Fans Fill Theaters for Final Harry Potter Film

By 11:30 Thursday night, under a full moon, the parking lot at the Showcase Cinemas on Division Street in Warwick was equally full.

Inside the theater lobby, patrons were meeting friends, buying snacks, and then hurrying into one of the 14 theaters given over to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," on its opening night. Or perhaps it's more correct to say "morning," since the movie didn't start until 12:01am on Friday.

Most of the moviegoers could well be summed up by what one young woman from Providence said: "We're the Harry Potter generation."

Now, with the final installment of the final movie of the final book, this was their final first night.

All the tickets for the midnight shows were long gone by showtime. But there were still tickets available for shows during the day on Friday. Thetheater will open at 10am to resume showing the movie.