Local witch-doctor outperforms Potter's wizard

By 2001-12-03T23:41:00

Harry Potter has met his match in South Africa. A local film has achieved the seemingly impossible feat of displacing Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone from its pole position immediately upon release - as well as outperforming Potter's opening gross of one week earlier.

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