'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Book Sold 2 Million Copies in Two Days

The Harry Potter pandemonium has officially begun! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was released on July 31, and is already breaking records. Scholastic revealed the script book sold more than 2 million copies in North America in its first two days alone.

Across the pond, Cursed Child sold more than 680,000 copies in just three days. This makes it the fastest-selling book in the U.K. since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was released in 2007. The final novel in the series sold 8.3 million in the U.S. and 2.7 million in the U.K. in the first 24 hours.