When the lead cast of the multi-billion-dollar Harry Potter film franchise packed their bags and headed to the non-wizard world after the series ended in 2011, they walked away with secure financial futures and career paths.
With more than $US7.7 billion in box office receipts for the eight films – the first premiered in 2001 – Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) became multi-millionaires, magically turned into adults, became fathers, activists and actors in other genres.
