Wands and robes are being dusted off for the final trip to Hogwarts in the last installment of Harry Potter. The second part of “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows” will be released at midnight Friday.

Jeremy Curtis, manager of the Savoy 16 theater, said 1,690 tickets had been sold as of Monday, with 40 tickets left. He said 10 auditoriums in the theater will be showing the film.

“We might add one more theater for the show to play in,” Curtis said.

He said more than 30 staff members will work the midnight event, with staff assigned to each auditorium.

“It’s quite an event,” he said. “It’s exciting to have that many people coming for a show.”

Aaron Wiener, manager at Carmike Beverly Cinema 18 and University alumnus, said Beverly has sold more than 1,000 tickets, filling five of the theater’s auditoriums.

He said all 27 people on staff at the Champaign theater will work the midnight show.

The Savoy 16 staff is expecting a unique experience, as people normally see movies over the expanse of a few days instead of all in the same night.

“It should be the biggest movie of the year,” Curtis said. “And that’s exciting.”

University students sticking around the Champaign-Urbana area for the summer are excited to see the movie, but some are not planning on seeing it locally.

Caroline Pahl, senior in Media, said she plans on seeing the Harry Potter movie back home.

“I’m really excited for it,” she said. “I just didn’t buy the tickets because I don’t really have anyone here to go with.”

She added that the midnight showing will be rather crowded, causing

her to wait it out.

“I’m a huge fan, but I’m just going to wait ‘til August,” Pahl said. “And I’m sure it’ll be just as exciting.”

Pahl said the hype around the movie tells of people’s excitement about the last installment.

“It’s probably going to be the best movie so far,” she added.

Jill Shunk, graduate student, said she cannot go to the midnight showing because she is running an experiment, but is planning on seeing it in the near future.

Shunk said she is not a fanatic like some Harry Potter fans.

“I think I’m just looking forward to wrapping everything up because I’ve seen almost all of the movies, and I’ve read all of the books,” she said.

Wiener said Beverly Cinema sold out all 18 theaters last year with the release of the first part of the final movie within two days of the show.

He attributed the drop in ticket sales to the summer vacation — last year’s movie was released while the University was in session.

“It’s decidedly less than last year,” he said.

Wiener said he is excited about the midnight show of Harry Potter with people getting all dressed up. He added that the movie attracts students and families in a wide demographic range.

“The beauty of this movie is that it appeals to all ages,” he said.