K.Rowling books.The first film was based upon Rowling""s 1997 novelHarry Potter and the Philosopher""s Stone.With a production budget of $125 million, its box-office was immense, $317.5 million (domestic) and $975 million (worldwide), and the highest grossing film of 2001,just surpassingThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)at $313 million.The computer-generated creatures (including those in the park""s Gentle Giants Petting Zoo) were created with motion capture (utilizing humans).He gave her a "prize" present -- a gold bracelet-wristwatch, and lovingly reminded her what he had told her long ago: "You""re never gettin"" rid of me," before he kissed her.The screenplay by Robert Carson was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by English soldier/author Percival Christopher Wren (1885-1941).