Harry Potter' fans flood theaters for midnight premiere

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"Harry Potter" fans across the U.S. filled theaters Friday morning, July 15, 2011 for the midnight premiere of the final Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2."

Surprised guests who attended the midnight film screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 at AMC Universal Cineplex in Orlando enter The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. The lucky movie goers received exclusive, complimentary access to the Harry Potter theme park. While most midnight audiences of the film were so lucky, it doesn't mean they were any less excited to see the final "Harry Potter" movie.

It wasn't just kids who had the run of the theme park. Adults took part in the fun too.

Fans watch the climax of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" at a midnight showing at the Carmike 14 theater in Tyler, Texas, on Friday morning, July 15, 2011.

Nhi Hoang, left, and Juliana Valencia show off their Harry Potter glasses before the first midnight showings of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" at a Regal Cinema in Gainesville, Fla.

Sporting special edition Harry Potter-style 3-D glasses, Danny Conover gets a quick make-up job from fellow moviegoer Scott Southard as they wait in line for the midnight screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," at the Regal Cinemas River Ridge Stadium 14 theater in Lynchburg, Va.

Jenny Haber has the Harry Potter scar drawn on her head by Molly Skinner before the first midnight showings of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" at a Regal Cinema in Gainesville, Fla.

Justin Ciafardoni (right), dressed as Dobby the house elf, joins his friends, (from left) Cheryn Rapp, Gary Maternick, Evan Vega, and Bryan Rapp, all dressed as other characters from the Harry Potter series, to see the midnight screening of the last "Harry Potter" movie at the Regal Cinemas River Ridge Stadium 14 theater in Lynchburg, Va.

Wearing wizard robes, Josh Fish and Sarah Little wait in line for the midnight screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," at the Regal Cinemas River Ridge Stadium 14 theater in Lynchburg, Va.

Dressed as Harry Potter's pet owl Hedwig and reading the sixth novel in the series, Max Rough, 9 of Vacaville, Calif., waits in line to enter the Brenden Theaters to see the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2."

Moviegoers wait for the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" in Merrimack, N.H. as Harry Potter looks on from a back-lit movie poster.

Hundreds of moviegoers wait in line for the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" in Merrimack, N.H. The film is expected to put up franchise-record numbers.

Dressed as Harry Potter, Aidan O'Shea of Hollis, N.H., waits in a line of hundreds of moviegoers for the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" in Merrimack, N.H.

Two girls dressed as house elves walk past a line of hundreds of moviegoers in search of others dressed in costume for the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" in Merrimack, N.H.

And in South Carolina the Myrtle Beach Pelicans wore special "Harry Potter" jerseys to mark the movie's opening as they played the Salem Red Sox thursday, July 14. Here, manager Jason Wood, left, talks with player Jared Prince. The jerseys were auctioned off post-game.

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Surprised guests who attended the midnight film screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 at AMC Universal Cineplex in Orlando enter The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. The lucky movie goers received exclusive, complimentary access to the Harry Potter theme park. While most midnight audiences of the film were so lucky, it doesn't mean they were any less excited to see the final "Harry Potter" movie.

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