Chris Columbus kicked off the Harry Potter film franchise with Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, setting a high bar for those who followed.
The Big Picture The Harry Potter franchise has been graced by many fantastic filmmakers, but none have had as big of an impact on the Wizarding World as the first director to bring it to life — Chris Columbus. The footprint that he left on the movies and general franchise to come cannot be understated.
Chris Columbus' Road to the 'Harry Potter' Series If you look at his filmography leading up to Philosopher's Stone, it might seem like Columbus was an odd choice to kick off this franchise. That said, the closer you look at his early credits, the more sense he makes as the series' premiere director.
Chris Columbus' 'Harry Potter' Films Are Faithful to the Books That's exactly what happened. After Steven Spielberg heavily toyed with the idea of taking on an adaptation of Philosopher's Stone, Chris Columbus somehow ended up being the one to take on the job, and what came to pass was a global sensation. The first Harry Potter movie went on to gross $974,755,371 at the box office, an enormous sum of money for any movie to make at that point in history.
Of course, this became a trickier tightrope to walk as Rowling's books became longer and longer. Before they would go on to run around 700 to 800 pages, these first few novels were the perfect length to accurately adapt for the big screen. As the series entered its later entries, those movies' filmmakers couldn't be entirely faithful to their source material, but they were with the most important aspects.
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