Midnight no problem as Harry Potter fans flock to see movie

SAVOY – Hours before midnight, the Harry Potter madness had already begun.

At the Savoy 16, theater manager Jeremy Curtis said more than 1,500 tickets were sold – and nine theaters filled – for the Tuesday night opening of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

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