Eight main Harry Potter films were released from 2001 to 2011.
The film series adapts Rowling’s seven novels, but the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was divided into two films. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone opened in 2001, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was released in 2011.
The starring cast included Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. The films were produced by Warner Bros. and became one of the highest-grossing film series in cinema history.
People sometimes answer seven because there are seven main novels. The distinction is that one novel was adapted in two parts, producing eight films. The wider Wizarding World franchise also includes Fantastic Beasts films, but those are separate from the eight-film Harry Potter series.