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Wizards Take Over Loews Theater in Danvers

Fans dress in costume for the midnight opening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" on Friday. The lines filled the theater lobby well in advance.

 
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Josh Madruga, 35, of Salem dressed as Voldemort, the archenemy of Harry Potter. "I'm a big kid at heart," Madruga said. "I love villains and Voldemort is charismatic is his evilness."
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Josh Madruga, 35, of Salem dressed as Voldemort, the archenemy of Harry Potter. "I'm a big kid at heart," Madruga said. "I love villains and Voldemort is charismatic is his evilness." Credit Jill Diver
Josh Madruga, as Voldemort, and Vladimir Taylor, 40, from New York, as Prof. Severus Snape. This was Taylor's first time dressing up in character when going to see a Harry Potter movie. "I look like this normally, so it's convenient," Taylor said. "I really like the ambiguity of Snape's character." Credit Jill Diver
Chris Meneades, 24 of Salem, is dressed as Godric Gryffindor, the house founder of Gryffindor. He is holding the famous Sorting Hat that sorts incoming Hogwarts' students into their respective houses. Credit Jill Diver
Kelly Weaver, 17, of Topsfield, is dressed in the Gryffindor House colors, the same house that Harry Potter was sorted into by the Sorting Hat. "This is my favorite book," Weaver said. "My friends came and we all dressed up." Credit Jill Diver
These fabulous costumes represent the founders of the four houses at Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. From left to right: Chris Meneades as Godric Gryffindor; Kathryn Rutkowski, 25, of Salem, as Helga Hufflepuff; and Thera Driscoll, 20, as Rowena Ravenclaw. Credit Jill Diver
Eric Daly, of Everett, arrived at the Liberty Tree Mall theater at 6:50 p.m. "The theater is showing Harry Potter movies numbers five and six before the new movie tonight," Daly said. "I paid $20 for a movie pass and it lets me see all three movies." Credit Jill Diver
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Harry Potter is a worldwide phenomenon.

When the seven-book  series, written by J.K. Rowling was first published, children and adults alike fell in love with the quirky and awkward 11-year-old wizard named Harry Potter. It was with Potter's first wizarding adventure at Hogwarts that a fan-base was created. In fact, most Potter fans could say they "grew up" with Harry; as the boy wizard's character grew, so did the fans.

Late Thursday night, fans flooded the AMC Loews Liberty Tree Mall movie theater for a midnight viewing of the second-to-last movie in the Harry Potter series: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."

And they came out dressed for the occasion (see the excited fans in costume in the image gallery accompanying this story).

Click here for upcoming showtimes at the theater.

Did you dress up in the garb of a series' character as well to see the movie? Who did you go as? Tell us in the comments.

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