With all eyes on HBO’s Harry Potter sequence, the J.Okay. Rowling franchise continues to magic up gross sales throughout its audiobook and theatrical arms.
Monetary earnings printed on the UK’s Corporations Home reveal that Pottermore Restricted and HPTP Holdings stay worthwhile, even when they’d blended years by way of income. Rowling controls each corporations.
Pottermore Restricted, which oversees Harry Potter audiobook variations and ebooks, posted file gross sales of £54.3M ($72.6M) within the 12 months to the top of March 2025.
This was up 11% on the earlier yr and should not totally mirror the income generated from the high-profile new Audible adaptation, which stars Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, and Keira Knightley as Professor Umbridge.
Pottermore Restricted’s pre-tax revenue elevated 50% to £17.2M, delivering a 32% margin. “The corporate exceeded all goal KPIs within the yr,” stated Neil Blair, Rowling’s agent, in a Pottermore director’s report.
HPTP Holdings, which is the father or mother firm to theatrical productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Little one, noticed its revenues drop by half within the yr to the top of March.
Gross sales declined from £12.7M to £5.8M year-on-year, whereas pre-tax income slid from £4.2M to £1M over the identical interval, per the Corporations Home submitting.
“The drop in income was as a result of a mix of present closures within the prior yr, the non-repeat of licence price revenue and broader financial pressures impacting each audiences and the broader theatrical sector. This was offset by revenue from the brand new US Tour,” Blair stated.
“In London, the recognition of the unique two-part manufacturing of Harry Potter and The Cursed Little one continued with the present celebrating its eighth-year anniversary in the course of the interval.”
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