Emma Watson Growing Up

Emma Watson is preparing for the next chapter of her life. The Harry Potter actress admits that she needs to find her way out of the bubble, which she describes in part as the safe world of life on the set of the successful film franchise. Watson says in the July issue of Vague magazine that she wants to explore more of her creative side, and cites Patti Smith as a role model. "I want to live like Patti," she said of the singer-songwriter, visual artist and poet. Watson plays Hermoine Granger for the last time when the franchise last film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2 is released in July.

Highest Earning Movie Stars

Once again, Harry Potter leads Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson top the chart of Hollywood's highest earning stars. Emma Watson earned $10 million apiece for the last two Potter movies, while Daniel Radcliffe earned $20 million per film plus a $1 million bonus for licensing and royalties.

HARRY POTTER SHATTERS SPIDERMAN'S RECORD

"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" the 6th Harry Potter movie, enchanted movie goers as more than half of North America's total weekend ticket sales following its record mid week opening. Figures shows that the movie earned 79.4 million in the Friday to Sunday period, for a total haul of $159.6 million Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. It earned $237 million from 84 foreign markets for a total of $396.6 million.

It shattered the record of "Spiderman 3" when it opened last 2007 with 381.7 million including foreign sales of $230.5 million.

But "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" still has the biggest opening so far with $200 million, $3.8 million short of breaking the record of the "Dark Knight".