All eight Harry Potter films charted in Netflix’s top 10 most-watched charts just days after hitting the streaming platform, despite calls from trans activists for a boycott of JK Rowling’s work
- Movies first available on Netflix UK and Netflix Ireland May 17
Trans activists have called for a boycott of JK Rowling’s work – and yet the films based on her hugely successful books remain popular.
All eight Harry Potter adaptations are in the top ten most-watched Netflix charts just days after they were added to the streaming platform.
The films were first made available on Netflix UK and Netflix Ireland on May 17.
Yesterday, the first in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, topped the weekly charts.
In fact, the films took six of the ten spots, with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – part of Ms Rowling’s Potter spin-off – also securing a spot.
Trans activists have called for a boycott of JK Rowling’s (pictured) work – and yet the films based on her hugely successful books remain popular
All eight Harry Potter film adaptations are in Netflix’s ten most watched charts – just days after they were released on the streaming platform on May 17th
Yesterday, the first in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (pictured), topped the weekly charts
“No matter how hard some try to make everyone hate JK Rowling, it doesn’t work,” one fan said on Twitter. Another wrote: “You just can’t keep a good woman down.”
“We’re browsing Netflix and out of the top ten films in the UK today 1,2,3,5,6, 8 and 9 are either Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts.” Rowling hates it doesn’t work,” one person wrote on Twitter.
Another wrote: “Whether it’s shaming the kids for playing the game, burning the books, trying to make the TV adaptation ‘unacceptable’ or ‘claiming the cast of the films as their own ‘None of that works.’ ‘You just can’t keep a good woman down.’
The author has faced death threats since 2020 after campaigning for women’s rights in the transgender debate.
She later published an essay on her website arguing that biological sex was real and sharing her thoughts on gender-neutral spaces. She said protecting women’s rights is very important to her as she has survived domestic violence and sexual assault.
Last year she protested strongly against Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, claiming it would “harm the most vulnerable women”.
Last month, Ms Rowling was named executive producer of the newly announced ‘decade-long’ Potter TV series, which will be based on all seven books.
It will feature a new cast and be “authentic to the original books” to “bring Harry Potter and These Incredible Adventures to new audiences around the world.”
Ms Rowling’s involvement sparked calls for a boycott.
She responded on Twitter, “Horrible news I have to share,” she wrote. “The activists I mentioned are trying to organize another boycott of my work, this time against the Harry Potter TV show.”
“As was warned, I put a large stash of champagne in there as a precaution.”