Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom so far this year, Warner Bros. Pictures International said Monday. Taking into account the $8.5 million it made this weekend, the movie has now grossed $54 million since it opened in U.K.

Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that it has moved back the release date of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" to Summer 2009. The sixth installment of the blockbuster Harry Potter franchise will now open day-and-date domestically and in the major international markets on July 17, 2009.

By GEOFF BOUCHER By Geoff Boucher Los Angeles Times It's official: Eight will be the magic number for the "Harry Potter" film franchise. After months of rumors, Warner Bros.

Hollywood's Warner Bros. studio reportedly plans to break the seventh and last Harry Potter book up into two movies.

By Steve Sternberg The scenario is no longer as far-fetched as it once seemed: A killer virus on the loose; schools, stores and offices shuttered; whole populations wearing hospital masks; neighborhoods in quarantine; and people gathering in the only place they dare, on the Internet, which serves as classroom, meeting hall and church.