Harry Potter is in at the Guinness World Records

The 4th instalment of the JK Rowling novels, the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire made it to the Guinness World Records.

It received the "Most Advanced Orders and the Largest First-Run Print", HPGoF (DVD cover presented on the right) had recorded advanced orders of 5.3 million copies from around the world. The Goblet of Fire book also holds the record for the largest first-run print with 4.8 million copies, of which 3.8 million were printed in the United States of America (40 times as many as an average best-seller book item) and 1 million in the United Kingdom.

The DVD movie franchise of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which was featured in cinemas November 18, 2005, sold over 5 million copies on release in the US, March of 2006, and unbelievably, more than six copies per second sold when it went on sale in the UK later that month. This makes it the FASTING-SELLING DVD EVER beating "Shrek 2" and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace".

Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who played the lead role, was presented with the certificate that accompanies the award at Leavesden Studios in April this year. A photo, and a few comments from Dan will appear in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records. The book will be on the bookshelves of your favorite stores, later this year.