears as Ron's sister [[Ginny Weasley|Ginny]].<ref name="WrightInsider" /> [[Sean Biggerstaff]] portrays [[Oliver Wood (Harry Potter)|Oliver Wood]], the Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team;<ref name="BiggerstaffBBC" /> [[Jamie Waylett]] and [[Joshua Herdman]] play [[Crabbe and Goyle]], Malfoy's minions;<ref name="HerdmanWaylettNewsround" /> and [[Leslie Phillips]] voices the [[Sorting Hat]].<ref name="LinderIGNNov2000" /> [[Derek Deadman]] plays Tom, innkeeper of [[The Leaky Cauldron (pub)|The Leaky Cauldron]];<ref name="DeadmanRadioTimes" /> and [[Elizabeth Spriggs]] appears as [[the Fat Lady]], a painting at Hogwarts.<ref name="SpriggsTelegraph" /> [[Jean Southern]] plays dimpled woman on train.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNGGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT657 |title=The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen |first=James |last=Ursini |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |date=1 March 2006 |isbn=9780879106911}}</ref>

==Production==
===Development===
In 1997, producer [[David Heyman]] searched for a children's book that could be adapted into a well-received film.<ref name="JensenEW2001p1" /> He had planned to produce [[Diana Wynne Jones]]' novel ''[[The Ogre Downstairs]]'', but his plans fell through. His staff at [[Heyday Films]] then suggested ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', which his assistant believed was "a cool idea."<ref name="JensenEW2001p1" /> Heyman [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] the idea to [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name="JensenEW2001p2" /> and in 1999, Rowling sold the company the rights to the first four ''Harry Potter'' books for a reported £1{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="BagwellAFR2000" /> A demand Rowling made was for Heyman to keep the cast strictly British and Irish; the latter's case has [[Richard Harris]] as [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Fiona Shaw]] as Petunia Dursley, and not to cast foreign actors unless absolutely necessary, like casting of French and Eastern European actors in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2005) where characters from the book are specified as such.<ref name="GuardianReview" /> Rowling was hesitant to sell the rights because she "didn't want to give them control over the rest of the story" by selling the rights to the characters, which would have enabled Warner Bros. to make non-author-written sequels.<ref name="RossBBC2007" />

Although [[Steven Spielberg]] initially negotiated to direct the film, he declined the offer.<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2000" /> Spielberg reportedly wanted the adaptation to be an [[animated film]], with American actor [[Haley Joel Osment]] to provide Harry Potter's voice,<ref name="JensenEW2000" /> or a film that incorporated elements from subsequent books as well.<ref name="JensenEW2001p3" /> Spielberg contended that, in his opinion, it was like "shooting ducks in a barrel. It's just a [[slam dunk]]. It's just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There's no challenge".<ref name="Hollywood2001" /> Rowling maintains that she had no role in choosing directors for the films and that "[a]nyone who thinks I could (or would) have 'veto-ed' {{sic}} him [Spielberg] needs their [[Quick-Quotes Quill]] serviced".<ref name="Rowling2006" /> Heyman recalled that Spielberg decided to direct ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'' (2001) instead.<ref name="JensenEW2001p3" /> In a 2023 interview, Spielberg stated that he turned down the project so he could spend time with his family.<ref name="sharf"/>

{{quote box|width=30em|align=right|quote="''Harry Potter'' is the kind of timeless literary achievement that comes around once in a lifetime. Since the books have generated such a passionate following across the world, it was important to us to find a director that has an affinity for both children and magic. I can't think of anyone more ideally suited for this job than Chris."|source=—[[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]]<ref name="LinderIGNJun2000" />}}
After Spielberg left, talks began with other directors, including [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]], [[Terry Gilliam#Gilliam and Harry Potter|Terry Gilliam]], [[Jonathan Demme]], [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] (who would later direct the fourth film), [[Alan Parker]], [[Wolfgang Petersen]], [[Rob Reiner]], [[Ivan Reitman]], [[Tim Robbins]], [[Brad Silberling]], [[M. Night Shyamalan]], [[David Fincher]] and [[Peter Weir]].<ref name="JensenEW2001p3" /><ref name="SchmitzYahoo" /><ref name="DouglasComingSoon2006" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-fincher-seven-harry-potter-1236262595/ |title=David Fincher Says He Met With Warner Bros. to Direct 'Harry Potter' and Told the Studio 'I Want It to Be Kind of Creepy' |work=Variety |last=Gilchrist |first=Todd |date=2 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref> Shyamalan declined as he already working on ''[[Signs (film)|Signs]]'' (2002).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2002-07-24 |title=Sixth Sense director turned down Harry Potter film |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30061121.html |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref> Petersen and Reiner both pulled out of the running in March 2000,<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000" /> and the choice was narrowed down to Silberling, Columbus, Parker and Gilliam.<ref name="DavidsonIGN2000" />

Rowling's first choice director was Gilliam,<ref name="BeyondHogwarts2005" /> but Warner Bros. chose Columbus, citing his work on other family films such as ''[[Home Alone]]'' (1990) and ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993) as influences for their decision.<ref name="LinderIGNJun2000" /> Columbus had become a fan of the book series after his daughter persuaded him to read the first three books, leading him to call his agent to arrange a meeting at Warner Bros. to direct the film. When his agent told him that at least 25 other directors were eager to helm the project, Columbus requested his agent to secure his meeting to be the last one so he could give a "lasting impression" and be the studio's "freshest person in their memory".

During two weeks of waiting, Columbus wrote a 130-page director's version of the screenplay to explain his vision for the film's tone. The day of his meeting with Warner Bros. executives including [[Alan F. Horn]], Columbus delivered an "impassioned 45-minute talk" and showed them his annotated script. Weeks later, the studio notified Columbus that he had got the job and sent him to Scotland to meet with Rowling and Heyman.<ref name="PerezTHRNov2021" /> Columbus pitched his vision of the film for two hours, stating that he wanted the Muggle scenes "to be bleak and dreary" but those set in the wizarding world "to be steeped in color, mood, and detail." He took inspiration from [[David Lean]]'s adaptations of ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946) and ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1948), wishing to use "that sort of darkness, that sort of edge, that quality to the cinematography," while being further inspired by the colour designs from ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968) and ''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972).<ref name="JensenEW2001p3" />

[[Steve Kloves]] was selected to write the screenplay. He described adapting the book as "tough", as it did not "lend itself to adaptation as well as the next two books".<ref name="SragowSalon2000" /> Kloves often received synopses of books proposed as film adaptations from Warner Bros., which he "almost never read", but ''Harry Potter'' jumped out at him.<ref name="JensenEW2001p2" /> He went out and bought the book, and became an instant fan of the series.<ref name="SragowSalon2000" /> When speaking to Warner Bros., he stated that the film had to be British, and had to be true to the characters.<ref name="SragowSalon2000" /> Kloves was nervous when he first met Rowling as he did not want her to think he was going to "[destroy] her baby".<ref name="JensenEW2001p2" /> Rowling admitted that she "was really ready to hate this Steve Kloves," but recalled her initial meeting with him: "The first time I met him, he said to me, 'You know who my favourite character is?' And I thought, You're gonna say Ron. I know you're gonna say Ron. But he said 'Hermione.' And I just kind of melted".<ref name="JensenEW2001p2" /> Rowling received a large amount of creative control, an arrangement that Columbus did not mind.

Warner Bros. had initially planned to release the film over 4 July 2001 weekend, making for such a short production window that several proposed directors pulled themselves out of the running. Due to time constraints, the date was put back to 16 November 2001.<ref name="LinderIGNMay2000" />

===Casting===
Rowling insisted that the cast be kept British.<ref name="GuardianReview" /> Susie Figgis was appointed as casting director, working with both Columbus and Rowling in auditioning the lead roles of Harry, Ron and Hermione.<ref name="LinderIGNMar2000" /> Open casting calls were held for the main three roles,<ref name="LinderIGNMay2000-2" /> with only British children being considered.<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000-2" /> The principal auditions took place in three parts, with those auditioning having to read a page from the novel, then to improvise a scene of the students' arrival at Hogwarts, and finally to read several pages from the script in front of Columbus.<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000-2" /> Scenes from Columbus' script for ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1985) were also used in auditions.<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000-3" /> On 11 July 2000, Figgis left the production, complaining that Columbus did not consider any of the thousands of children they had auditioned "worthy".<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000-3" /> She ended up quitting over disagreements with Columbus over who should play the titular character, as Columbus wanted to cast Americans for Harry and the other roles, with rumors that Columbus was thinking on casting Joel Osment or [[Jake Lloyd]] from ''[[Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999) to play Harry.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldbart |first=Max |title=Inside HBO's 'Harry Potter' Sorting Hat: Casting Directors Narrow Search Down For Harry, Hermione & Ron |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/harry-potter-casting-harry-ron-hermione-deep-dive-1236201593/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=16 December 2024 |access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>

By August 2000, [[Alan Rickman]] and [[Richard Harris]] were in final talks to play [[Severus Snape]] and [[Albus Dumbledore]], respectively,<ref name="SDavisTelegraph2000" /> and were confirmed later that month. [[Tim Roth]] was the original choice for Snape, but he turned it down for ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001).<ref name="AdlerMTV2007" /><ref name="SussmanCNN2000p2" /> [[Sean Connery]] and [[Christopher Lee]] were offered the role of Dumbledore, but both declined. Lee turned it down for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20021031119661/peterotoole/ | title=Peter O'toole Tipped to Take over Old Chum's Harry Potter | date=30 October 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/sean-connery-roles-characters-turned-down/ | title=Every Major Role Sean Connery Turned Down | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=5 November 2020 }}</ref> [[Patrick McGoohan]] was also offered the role, which he declined citing health reasons.<ref name="McGoohanBBC" />

On 14 August 2000, Rowling's favourites [[Maggie Smith]] and [[Robbie Coltrane]] were cast as [[Minerva McGonagall]] and [[Rubeus Hagrid]]. According to Figgis, [[Robin Williams]] was interested in playing the role of Hagrid, but was turned down for the role because of the "strictly British and Irish actors only" rule which Columbus was determined to maintain.<ref name="BradleyHuffPost2016" /><ref name="Guardian2001" /><ref name="DaviesTelegraph2000" />

On 21 August 2000, [[Daniel Radcliffe]] and newcomers [[Rupert Grint]] and [[Emma Watson]] were selected to play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively.<ref name="Warner2000Casting" /><ref name=RadcliffeCast>{{cite web |title=At last, Harry Potter and friends step out of the shadows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/aug/21/harrypotter.news |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 December 2024 |date=21 August 2000}}</ref> According to Columbus, Harry was the hardest role to cast.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/harry-potter-oral-history-b1956082.html | title='If you recast me, I'll f***ing kill you': An oral history of Harry Potter at 20 | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=18 November 2021 }}</ref> Hundreds of young stars auditioned for Harry, including [[Liam Aiken]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=Bill |title=The Hilarious Reason Daniel Radcliffe Was Cast As Harry Potter |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-real-reason-daniel-radcliffe-was-cast-as-harry-potter_n_585b7664e4b0d9a594572683 |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=29 December 2024 |date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> [[Jamie Campbell Bower]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jamie-campbell-bower | title=The Rise of Jamie Campbell Bower | date=20 August 2013 }}</ref>(who was later cast as a young [[Gellert Grindelwald]] in the seventh film), [[Tom Felton]] (who also auditioned for Ron, and was later cast as [[Draco Malfoy]]),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibsone |first1=Harriet |title=Tom Felton looks back: 'I had a nice car, a house in LA. You're told they make you happy – they don't' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/nov/19/tom-felton-harry-potter-draco-malfoy-looks-back |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 December 2024 |date=November 19, 2022}}</ref> [[Nicholas Hoult]],<ref>{{cite web |title=About A Boy star could have been Harry Potter |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30052036.html |website=[[Irish Examiner]] |access-date=2 November 2024 |date=May 28, 2002}}</ref> [[William Moseley (actor)|William Moseley]],<ref name="CarrollMTV2008" /> and [[Jack Whitehall]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/jack-whitehall-interview-jungle-cruise-harry-potter-audition/ | title=Jack Whitehall on 'Jungle Cruise' and How He Messed up His Audition for 'Harry Potter' as a Child | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=31 July 2021 }}</ref> Aiken was reported as being a frontrunner for the role, having worked with Columbus on the film ''[[Stepmom (1998 film)|Stepmom]]'' (1998). However, Rowling was firm on her British actors only rule, and even called Columbus to confirm that Aiken would not be cast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rumours raging over American Harry Potter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/20/harrypotter.news |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 December 2024 |date=July 20, 2000}}</ref> [[Gabriel Thomson]] was also initially reported as having been given the role, though this would be proven untrue upon the casting of Radcliffe.<ref name=RadcliffeCast/>

Hatty Jones, who starred in the title role in ''[[Madeline (1998 film)|Madeline]]'' (1998), was considered for the role of Hermione Granger and had auditioned alongside Watson; she was later deemed outgrown.<ref>{{cite web |title=This Little-Known Actress Very Nearly Played Hermione Granger Instead Of Emma Watson |date=22 July 2019 |url=https://www.ohmymag.co.uk/entertainment/celebrities/this-little-known-actress-very-nearly-played-hermione-granger-instead-of-emma-watson_art4712.html}}</ref> [[Katy B]] also auditioned for Hermione,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/29/katy-b |title=Katy B: One step beyond |work=The Guardian |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref> with [[Thomas Brodie-Sangster]] auditioning for the role of Ron.<ref name="BrodieSangsterGuardian" />

In November 2000, [[Julie Walters]] and [[John Cleese]] joined the cast as Molly Weasley and Nearly-Headless Nick, respectively.<ref name="BBCNov2000" /><ref name="deGraafTrouw2000" /> [[Rosie O'Donnell]] met with Columbus to express her interest in playing the role of Molly, but was, like Williams and Aiken, turned away over the British actors only rule.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Linder |first1=Brian |title='Rosie' in Harry Potter? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/19/rosie-in-harry-potter |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=10 January 2025 |date=April 19, 2000}}</ref> [[David Thewlis]] auditioned for [[Quirinus Quirrell]]; he would later be cast as [[Remus Lupin]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (2004).<ref name="MorrisMH2004" /> Rowling herself was considered for [[Lily Evans]]; Harry's mother, but she turned down the role so [[Geraldine Somerville]] was cast.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tyler |first1=Adrienne |title=Harry Potter: The Character J. K. Rowling Almost Played Herself |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-mother-lily-jk-rowling-character/ |work=ScreenRant |date=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=11 |title=Section: Rumours |website=jkrowling.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514103618/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=11 |archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref>

===Filming===
[[File:Alnwick Castle - Northumberland - 140804.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|[[Alnwick Castle]] in [[Northumberland]] was used as a principal filming location for Hogwarts.|alt=A large castle, with a ditch and trees in front of it.]]
Two British film industry officials requested that the film be shot in the United Kingdom, offering their assistance in securing filming locations, the use of [[Leavesden Film Studios]], as well as changing the UK's child labour laws (adding a small number of working hours per week and making the timing of on-set classes more flexible).<ref name="JensenEW2001p3" /> Warner Bros. accepted their proposal.

[[Principal photography]] began on 29 September 2000 at Leavesden Film Studios.<ref name="TCMNotes" /> Filming at the [[North Yorkshire]]'s [[Goathland railway station]] took place on 2 October 2000.<ref name="LinderIGNOct2000" /> [[Canterbury Cathedral]] and Scotland's Inverailort Castle were both touted as possible locations for Hogwarts; Canterbury rejected Warner Bros. proposal due to concerns about the film's "pagan" theme.<ref name="LinderIGNJun2000-2" /><ref name="AICN2000" /> [[Alnwick Castle]] and [[Gloucester Cathedral]] were eventually selected as the principal locations for Hogwarts,<ref name="JensenEW2001p5" /> with some scenes also being filmed at [[Harrow School]].<ref name="LinderIGNSep2000" /> Other Hogwarts scenes were filmed in [[Durham Cathedral]] over a two-week period;<ref name="LinderIGNSep2000-2" /> these included shots of the corridors and some classroom scenes.<ref name="LinderIGNOct2000-2" /> [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]'s [[Divinity School, Oxford|Divinity School]] served as the Hogwarts Hospital Wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library, part of the [[Bodleian Library|Bodleian]], was used as the Hogwarts Library.<ref name="LinderIGNOct2000-3" />

Filming for Privet Drive took place on Picket Post Close in [[Bracknell]], Berkshire.<ref name="LinderIGNSep2000-2" /> Filming in the street took two days instead of the planned single day, so payments to the street's residents were correspondingly increased.<ref name="LinderIGNSep2000-2" /> For all the subsequent film's scenes set in Privet Drive, filming took place on a constructed set in Leavesden Film Studios, which proved to be cheaper than filming on location.<ref name="BehindTheMagic" /> London's [[High Commission of Australia, London|Australia House]] was selected as the location for [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]],<ref name="JensenEW2001p5" /> while [[Christ Church, Oxford]], was the location for the Hogwarts trophy room.<ref name="LinderIGNNov2000" /> [[London Zoo]]'s Reptile House was used as the location for the scene in which Harry accidentally sets a snake on Dudley,<ref name="LinderIGNNov2000" /> with [[King's Cross Station]] also being used as the book specifies.<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001" /> Filming concluded on 23 March 2001, with final work being done in July 2001.<ref name="SchmitzYahoo" /><ref name="WBStudioTour" /><ref name="TCMNotes" />

[[File:london-building-leaky-cauldron-2007-07-16.jpg|thumb|left|The store in London used as the exterior of The Leaky Cauldron.|alt=A building painted blue, with a sign reading "The Glass House". An advertisement on glasses is affixed on the door.]]
Because the American title was different, all scenes that mention the philosopher's stone by name had to be shot twice, once with the actors saying "philosopher's" and once with "sorcerer's".<ref name="SchmitzYahoo" /> The children filmed for four hours and then did three hours of schoolwork. They developed a liking for fake facial injuries from the makeup staff. Radcliffe was initially meant to wear green contact lenses as his eyes are blue, and not green like Harry's, but the lenses gave Radcliffe extreme irritation. Upon consultation with Rowling, it was agreed that Harry could have blue eyes.<ref name="ConversationJK&Radcliffe" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carnevale |first=Rob |title=BBC - Movies - interview - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/11/03/harry_potter_the_goblet_of_fire_2005_interview.shtml |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Radcliffe said that the first time he put on the glasses it set off his allergies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a350005/daniel-radcliffe-i-was-allergic-to-harry-potters-glasses-video/ |title=Daniel Radcliffe: 'I was allergic to Harry Potter's glasses' - video |work=Digital Spy |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=10 November 2011 |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref>

Columbus said the film had a lot of cuts and was filmed with multiple cameras because he had trouble getting the young cast to "stop smiling" into the camera.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bahr |first=Sarah |date=2021-11-11 |title='Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' at 20: The Film That Started It All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/movies/harry-potter-sorcerers-stone-anniversary.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2021-11-04 |title='Harry Potter' Turns 20: Director Chris Columbus on Working With Young Daniel Radcliffe and Why He Wants to Adapt 'The Cursed Child' |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/features/harry-potter-20th-anniversary-daniel-radcliffe-1235103173/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

The steam engine used in the film as the Hogwarts Express was [[GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall|GWR 4900 Class 5972 ''Olton Hall'']], but it was originally not the first locomotive to be selected as the Hogwarts Express. To promote the books, the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] locomotive [[SR West Country class 21C127 Taw Valley|34027 ''Taw Valley'']] was repainted and renamed temporarily, but was rejected by director Chris Columbus as looking 'too modern' for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steamtrain.info/harry.htm|title=Harry Potter Express|publisher=steamtrain.info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813211628/http://www.steamtrain.info/harry.htm|archive-date=13 August 2008|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2023/02/27/severn-valley-railways-purple-royal-loco-gets-a-makeover-as-its-painted-into-new-colour/ |title=Severn Valley Railway's purple 'royal' loco gets a makeover as it's painted into new colour |work=Shropshire Star |last=Stubbings |first=David |date=27 February 2023 |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref>

===Design and special effects===
[[Judianna Makovsky]] served as the costume designer. She re-designed the Quidditch robes, having initially planned to use those shown on the cover of the American book, but deemed them "a mess". Instead, she dressed the Quidditch players in "preppie sweaters, 19th-century fencing breeches and arm guards".<ref name="CagleTime2001" /> Production designer [[Stuart Craig]] built the sets at Leavesden Studios, including Hogwarts Great Hall, basing it on many English cathedrals. Although originally asked to use an existing old street to film the [[Diagon Alley]] scenes, Craig decided to build his own set, comprising [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]], [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] and [[Queen Anne Style architecture|Queen Anne]] architecture.<ref name="CagleTime2001" />

Columbus originally planned to use both animatronics and CGI animation to create the magical creatures, including Fluffy.<ref name="LinderIGNMar2000" /> Nick Dudman, who worked on ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'', was given the task of creating the needed prosthetics, with [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] providing creature effects.<ref name="LinderIGNJan2001" /> John Coppinger stated that the magical creatures that needed to be created had to be designed multiple times.<ref name="LinderIGNJan2001-2" /> The film features nearly 600 special effects shots, involving numerous companies. [[Industrial Light & Magic]] created Lord Voldemort's face on the back of Quirrell, [[Rhythm & Hues]] animated [[Norbert (Harry Potter)|Norbert]] (Hagrid's baby dragon); and [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]] produced the [[Quidditch]] scenes.<ref name="JensenEW2001p6" />

===Music===
[[File:John Williams tux.jpg|thumb|upright|right|John Williams composed the film's score.]]
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[[James Horner]] was initially sought to compose the score, but declined the opportunity.<ref name="Horner" /> Having previously collaborated with Columbus on the ''[[Home Alone]]'' films and ''Stepmom'', [[John Williams]] was selected to compose the score in August 2000.<ref name="OliverIGN2000" /> Williams composed the score at his homes in Los Angeles and [[Tanglewood]] before recording it in London in September 2001. One of the main themes is entitled "[[Hedwig's Theme]]"; Williams retained it for his finished score as "everyone seemed to like it," and it became a recurring theme throughout the series.<ref name="LinderIGNJul2001" />

==Differences from the book==
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<!-- This information is sourced, please DO NOT add any other changes to this without having a reliable source to back it up. Thank you. -->Columbus repeatedly checked with Rowling to make sure he was getting minor details correct.<ref name="LinderIGNJan2001" /> Kloves described the film as being "really faithful" to the book. He added dialogue, of which Rowling approved. One of the lines originally included had to be removed after Rowling told him that it would directly contradict an event in the then-unreleased fifth ''Harry Potter'' novel ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''.<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001-2" />

Several minor characters were removed from the film version, most prominently [[Peeves]] the poltergeist. [[Rik Mayall]] was cast, but his scenes were cut and never released. The book's first chapter, told from the viewpoint of Vernon and Petunia Dursley, is absent from the film. Harry and Draco's first encounter in [[Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions|Madam Malkin's robe shop]] and the midnight duel are not in the film. In the film, the responsibility of taking [[Rubeus Hagrid#Norbert|Norbert]] away is given to Dumbledore, while in the book, Harry and Hermione have to bring him by hand to [[Charlie Weasley]]'s friends.<ref name="DaddsDigitalSpy" /> This necessitated a change in the detention plotline: in the book, Filch catches Harry and Hermione leaving the Astronomy Tower and puts them in detention with Neville and Malfoy, while in the film, all three protagonists receive detention after Malfoy finds them in Hagrid's hut after hours.<ref name="DaddsDigitalSpy" /> According to Kloves, this was "the one part of the book that [Rowling] felt easily could be changed".<ref name="CagleTime2001" /> The [[Quidditch]] pitch is altered from a traditional stadium to an open field circled by spectator towers.<ref name="CagleTime2001" />

The book's timeline is not enforced in the film. In the book, Harry's eleventh birthday is in 1991.<ref name="TimelineSR" /> On the film set for [[4 Privet Drive]], Dudley's certificates from primary school bear the year 2001.<ref name="HarveyCosmo" />

==Distribution==
===Marketing===
The first teaser poster of the film was released on 1 December 2000.<ref name="LinderIGNDec2000" /> The first teaser trailer was released via satellite on 2 March 2001 and debuted in cinemas with the release of ''[[See Spot Run]]''.<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001-3" /> A [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PlayStation video game)|video game]] based on the film was released on 15 November 2001 by [[Electronic Arts]] for several consoles.<ref name="LinderIGNJul2001" /> A [[Port (video game)|port]] for the game, for the [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], was released in 2003.<ref name="ThorsenGameSpot" /> [[Mattel]] won the rights to produce toys based on the film, to be sold exclusively through Warner Bros. stores.<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2000-2" /> [[Hasbro]] also produced products, including confectionery products based on those from the series.<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2000-3" /> Warner Bros. signed a deal worth US$150{{nbsp}}million with [[Coca-Cola]] to promote the film,<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001" /> although some pegged the deal at $40 million-$50 million worldwide for the movie.<ref name="HiveNewsCokeDeal" /> [[Lego]] produced a [[Lego Harry Potter|series]] of sets based on buildings and scenes from the film, as well as a [[Lego Creator: Harry Potter|''Lego Creator'' video game]].<ref name="LinderIGNJun2001" />

===Theatrical release===
''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' had its [[world premiere]] at the [[Odeon Leicester Square]] in [[London]] on 4 November 2001, with the cinema arranged to resemble Hogwarts School.<ref name="PremiereBBC" />

The film had previews in the United Kingdom on 1,137 screens at 491 theatres on 10 and 11 November 2001.<ref name="UKPreviewsVariety" /> It officially opened on 16 November 2001 on 1,168 screens at 507 theatres in the United Kingdom and Ireland; in 3,672 theatres in the United States and Canada. It was the [[wide release|widest release]] at the time in the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="UKReleaseVariety" /><ref name="USReleaseNYTimes" />

===Home media===
''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' was first released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] on 11 May 2002 in the United Kingdom<ref name="HiveMediaDVDUK" /> and 28 May 2002 in the United States.<ref name="HiveMediaDVDUS" /> 
Between May and June 2002, the film sold 10{{nbsp}}million copies, almost 60% of which were DVD sales.<ref name="DVDSales" /> It would go on to make $19.1 million in rentals, surpassing ''[[The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)|The Fast and the Furious]]'' for having the largest DVD rentals.<ref name="RentalsF&F" /> This record was surpassed by ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' in January 2003.<ref name="RentalsBourne" />

In December 2009, a 4-disc "Ultimate Edition" was released, with seven minutes of deleted scenes added back in, the feature-length special ''Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 1: The Magic Begins'', and a 48-page hardcover booklet.<ref name="UltimateEditionHDD" /> The extended version has a running time of about 159 minutes, which had previously been shown during certain television airings.<ref name="MurrayAbout" /> The film was re-released on DVD as part of the 8-disc ''Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection'' in November 2011,<ref name="HomeRelease2011" /> and on [[Blu-ray]] as part of the 31-disc ''Hogwarts Collection'' in April 2014.<ref name="HomeRelease2014" /> It was released on [[UHD Blu-ray]] as part of the 16-disc ''Harry Potter: 8-Film Collection'' in November 2017.<ref name="Collection4K" />

==Reception==
===Box office===
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' grossed a record single day gross of £3.6{{nbsp}}million during the first day of previews, beating ''[[Toy Story 2]]''{{'}}s record. It grossed a record £3.1{{nbsp}}million for a Sunday, bringing its total to £6.7{{nbsp}}million from the previews.<ref name="UKPreviewsVariety" /><ref name="ukbo">{{Cite web |title=UK weekend box office reports: 2001 |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-box-office-report-2001.xls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121041911/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-box-office-report-2001.xls |archive-date=21 January 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021 |website=[[British Film Institute]] |format=xls}}</ref> It broke the record for the highest-opening weekend ever, both including and excluding previews, making £16.3{{nbsp}}million with and £9.6{{nbsp}}million without previews ($13.8 million), setting a further record single day gross on the Saturday with £3.99{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="RecordsBBC" /><ref name="ukopenmag">{{Cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |date=26 November 2001 |title='Potter' flies; Teutons prefer 'Blonde' |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=10}}</ref><ref name=ukbo/> It set another Sunday record with a gross of £3.6{{nbsp}}million.<ref name=ukopenmag/> It had a record second weekend of £8.4 million.<ref name=soph/><ref name=ukbo/> It remained at [[List of 2001 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|number one in the UK]] for five weeks.<ref name=ukbo/> The film went on to make £66.1{{nbsp}}million in the UK alone, making it the country's second-highest-grossing film of all-time (after ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''), until it was surpassed by ''[[Mamma Mia! (film)|Mamma Mia!]]''.<ref name="MammaMiaTelegraph" />

In the United States and Canada, it made $32.3{{nbsp}}million on its opening day, breaking the single-day record previously held by ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2001/11/18/potter-of-gold-a-31m-opening/|title=POTTER OF GOLD: A $31M OPENING|date=18 November 2001|access-date=17 April 2022|archive-date=6 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306234028/https://nypost.com/2001/11/18/potter-of-gold-a-31m-opening/|url-status=live}}</ref> On the second day of release, the film's gross increased to $33.5{{nbsp}}million, breaking the record for biggest single day again. It made $90.3{{nbsp}}million during its first weekend, breaking the record for highest-opening weekend of all time that was previously held by ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' (1997).<ref name="RecordsHollywood" /> It held the record until the following May when ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002) made $114.8{{nbsp}}million in its opening weekend.<ref name="SpiderManBOM" /> Plus, the film broke ''[[Batman Forever]]''{{'}}s record for having the largest opening weekend for a [[Warner Bros.]] film.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyman |first=Rick |title=Harry Potter and the Box Office of Gold; Film Based on Popular Book Sets Record With $93.5 Million Opening Weekend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/harry-potter-box-office-gold-film-based-popular-book-sets-record-with-93.5.html |access-date=May 28, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 19, 2001 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226031942/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/harry-potter-box-office-gold-film-based-popular-book-sets-record-with-93.5.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It would hold this record for two years until it was surpassed by ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-19-et-horn19-story.html|title='Matrix' sequel is big but no match for 'Spider-Man'|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=19 May 2003|access-date=17 April 2022|archive-date=6 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406152204/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-19-et-horn19-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, it shattered other opening records, surpassing ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' for having the biggest November opening weekend, ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' for having the largest non-holiday opening weekend, the highest Friday gross and the biggest opening weekend of the year, ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' for scoring the highest Saturday gross, ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' (1992) for having the highest opening weekend for a [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] film and ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' (2000) for having the largest number of screenings, playing at 3,672 theaters.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Weekend Box Office: Potter Smashes Records|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/20/weekend-box-office-potter-smashes-records|publisher=IGN|access-date=April 17, 2022|date=November 20, 2001|archive-date=17 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417165358/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/20/weekend-box-office-potter-smashes-records|url-status=live}}</ref> In just five days, it became the fastest film to approach the $100{{nbsp}}million mark.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102160352/spider-man-spins-magical-web-on/ |title='Spider-Man' spins magical web on weekend moviegoers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523194913/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102160352/spider-man-spins-magical-web-on/ |newspaper=[[Hattiesburg American]] |page=6 |date=May 6, 2002 |access-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film grossed $2.3 million in its first two days in Taiwan,<ref name="UKReleaseVariety" /> giving it a worldwide opening weekend total of $107 million. The film held onto the [[List of 2001 box office number-one films in the United States|number 1 spot at the US box office]] for three consecutive weekends before getting overtaken by ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108551843/oceans-eleven-rolls-winning-numbers/ |title='Ocean's Eleven' rolls winning numbers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830170619/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108551843/oceans-eleven-rolls-winning-numbers/ |date=December 12, 2001 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |page=E10 |publisher=[[The News & Observer]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="ThanksgivingBOM" /><ref name="NovDecBOM" /> The film also had the highest-grossing 5-day (Wednesday-Sunday) Thanksgiving weekend record of $82.4{{nbsp}}million, holding the title for twelve years until both ''[[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire]]'' (2013) and ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' (2013) surpassed it with $110.1{{nbsp}}million and $94{{nbsp}}million respectively.<ref name="CatchingFireFrozenBOM" /> By Christmas, it went on to become the highest-grossing film of the year, dethroning ''[[Shrek]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108646159/lord-of-the-rings-rules-holiday/ |title='Lord of the Rings' rules holiday weekend |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918211821/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108646159/lord-of-the-rings-rules-holiday/ |newspaper=[[News-Journal]] |page=2 |date=December 27, 2001 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 18, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Similar results were achieved across the world. A week after opening in the United States, the film added 15 additional markets and set an opening week record in Germany, grossing $18.7 million. It also set opening records in Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and German-speaking Switzerland.<ref name="soph">{{Cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |date=3 December 2001 |title=O'seas B.O. rises to wizard's wand |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=15}}</ref> In the following weekend, after expanding to 31 countries, the film set a record overseas weekend gross of $60.9 million, including record openings in Australia, Greece, Israel, Japan ($12.5 million), New Zealand and Spain.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |date=9 December 2001 |title=O'seas spellbound for 'Harry' |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/o-seas-spellbound-for-harry-1117856944/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511132958/https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/o-seas-spellbound-for-harry-1117856944/ |archive-date=11 May 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> It set another overseas weekend record with $62.3 million from 37 countries the following weekend, including record openings in France, Italy and French-speaking Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |date=16 December 2001 |title='Harry' conjures B.O. gold; 'Rings' set to shine |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/harry-conjures-b-o-gold-rings-set-to-shine-1117857349/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512084633/https://variety.com/2001/film/box-office/harry-conjures-b-o-gold-rings-set-to-shine-1117857349/ |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> The international opening weekend record would be held until it was given to ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002) a year later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2071200772/|title='Attack of the Clones' Conquers the World with $179 Million Opening|first=Brandon|last=Gray|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 16, 2022|archive-date=May 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516172536/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2071200772/|url-status=live}}</ref> During its theatrical run, the film earned $974{{nbsp}}million at the worldwide box office, $317{{nbsp}}million of that in the US and $657{{nbsp}}million elsewhere,<ref name="BOM" /> which made it the second-highest-grossing film in history at the time,<ref name="2ndHighestBBC" /> as well as the year's highest-grossing film.<ref name="2001WorlwideBOM" /> In addition, it surpassed ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'' (1996) to become the highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Twister': The Circumstances Of Its Blockbuster Success May Be Impossible To Replicate |website=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/06/25/twister-is-getting-rebooted-because-now-every-hit-movie-is-a-franchise/?sh=3bb11fd32470 |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227180341/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/06/25/twister-is-getting-rebooted-because-now-every-hit-movie-is-a-franchise/?sh=3bb11fd32470 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the second-highest-grossing ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' film after ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]''.<ref name="FranchiseBOM" /> [[Box Office Mojo]] estimates that the film sold over 55.9{{nbsp}}million tickets in the US and Canada.<ref name="TicketsUSBOM" />

In August 2020, ''The Philosopher's Stone'' was re-released in several countries, including a [[4K resolution|4K]] 3D restoration in China,<ref name="ChinaRereleaseDeadline" /> where it earned $26.4{{nbsp}}million, for a global $1.026{{nbsp}}billion, making it the second film in the series to surpass the billion-dollar mark, after ''Deathly Hallows – Part 2''.<ref name="BOM" />

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' adapts its source material faithfully while condensing the novel's overstuffed narrative into an involving – and often downright exciting – big-screen magical caper."<ref name="RottenTomatoes" /> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic" /> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore" />

[[Roger Ebert]] called ''Philosopher's Stone'' "a classic," giving the film four out of four stars, and particularly praising the Quidditch scenes' visual effects.<ref name="EbertReview" /> Praise was echoed by both ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' and ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' reviewers, with Alan Morrison of the latter naming it the film's "stand-out sequence".<ref name="TelegraphReview" /><ref name="EmpireReview" /> Brian Linder of ''[[IGN]]'' also gave the film a positive review, but concluded that it "isn't perfect, but for me it's a nice supplement to a book series that I love".<ref name="LinderIGNReview" /> Although criticising the final half-hour, Jeanne Aufmuth of ''[[Palo Alto Online]]'' stated that the film would "enchant even the most cynical of moviegoers."<ref name="PaloAltoReview" /> ''[[USA Today]]'' reviewer Claudia Puig gave the film three out of four stars, especially praising the set design and [[Robbie Coltrane]]'s portrayal of Hagrid, but criticised [[John Williams]]' music, stating the "overly insistent score lacks subtlety and bludgeons us with crescendos", and concluded that "ultimately many of the book's readers may wish for a more magical incarnation."<ref name="USATodayReview" />

The sets, design, cinematography, effects and principal cast were all given praise from Kirk Honeycutt of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', although he deemed John Williams' score "a great clanging, banging music box that simply will not shut up."<ref name="THRReview" /> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' compared the film positively with ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and put "The script is faithful, the actors are just right, the sets, costumes, makeup and effects match and sometimes exceed anything one could imagine."<ref name="VarietyReview" /> [[Jonathan Foreman (journalist)|Jonathan Foreman]] of the ''[[New York Post]]'' recalled that the film was "remarkably faithful," to its literary counterpart as well as a "consistently entertaining if overlong adaptation."<ref name="NYPostReview" />

[[Richard Corliss]], of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, considered the film a "by the numbers adaptation," criticising the pace and the "charisma-free" lead actors.<ref name="TimeReview" /> [[CNN]]'s Paul Tatara found that Columbus and Kloves "are so careful to avoid offending anyone by excising a passage from the book, the so-called narrative is more like a jamboree inside Rowling's head."<ref name="CNNReview" /> Ed Gonzalez of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' wished that the film had been directed by [[Tim Burton]], finding the cinematography "bland and muggy," and the majority of the film a "solidly dull celebration of dribbling goo."<ref name="SlantReview" /> [[Elvis Mitchell]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was highly negative about the film, saying "[the film] is like a theme park that's a few years past its prime; the rides clatter and groan with metal fatigue every time they take a curve." He also said it suffered from "a lack of imagination" and wooden characters, adding, "The Sorting Hat has more personality than anything else in the movie."<ref name="NYTimesReview" />

===Accolades===
''Philosopher's Stone'' received three [[Academy Award]] nominations: [[Best Art Direction]], [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]], and [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] for John Williams.<ref name="Oscars" /> The film was also nominated for seven [[BAFTA Awards]]: [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]] for [[Robbie Coltrane]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Makeup and Hair]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]], and [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]].<ref name="BAFTA" /> It won a [[Saturn Award]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume]], and was nominated for eight more awards.<ref name="SaturnAwards" /> It won other awards from the [[Casting Society of America]] and the [[Costume Designers Guild]].<ref name="Artios" /><ref name="CDGAwards" /> It was nominated for the [[American Film Institute|AFI Film Award]] for its special effects,<ref name="AFIAwards" /> and the [[Art Directors Guild|Art Directors Guild Award]] for its production design.<ref name="ADGAwards" /> It received the [[7th Critics' Choice Awards|Broadcast Film Critics Award]] for [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film|Best Family Film]], and was nominated for [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Child Performance]] (for Daniel Radcliffe) and [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score|Best Composer]].<ref name="BFCAAwards" /> In 2005, the [[American Film Institute]] nominated the film for [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]].<ref name="AFI100Scores" />

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! scope="col" style="width:22%;"| Award
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! scope="col"| Category
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! scope="col"| Result
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[74th Academy Awards|24 March 2002]]
| [[Best Art Direction]]
| [[Stuart Craig]], [[Stephenie McMillan]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Oscars" />
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Judianna Makovsky]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[John Williams]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Amanda Award]]s
| 18 August 2002
| Best Foreign Feature Film
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AmandaAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[American Film Institute Awards]]
| [[American Film Institute Awards 2001|5 January 2002]]
| Best Digital Effects Artist
| [[Robert Legato]], [[Nick Davis (visual effects supervisor)|Nick Davis]], [[Roger Guyett]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AFIAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[ADG Excellence in Production Design Award]]
| 24 February 2002
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period or Fantasy Film
| [[Stuart Craig]], John King, Neil Lamont, Andrew Ackland-Snow, Peter Francis, Michael Lamont, Simon Lamont, Steve Lawrence, Lucinda Thomson, Stephen Morahan, Dominic Masters, Gary Tomkins
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ADGAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="7"| [[55th British Academy Film Awards|24 February 2002]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="BAFTA" />
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Robbie Coltrane]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Judianna Makovsky]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| [[Stuart Craig]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Makeup and Hair]]
| [[Nick Dudman]], Eithne Fennel, [[Amanda Knight]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| Graham Daniel, Adam Daniel, Ray Merrin, John Midgley, Eddy Joseph
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Jim Berney
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award]]
| rowspan="3"| [[7th Critics' Choice Awards|11 January 2002]]
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film|Best Family Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="BFCAAwards" />
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Child Performance]]
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score|Best Composer]]
| [[John Williams]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards]]
| 15 May 2002
| BMI Film Music Award
| [[John Williams]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BMIAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Casting Society of America]]
| 17 October 2002
| Feature Film Casting – Comedy
| Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Artios" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Costume Designers Guild|Costume Designers Guild Award]]
| [[4th Costume Designers Guild Awards|March 16, 2002]]
| [[Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film|Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film]]
| [[Judianna Makovsky]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="CDGAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[American Cinema Editors]]
| 24 February 2002
| [[Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic]]
| [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="EddieAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Empire Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[7th Empire Awards|5 February 2002]]
| [[Empire Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="EmpireAwards" />
|-
| [[Empire Award for Best Newcomer|Best Debut]]
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]], [[Rupert Grint]], and [[Emma Watson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
| 2 March 2002
| Technical Achievement Award
| [[Stuart Craig]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="EveningStandardAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Awards]]
| 23 March 2002
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film]]
| [[Eddy Joseph]], Martin Cantwell, Nick Lowe, Colin Ritchie, Peter Holt
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GoldenReel" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Grammy Awards]]
| rowspan="2"|[[45th Annual Grammy Awards|23 February 2003]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]]
| [[John Williams]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammys" />
|-
| [[Best Instrumental Composition]]
| John Williams {{small|(for "Hedwig's Theme")}}
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Hugo Awards]]
| 29 August–2 September 2002
| [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="HugoAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| [[25th Japan Academy Film Prize|8 March 2002]]
| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="JapanAFPrize" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
| [[2002 Kids' Choice Awards|20 April 2002]]
| [[Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie|Favorite Movie]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="KidsChoice" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[MTV Movie Awards]]
| [[2002 MTV Movie Awards|1 June 2002]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Breakthrough Male Performance]]
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MTVAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[13th Producers Guild of America Awards|3 March 2002]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures]]
| [[David Heyman]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="PGAAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| [[Satellite Awards]]
| rowspan="5"| [[6th Golden Satellite Awards|19 January 2002]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature|Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="SatelliteAwards" />
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[Stuart Craig]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| [[Robert Legato]], [[Nick Davis (visual effects supervisor)|Nick Davis]], [[Roger Guyett]], [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Outstanding New Talent|Outstanding New Talent]]
| [[Rupert Grint]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="SatelliteNewTalent" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| [[Saturn Awards]]
| rowspan="9"| [[28th Saturn Awards|10 June 2002]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="SaturnAwards" />
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Robbie Coltrane]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Supporting Actress]]
| [[Maggie Smith]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]]
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Emma Watson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume]]
| [[Judianna Makovsky]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Make-Up|Best Make-up]]
| [[Nick Dudman]], [[Mark Coulier]], John Lambert
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
| [[Robert Legato]], [[Nick Davis (visual effects supervisor)|Nick Davis]], [[Roger Guyett]], [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| {{N/A|[[2001 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|2002]]}}
| Most Intrusive Musical Score
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Stinkers" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Teen Choice Awards]]
| [[2002 Teen Choice Awards|19 August 2002]]
| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Drama|Choice Movie – Drama/Action Adventure]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="TeenChoice" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| [[Young Artist Award]]s
| rowspan="5"| [[23rd Young Artist Awards|7 April 2002]]
| Best Family Feature Film – Drama
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="YoungArtist" />
|-
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress
| [[Emma Watson]] {{small|(tied with [[Scarlett Johansson]])}}
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor
| [[Tom Felton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Ensemble in a Feature Film
| ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Most Promising Young Newcomer
| [[Rupert Grint]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
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<ref name="Guardian2001">{{Cite news |date=15 November 2001 |title=Robin Williams turned down for Potter |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/15/news2 |url-status=live |access-date=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106045440/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/15/news2 |archive-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="GriphookPeople">{{Cite web |last=Cho |first=Diane J. |date=14 January 2022 |title=Remembering the ''Harry Potter'' Actors We've Lost Through the Years |url=https://people.com/movies/harry-potter-actors-who-died/?slide=b6f69235-8002-419e-b9ac-cdfa970783ab#b6f69235-8002-419e-b9ac-cdfa970783ab |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802014159/https://people.com/movies/harry-potter-actors-who-died/?slide=b6f69235-8002-419e-b9ac-cdfa970783ab%23b6f69235-8002-419e-b9ac-cdfa970783ab |archive-date=2 August 2022 |access-date=1 August 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="AdlerMTV2007">{{Cite news |last=Adler |first=Shawn |date=7 December 2007 |title=What Would "Potter" Have Been Like with Tim Roth as Snape? |work=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2429476/what-would-potter-have-been-like-with-tim-roth-as-snape/ |url-status=dead |access-date=15 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202162055/http://www.mtv.com/news/2429476/what-would-potter-have-been-like-with-tim-roth-as-snape/ |archive-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="BBCNov2000">{{Cite web |date=7 November 2000 |title=Walters joins Potter cast |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1011528.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030134440/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1011528.stm |archive-date=30 October 2019 |access-date=15 July 2020 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>¿

<ref name="WanamakerBBC">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2001 |title=Wanamaker 'insulted' by Potter pay |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1651552.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016212203/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1651552.stm |archive-date=16 October 2020 |access-date=1 August 2022 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="NYTimesReview">{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Elvis |author-link=Elvis Mitchell |date=16 November 2001 |title=Film Review; The Sorcerer's Apprentice |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/movies/film-review-the-sorcerer-s-apprentice.html |url-status=live |access-date=18 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029012339/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/16/movies/film-review-the-sorcerer-s-apprentice.html |archive-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="EbertReview">{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=16 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie review (2001) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209145912/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-2001 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>

<ref name="MurrayNine">{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Ashley |date=12 September 2016 |title=Exclusive! Harry Potter's Devon Murray opens up about life after Hogwarts: 'I've got a stud farm in Ireland' |url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/movies/fix120916-devon-murray-life-after-harry-potter-seamus-finnigan/bfc8ec9f-681c-413e-b09b-88724a7bb356 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811234716/https://celebrity.nine.com.au/movies/fix120916-devon-murray-life-after-harry-potter-seamus-finnigan/bfc8ec9f-681c-413e-b09b-88724a7bb356 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |access-date=11 August 2020 |website=[[Nine.com.au]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNReview">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=17 November 2001 |title=Brian Linder's Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/17/brian-linders-review-of-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414063551/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/17/brian-linders-review-of-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone |archive-date=14 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="RankinBBC">{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Martin |date=16 December 2002 |title="It is odd." - Life as Percy Weasley |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/films/weasley_rankin1.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501074618/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/films/weasley_rankin1.shtml |archive-date=1 May 2019 |access-date=18 August 2020 |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="WrightInsider">{{Cite web |last=Peppin |first=Hayley |date=3 April 2020 |title=Ginny Weasley actor Bonnie Wright said her friends found out about her kiss with Harry Potter before she did because they were further ahead in the books |url=https://www.insider.com/bonnie-wright-said-discovered-kiss-with-harry-potter-after-friends-2020-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200811234056/https://www.insider.com/bonnie-wright-said-discovered-kiss-with-harry-potter-after-friends-2020-4 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |access-date=11 August 2020 |website=[[Insider Inc.|Insider]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BiggerstaffBBC">{{Cite web |date=6 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter 'goes home' for première |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1641988.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129033238/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1641988.stm |archive-date=29 January 2020 |access-date=11 August 2020 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HerdmanWaylettNewsround">{{Cite web |date=24 October 2002 |title=Potter baddies: full interview |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2333000/2333789.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228021652/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2333000/2333789.stm |archive-date=28 February 2019 |access-date=20 August 2020 |website=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNNov2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=15 November 2000 |title=Potter Set News & Pics |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/15/potter-set-news-pics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155702/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/15/potter-set-news-pics |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="DeadmanRadioTimes">{{Cite web |last=Bley Griffiths |first=Eleanor |date=8 February 2017 |title=This Harry Potter character was completely recast – and no one noticed |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-08/this-harry-potter-character-was-completely-recast-and-no-one-noticed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530173855/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-08/this-harry-potter-character-was-completely-recast-and-no-one-noticed/ |archive-date=30 May 2018 |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref>

<ref name="SpriggsTelegraph">{{Cite web |date=3 July 2008 |title=Elizabeth Spriggs |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2242457/Elizabeth-Spriggs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805135612/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2242457/Elizabeth-Spriggs.html |archive-date=5 August 2008 |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="GuardianReview">{{Cite news |date=16 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/16/jkjoannekathleenrowling |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407105411/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/16/jkjoannekathleenrowling |archive-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="Hollywood2001">{{Cite news |date=5 September 2001 |title=Quote of the Day: Spielberg on not making Harry Potter |work=[[Hollywood.com]] |url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/quote-of-the-day-spielberg-on-not-making-harry-potter-57179290/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128210146/http://www.hollywood.com/general/quote-of-the-day-spielberg-on-not-making-harry-potter-57179290/ |archive-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNJun2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Bran |date=28 March 2000 |title=Chris Columbus to Direct Harry Potter |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/28/chris-columbus-to-direct-harry-potter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202070838/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/28/chris-columbus-to-direct-harry-potter |archive-date=2 December 2018 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNMay2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=17 May 2000 |title=Bewitched Warner Bros. Delays Potter |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/17/bewitched-warner-bros-delays-potter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224091958/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/17/bewitched-warner-bros-delays-potter |archive-date=24 December 2015 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="sharf">{{cite news |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Steven Spielberg Is 'Very Happy' He Rejected 'Harry Potter' Director Offer: 'I Sacrificed a Great Franchise to Be With Family' |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/steven-spielberg-harry-potter-director-offer-1235522333/ |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215205547/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/steven-spielberg-harry-potter-director-offer-1235522333/ |archive-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNMar2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=30 March 2000 |title=Chris Columbus Talks Potter |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/30/chris-columbus-talks-potter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205453/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/03/30/chris-columbus-talks-potter |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNMay2000-2">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=30 May 2000 |title=Attention All Muggles! |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/30/attention-all-muggles-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115030930/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/30/attention-all-muggles-2 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000-2">{{Cite news |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=11 July 2000 |title=Harry Potter Casting Frenzy |work=[[IGN]] |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/14/harry-potter-casting-frenzy |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003152308/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/14/harry-potter-casting-frenzy |archive-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNJul2000-3">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=11 July 2000 |title=Trouble Brewing with Potter Casting? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/11/trouble-brewing-with-potter-casting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208141809/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/11/trouble-brewing-with-potter-casting |archive-date=8 December 2019 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="SDavisTelegraph2000">{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Simon |date=11 August 2000 |title=Rickman and Harris lined up for Potter film |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1352305/Rickman-and-Harris-lined-up-for-Potter-film.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412191408/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1352305/Rickman-and-Harris-lined-up-for-Potter-film.html |archive-date=12 April 2019 |access-date=15 July 2020 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Warner2000Casting">{{Cite web |date=21 August 2000 |title=Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson Bring Harry, Ron and Hermione to Life for Warner Bros. Pictures "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" |url=http://movies.warnerbros.com/pub/movie/releases/harrycast.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404184713/http://movies.warnerbros.com/pub/movie/releases/harrycast.html |archive-date=4 April 2007 |access-date=26 May 2007 |website=[[Warner Bros.]]}}</ref>

<ref name="deGraafTrouw2000">{{Cite web |last=de Graaf |first=Belinda |date=13 November 2000 |title=John Cleese in film over Harry Potter |trans-title=John Cleese in film about Harry Potter |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/john-cleese-in-film-over-harry-potter~bba3cf0d/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200715032919/https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/john-cleese-in-film-over-harry-potter~bba3cf0d/ |archive-date=15 July 2020 |access-date=15 July 2020 |website=[[Trouw]] |language=nl}}</ref>

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<ref name="TCMNotes">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Miscellaneous Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/451961/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone#notes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118224211/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/451961/Harry-Potter-and-the-Sorcerer-s-Stone/misc-notes.html |archive-date=18 November 2018 |access-date=21 October 2015 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref>

<ref name="WBStudioTour">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter at Leavesden |url=http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/en/about-us/harry-potter-at-leavesden |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923223732/http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/en/about-us/harry-potter-at-leavesden |archive-date=23 September 2012 |access-date=16 September 2012 |website=[[Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter]] |quote=Filming began on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at Leavesden Studios on Friday 29th September 2000.}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNOct2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=2 October 2000 |title=Potter Pics: Hagrid, Hogsmeade Station, and the Hogwarts Express |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/02/potter-pics-hagrid-hogsmeade-station-and-the-hogwarts-express |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155700/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/02/potter-pics-hagrid-hogsmeade-station-and-the-hogwarts-express |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNJun2000-2">{{Cite web |date=28 June 2000 |title=All 7 Harry Potter Books to Film? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/28/all-7-harry-potter-books-to-film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155702/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/28/all-7-harry-potter-books-to-film |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="AICN2000">{{Cite news |date=20 June 2000 |title=Euro-AICN Special Report: Harry Potter, and a Little Bit on Aardman's next |work=[[Ain't it Cool News]] |url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/6270 |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417022015/http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/6270 |archive-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNSep2000-2">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=26 September 2000 |title=Potter Privet Drive Pics |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/26/potter-privet-drive-pics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331014421/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/26/potter-privet-drive-pics |archive-date=31 March 2017 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNOct2000-2">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=3 October 2000 |title=Potter Pics: Part Two – The Hogwarts Set at Durham Cathedral |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/03/potter-pics-part-two-a-the-hogwarts-set-at-durham-cathedral |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123162943/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/03/potter-pics-part-two-a-the-hogwarts-set-at-durham-cathedral |archive-date=23 January 2017 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNOct2000-3">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=25 October 2000 |title=Hogwarts Oxford Location Pics & Rowling Speaks |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/25/hogwarts-oxford-location-pics-rowling-speaks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222222455/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/10/25/hogwarts-oxford-location-pics-rowling-speaks |archive-date=22 December 2016 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BehindTheMagic">{{Cite AV media |title=Harry Potter: Behind the Magic |date=7 July 2007 |last=Shephard, Ben |type=TV |publisher=[[ITV1]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=21 February 2001 |title=Lumos! |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/21/lumos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530210215/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/21/lumos |archive-date=30 May 2017 |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ConversationJK&Radcliffe">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da6vcVuaqN8 |title=A Conversation between JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] |year=2011 |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/da6vcVuaqN8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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<ref name="CagleTime2001">{{Cite magazine |last=Cagle |first=Jess |date=5 November 2001 |title=Cinema: The First Look at Harry |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1961973_1961978,00.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923041434/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1961973_1961978,00.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNJan2001-2">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=11 January 2001 |title=Potter Creature Feature |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/11/potter-creature-feature |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220011630/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/11/potter-creature-feature |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="OliverIGN2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=17 August 2000 |title=Harry Potter Composer Chosen |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/17/harry-potter-composer-chosen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155701/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/17/harry-potter-composer-chosen |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNJul2001">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=23 May 2001 |title=Potter Postlude |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/23/potter-postlude |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704232854/https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/sorcerers-stone-ships-out/1100-6085531/ |archive-date=4 July 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001-2">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=6 February 2001 |title=Screenwriter Kloves Talks Harry Potter |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/06/screenwriter-kloves-talks-harry-potter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155702/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/06/screenwriter-kloves-talks-harry-potter |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="HarveyCosmo">{{Cite magazine |last=Harvey-Jenner |first=Catriona |date=11 May 2016 |title=You can soon visit Harry Potter's Privet Drive IRL |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a43243/harry-potters-privet-drive-warner-bros/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929112346/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a43243/harry-potters-privet-drive-warner-bros/ |archive-date=29 September 2019 |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

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<ref name="LinderIGNDec2000">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=13 December 2000 |title=Potter Poster Pic |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/13/potter-poster-pic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202153426/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/13/potter-poster-pic |archive-date=2 December 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2001-3">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=28 February 2001 |title=Potter Preview Premieres Tomorrow |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/28/potter-preview-premieres-tomorrow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216160210/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/28/potter-preview-premieres-tomorrow |archive-date=16 December 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ThorsenGameSpot">{{Cite web |last=Thorsen |first=Tor |date=12 December 2003 |title=Sorcerer's Stone ships out |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sorcerers-stone-ships-out/1100-6085531/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235029/http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/harrypotterandthess/news.html?sid=6085531&tag=updates%3Btitle%3B6 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2000-2">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=10 February 2000 |title=Mattel Wins Harry Potter Toy Rights |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/mattel-wins-harry-potter-toy-rights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155701/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/10/mattel-wins-harry-potter-toy-rights |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNFeb2000-3">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=14 February 2000 |title=Hasbro Gets Harry Potter Merchandise Rights |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/14/hasbro-gets-harry-potter-merchandise-rights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155702/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/14/hasbro-gets-harry-potter-merchandise-rights |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HiveNewsCokeDeal">{{Cite web |date=21 February 2001 |title='Harry Potter' Goes Better – and Exclusively – With Coke |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Breaking_article.cfm?article_ID=816 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020618082348/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Breaking_article.cfm?article_ID=816 |archive-date=18 June 2002 |access-date=28 September 2019 |website=[[hive4media.com]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LinderIGNJun2001">{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Brian |date=1 June 2001 |title=Son of Harry Potter LEGOs |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/01/son-of-harry-potter-legos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107155701/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/01/son-of-harry-potter-legos |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="PremiereBBC">{{Cite news |date=5 November 2001 |title=Potter casts spell at world première |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1634408.stm |url-status=live |access-date=23 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304085339/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1634408.stm |archive-date=4 March 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="UKPreviewsVariety">{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |date=18 November 2001 |title='Harry' works magic in U.K. |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/features/harry-works-magic-in-u-k-1117855965/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510144737/https://variety.com/2001/film/features/harry-works-magic-in-u-k-1117855965/ |archive-date=10 May 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="UKReleaseVariety">{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |date=18 November 2001 |title='Harry' works magic overseas |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/harry-works-magic-overseas-1117856005/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509153621/https://variety.com/2001/film/news/harry-works-magic-overseas-1117856005/ |archive-date=9 May 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="USReleaseNYTimes">{{Cite web |last=Lyman |first=Rick |date=19 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter and the Box Office of Gold; Film Based on Popular Book Sets Record With $93.5 Million Opening Weekend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/harry-potter-box-office-gold-film-based-popular-book-sets-record-with-93.5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927114216/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/arts/harry-potter-box-office-gold-film-based-popular-book-sets-record-with-93.5.html |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="HiveMediaDVDUK">{{Cite web |last=Indvik |first=Kurt |date=6 June 2002 |title=The Morning Buzz: 'Potter' Set A Rental Record, Are There More? |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_ID=3257 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020614112314/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&article_ID=3257 |archive-date=14 June 2002 |access-date=28 September 2019 |website=[[hive4media.com]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HiveMediaDVDUS">{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Holly J. |date=13 May 2002 |title=Potter First Day UK Sales Sink Titanic |url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Breaking_article.cfm?article_ID=3121 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020618081911/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Breaking_article.cfm?article_ID=3121 |archive-date=18 June 2002 |access-date=11 September 2019 |website=[[hive4media.com]]}}</ref>

<ref name="DVDSales">{{Cite book |last1=Bennett |first1=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUmTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |title=Film and Television After DVD |last2=Brown |first2=Tom |date=2008 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781135896720 |page=19 |access-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630011224/https://books.google.com/books?id=PUmTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |archive-date=30 June 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="RentalsF&F">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106806374/potter-casts-its-rental-spell/ |title='Potter' casts its rental spell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802163534/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106806374/potter-casts-its-rental-spell/ |date=June 6, 2002 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |page=67 |publisher=[[Ventura County Star]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>

<ref name="RentalsBourne">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106807301/bourne-bumps-potter/ |title=Bourne bumps Potter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223210336/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106807301/bourne-bumps-potter/ |newspaper=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |page=73 |date=January 31, 2003 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>

<ref name="UltimateEditionHDD">{{Cite web |last=Peck |first=Aaron |date=9 December 2009 |title=Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone: Ultimate Edition |url=https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2712/harrypotter_sorcerers_ultimate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308171900/https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2712/harrypotter_sorcerers_ultimate.html |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=23 October 2020 |website=High-Def Digest}}</ref>

<ref name="MurrayAbout">{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Rebecca |date=6 May 2004 |title=ABC Offers a Sneak Peek at 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' |url=http://movies.about.com/cs/harrypotter3/a/harry3050505.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203235455/http://movies.about.com/cs/harrypotter3/a/harry3050505.htm |archive-date=3 December 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012 |website=[[About.com]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HomeRelease2011">{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Matt |date=20 September 2011 |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection Blu-rays Arrive on November 11th |url=https://collider.com/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2-blu-ray-release-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109034235/https://collider.com/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2-blu-ray-release-date/ |archive-date=9 January 2020 |access-date=23 October 2020 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HomeRelease2014">{{Cite web |last=Lussier |first=Germain |date=25 March 2014 |title=New 31-Disc 'Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection' Coming Soon |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/harry-potter-hogwarts-collection/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103084354/http://www.slashfilm.com/harry-potter-hogwarts-collection |archive-date=3 January 2018 |access-date=23 October 2020 |website=[[/Film]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Collection4K">{{Cite web |date=27 March 2017 |title=Wizarding World Comes to 4K |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/articles/2017/03/27/wizarding-world-comes-4k |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529025743/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/articles/2017/03/27/wizarding-world-comes-4k |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=[[Warner Bros.]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="RecordsHollywood">{{Cite news |date=18 November 2001 |title=Box Office Analysis: "Harry Potter" breaks records |work=[[Hollywood.com]] |url=https://www.hollywood.com/movies/box-office-analysis-harry-potter-breaks-records-57232735/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121073624/http://www.hollywood.com/movies/box-office-analysis-harry-potter-breaks-records-57232735/ |archive-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="SpiderManBOM">{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=6 May 2002 |title='Spider-Man' Takes Box Office on the Ultimate Spin: $114.8 Million |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1651770372/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223844/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1651770372/ |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ThanksgivingBOM">{{Cite web |title=November 23–25, 2001 Weekend 3-day Thanksgiving Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2001W47/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224014/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2001W47/ |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="NovDecBOM">{{Cite web |title=November 30 – December 2001 Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2001W48/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224133/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2001W48/ |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="CatchingFireFrozenBOM">{{Cite web |date=1 December 2013 |title=Weekend Report: 'Catching Fire,' 'Frozen' Set Thanksgiving Records |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1232995332/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204221709/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1232995332/ |archive-date=4 December 2019 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="RecordsBBC">{{Cite news |date=19 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter Smashes Box Office Records |work=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_1663000/1663981.stm |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118164406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_1663000/1663981.stm |archive-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="MammaMiaTelegraph">{{Cite news |last=Irvine |first=Chris |date=30 October 2008 |title=Mamma Mia becomes highest grossing British film |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3283481/Mamma-Mia-becomes-highest-grossing-British-film.html |url-status=dead |access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305201034/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3283481/Mamma-Mia-becomes-highest-grossing-British-film.html |archive-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="2ndHighestBBC">{{Cite news |date=19 February 2002 |title=Potter makes movie chart history |work=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_1828000/1828977.stm |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118162301/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_1828000/1828977.stm |archive-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="2001WorlwideBOM">{{Cite web |title=2001 Worldwide Grosses |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704233039/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2001/ |archive-date=4 July 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="FranchiseBOM">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter Movies |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=harrypotter.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612032225/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=harrypotter.htm |archive-date=12 June 2017 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="TicketsUSBOM">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014014113/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=14 October 2019 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ChinaRereleaseDeadline">{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=16 August 2020 |title='Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone' Nears $1B WW With Magical China Reissue – International Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/china-harry-potter-eight-hundred-interstellar-bad-boys-for-life-inception-international-box-office-coronavirus-1203013370/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819073429/https://deadline.com/2020/08/china-harry-potter-eight-hundred-interstellar-bad-boys-for-life-inception-international-box-office-coronavirus-1203013370/ |archive-date=19 August 2020 |access-date=31 August 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}}|type=m|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref>

<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite Metacritic|id=harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|type=movie|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="CinemaScore">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=20 December 2018 |access-date=18 July 2020 |website=[[CinemaScore]]}}</ref>

<ref name="TelegraphReview">{{Cite web |last=Hiscock |first=John |date=4 November 2001 |title=Magic is the only word for it |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361526/Magic-is-the-only-word-for-it.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230011551/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361526/Magic-is-the-only-word-for-it.html |archive-date=30 December 2019 |access-date=21 September 2007 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

<ref name="EmpireReview">{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=Alan |title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/harry-potter-philosopher-stone-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106190401/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/harry-potter-philosopher-stone-review/ |archive-date=6 November 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=January 2000 }}</ref>

<ref name="PaloAltoReview">{{Cite web |last=Aufmuth |first=Jeanne |date=1 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/movies/reviews/Harry-Potter-and-the-Sorcerer%27s-Stone?review_id=766 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103050454/https://www.paloaltoonline.com/movies/reviews/Harry-Potter-and-the-Sorcerer%27s-Stone?review_id=766 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Palo Alto Online]]}}</ref>

<ref name="USATodayReview">{{Cite web |last=Puig |first=Claudia |date=16 November 2001 |title=Visually stunning 'Potter' falls short of pure magic |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-11-16-harry-review.htm#more |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119062450/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-11-16-harry-review.htm |archive-date=19 November 2018 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

<ref name="THRReview">{{Cite web |last=Honeycutt |first=Kirk |date=14 November 2016 |title='Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone': THR's 2001 Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/harry-potter-sorcerers-stone-2001-review-946999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200803013105/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/harry-potter-sorcerers-stone-2001-review-946999 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |access-date=1 August 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

<ref name="NYPostReview">{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Foreman (journalist) |date=16 November 2001 |title=Off to see wizards! 'Potter' is a faithful, if not great, movie |url=https://nypost.com/2001/11/16/off-to-see-the-wizards-potter-is-a-faithful-if-not-great-movie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424202059/https://nypost.com/2001/11/16/off-to-see-the-wizards-potter-is-a-faithful-if-not-great-movie/ |archive-date=24 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[New York Post]]}}</ref>

<ref name="TimeReview">{{Cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Corliss |date=1 November 2001 |title=Wizardry Without Magic |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1961973_1962081,00.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924054617/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1961973_1962081,00.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="CNNReview">{{Cite news |last=Tatara |first=Paul |date=16 November 2001 |title=Review: 'Potter' well acted, heavy handed |work=[[CNN]] |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/15/hol.tatara.potter/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212185526/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/15/hol.tatara.potter/index.html |archive-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="SlantReview">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Ed |date=29 October 2001 |title=Review: ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072630/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/ |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Slant Magazine]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="AFI100Scores">{{Cite web |date=23 September 2005 |title=AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150632/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2011 |access-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscars">{{Cite web |title=2002 Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411113523/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |archive-date=11 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]]|date=4 December 2015 }}</ref>

<ref name="AmandaAwards">{{Cite web |title=Amanda Awards (Norway) 2002 |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/amandas?year=2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419071540/https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/amandas?year=2002 |archive-date=19 April 2020 |access-date=19 April 2020 |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]]}}</ref>

<ref name="AFIAwards">{{Cite web |title=AFI Awards for Motion Pictures 2001 |url=http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards01/mpawards.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050527151214/http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards01/mpawards.aspx |archive-date=27 May 2005 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ADGAwards">{{Cite web |title=2002 Winners & nominees |url=https://adg.org/awards/adg/winners/2002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200418210331/https://adg.org/awards/adg/winners/2002/ |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Art Directors Guild]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BAFTA">{{Cite web |title=Film in 2002 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104010943/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/film |archive-date=4 January 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BFCAAwards">{{Cite web |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards 2001 |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034424/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |archive-date=12 December 2008 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BMIAwards">{{Cite news |date=14 May 2002 |title=Top Film, TV, Cable Composers Honored at BMI's Annual Film/TV Awards |work=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20020515_top_film_tv_cable_composers_honored_at_bmis_annual_film_tv_awar |url-status=live |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802221630/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20020515_top_film_tv_cable_composers_honored_at_bmis_annual_film_tv_awar |archive-date=2 August 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="Artios">{{Cite web |title=2002 Artios Award |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711004940/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/2002 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Casting Society of America]]}}</ref>

<ref name="CDGAwards">{{Cite web |title=Winners of the 4th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards |url=https://costumedesignersguild.com/awards/awards-archive/awards2002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415235137/https://costumedesignersguild.com/awards/awards-archive/awards2002/ |archive-date=15 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[Costume Designers Guild]]}}</ref>

<ref name="EddieAwards">{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=27 January 2002 |title=Editors to cut nom chase |url=https://variety.com/2002/biz/features/editors-to-cut-nom-chase-1117859164/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505015251/https://variety.com/2002/biz/features/editors-to-cut-nom-chase-1117859164/ |archive-date=5 May 2020 |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="EmpireAwards">{{Cite web |date=25 January 2002 |title=Empire Awards: Nominations Announced |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-awards-nominations-announced/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719194837/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-awards-nominations-announced/ |archive-date=19 July 2017 |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref>

<ref name="EveningStandardAwards">{{Cite web |date=10 January 2003 |title=Evening Standard British Film Awards 1990–2001 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-1990-2001-7222966.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210201305/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-1990-2001-7222966.html |archive-date=10 December 2019 |access-date=26 December 2017 |newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]}}</ref>

<ref name="GoldenReel">{{Cite web |last=Hobbs |first=John |date=10 February 2002 |title=Sound editors tap noms for Golden Reel Awards |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/sound-editors-tap-noms-for-golden-reel-awards-1117860492/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627223024/https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/sound-editors-tap-noms-for-golden-reel-awards-1117860492/ |archive-date=27 June 2019 |access-date=26 December 2017 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Grammys">{{Cite web |date=7 January 2003 |title=45th Annual Grammy Award Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2003/music/news/45th-annual-grammy-award-nominations-1117878286/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020232306/https://variety.com/2003/music/news/45th-annual-grammy-award-nominations-1117878286/ |archive-date=20 October 2019 |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HugoAwards">{{Cite web |date=26 July 2007 |title=2002 Hugo Awards |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2002-hugo-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031192354/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2002-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=31 October 2019 |access-date=3 February 2011 |website=[[Hugo Awards]]}}</ref>

<ref name="JapanAFPrize">{{Cite web |title=25th Japan Academy Prize |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=25#title10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415142701/https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=25#title10 |archive-date=15 April 2020 |access-date=19 April 2020 |website=[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]}}</ref>

<ref name="KidsChoice">{{Cite web |date=5 March 2002 |title=Nickelodeon's "Kids' Choice Awards 2002" Premieres April 20 |url=https://www.nickandmore.com/posts/2002-03-05-nickelodeons-kids-choice-awards-2002-premieres-april-20.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200412152149/https://www.nickandmore.com/posts/2002-03-05-nickelodeons-kids-choice-awards-2002-premieres-april-20.html |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=4 May 2020 |website=[[Nickelodeon]]}}</ref>

<ref name="MTVAwards">{{Cite web |date=23 April 2002 |title='Lord of the Rings,' 'Fast and the Furious' Top MTV Movie Award Nominees |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1453554/lord-of-the-rings-fast-and-the-furious-top-mtv-movie-award-nominees/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014312/http://www.mtv.com/news/1453554/lord-of-the-rings-fast-and-the-furious-top-mtv-movie-award-nominees/ |archive-date=4 February 2019 |access-date=26 December 2017 |website=[[MTV]]}}</ref>

<ref name="PGAAwards">{{Cite news |date=11 January 2002 |title='Shrek,' 'Harry Potter,' 'Lord of the Rings' among producing guild's nominees |work=[[Berkeley Daily Planet]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-01-11/article/9485?headline=-Shrek-Harry-Potter-Lord-of-the-Rings-among-producing-guild-s-nominees |url-status=live |access-date=21 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118195150/http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-01-11/article/9485?headline=-Shrek-Harry-Potter-Lord-of-the-Rings-among-producing-guild-s-nominees |archive-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="SatelliteAwards">{{Cite web |title=2002 6th Annual Satellite Awards |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107095429/http://pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |archive-date=7 January 2010 |access-date=21 October 2010 |website=[[International Press Academy]]}}</ref>

<ref name="SatelliteNewTalent">{{Cite web |date=22 January 2002 |title='Rouge' rocks kudos |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/rouge-rocks-kudos-1117858954/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505031924/https://variety.com/2002/film/news/rouge-rocks-kudos-1117858954/ |archive-date=5 May 2020 |access-date=5 May 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="SaturnAwards">{{Cite web |last=Balchack |first=Brian |date=13 June 2002 |title=The 2001 Saturn Awards |url=https://movieweb.com/the-2001-saturn-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208184407/https://movieweb.com/the-2001-saturn-awards/ |archive-date=8 December 2019 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=[[MovieWeb]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Stinkers">{{Cite web |title=2001 24th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2001/2001st.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815101727/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2001/2001st.htm |archive-date=15 August 2007 |access-date=7 October 2019 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

<ref name="TeenChoice">{{Cite news |date=18 August 2002 |title=2002 Teen Choice Awards |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2803593/2002-teen-choice-awards |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425185402/https://oklahoman.com/article/2803593/2002-teen-choice-awards |archive-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="YoungArtist">{{Cite web |title=Twenty-Third Annual Young Artist Awards 2002 |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114170256/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm |archive-date=14 January 2016 |access-date=5 May 2020 |website=[[Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Foundation]]}}</ref>
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |last=Rowling |first=J. K. |title=F.A.Q. |url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=95 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911081412/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=95 |archive-date=11 September 2007 |website=J. K. Rowling Official Site}}

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