Theaters Ready for Final Harry Potter

The final installment of the series the popular wizard-in-training series, Harry Potter, kicks off Thursday evening with special midnight showings.

plans 14 screenings between midnight and 1 a.m. tonight. While across town, plans a huge Harry Potter festival to note the final installment.

The theater has rolled out the “nation’s largest outdoor screen” and will show the movie outdoors for a midnight screening.

Every guest gets a free wand, there is a trivia contest, fortune-tellers will be on hand and Cinebarre will serve up “butterbeer,” a concoction consumed by Harry Potter characters. There’s also a costume contest.

Fandango lists Cinebarre’s 12:01 a.m. showing as being sold out, but there are tickets still available for the 12:02 a.m. showing.

Two of Regal’s 3D showings are already sold out, but a 12:15 a.m. showing still has tickets, according to Fandango.

"Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows: Part 2" is the final in the seven-part series. The films closely folow the novels by English author JK Rowling. The first book was published in 1997 and the screen version debuted in 2001.

Already, the film is proving very popular across the country, and no has really seen it yet. Warner Bros. reported Wednesday that sales were breaking previous records.

Advance ticket sales have soared to more than $32 million. That’s a pre-opening record, according to the studio. The movie will debut on more than 11,000 screens at 4,375 theaters. Setting another record, 3,8000 locations will show the film at midnight screenings.