At the end of the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his own broken wand.
‘I know it’s powerful,’ said Harry wearily. ‘But I was happier with mine. So ...’
[...] He laid the broken wand upon the Headmaster’s desk, touched it with the very tip of the Elder Wand and said, ‘Reparo.’
As his wand resealed, red sparks flew out of its end. Harry knew that he had succeeded. He picked up the holly and Phoenix wand, and felt a sudden warmth in his fingers, as though wand and hand were rejoicing at their reunion.
In the movie, Hermione presumably disposed of Harry's wand after revealing that his wand was broken, after Harry said It's done. At the end of Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry simply destroys the Elder Wand, with no mention made of his old one.
Was there any explanation for the change in the ending (of Harry's wand)?
Answer
According to Harry Potter: From Page to Screen -- A Complete Film Making Journal by Bob McCabe (page 224 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows):
Another significant alteration was to the scene between Harry, Ron, and Hermione in their last present moment. "There are dead, there are wounded, but they know there's a future," says (David) Heyman (Producer). "[Harry] has the stone, he has the Elder Wand, and he's always had the cloak. He could have the three Deathly Hallows; he could have ultimate power. But he doesn't want that. It was something that Dumbledore actually yearned for, that Dumbledore struggled with. But Harry doesn't want to have that responsibility. So he breaks the wand and throws it away."
David Heyman discussed this divergence from the book with Jo Rowling, "and she agreed that it was a perfect expression of Harry's relinquishing of the possibility of supreme power. It was a a visual representation of his ultimate humility."
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