"the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. The rights for the first four novels in the series were sold to Warner Bros. for £1,000,000 by J.K. Rowling. After the release of the fourth book in July 2000, the first film, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", was released on 16 November 2001. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $90 million in the United States alone, which set a record opening worldwide. The succeeding three motion picture adaptations followed suit in financial success, while garnering positive reviews from fans and critics. The fifth film, ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"","
"was released by Warner Bros. on 11 July 2007 in English-speaking countries, except for the UK and Ireland, which released the movie on 12 July. The sixth, ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", was released on 15 July 2009 to critical acclaim and finished its theatrical run ranked as the number two grossing film of 2009 on the worldwide charts. The final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was split into two cinematic parts: ""Part 1"" was released on 19 November 2010, and ""Part 2"", the conclusion to both the final film and the series, was released on 15"
"of the best reviewed instalments within the series, and is noted for the maturity and sophistication of its characters, darker and more complex plotline, writing and performances of the lead actors. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", the fifth film in the ""Harry Potter"" franchise, was released to cinemas in 2007. A huge financial success, ""Order of the Phoenix"" set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of US$394 million, superseding ""Spider-Man 3"" as the title holder. This entry was directed by a new filmmaker, David Yates, who would continue to direct all of the following movies. Grint said the"
"was published on 16 July 2005; it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published on 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, breaking down to 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US. The series has been translated into 80 languages, placing Rowling among the most translated authors in history. The books have seen translations to diverse languages such as Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Bulgarian,"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2005 novel of the same name. The film, which is the sixth instalment in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman and David Barron. The story follows Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts as he receives a mysterious textbook, falls in love, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to Lord Voldemort's downfall. The"
"Cuarón. The fourth film, ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"", was directed by Mike Newell, and released on 18 November 2005. The film of ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" was released on 11 July 2007. David Yates directed, and Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay, having taken over the position from Steve Kloves. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was released on 15 July 2009. David Yates directed again, and Kloves returned to write the script. Warner Bros. filmed the final instalment of the series, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", in two segments, with part one"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2005) and the final confrontation between"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2005) and the final confrontation between"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2000 novel of the same name. The film, which is the fourth instalment in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The story follows Harry Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts as he is chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete in the Triwizard Tournament. The film is the first of the series to receive"
"themes to be love, death, trust, and redemption. The considerable character development of Harry and many other teenage characters also drew attention. The film adaptation of ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was released 15 July 2009 by Warner Bros. Dumbledore picks Harry up from his aunt and uncle's house, intending to escort him to the Burrow, home of Harry's best friend Ron, and his large family. On the way, they make a detour to the temporary home of Horace Slughorn, former Potions teacher at Hogwarts, and Harry unwittingly helps persuade Slughorn to return to teach. Harry and Dumbledore then"
"new vision,"" he also called the film ""moving,"" praising the performances by the three main leads, while ""Entertainment Weekly"" praised the film for being more mature than its predecessors. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was nominated for Best Original Music Score (John Williams) and Best Visual Effects at the 77th Academy Awards held in 2005. This was the second film in the series to be nominated for an Oscar. The film also ranks at 471 in ""Empire"" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. IGN designated ""Prisoner of Azkaban"" as the fifth best fantasy"
"won the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, making it the first ""Harry Potter"" film to win at the BAFTAs. At the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, the film won the Blimp Award for Favorite Movie, becoming the only Harry Potter film to do so. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2000 novel of the same name. The film, which is the fourth instalment in the ""Harry Potter"" film series,"
"Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on 11 November 2011 in North America and 18 November in Europe, the game is based on the Lego Harry Potter line and is based on the final three books and four films in the ""Harry Potter"" series: ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1"", and ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"". The"
"was released in November 2010, and ""Part 2"" was released in July 2011. Five of the series' eight films are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" the highest-grossing film in the series and one of 36 films to gross over $1 billion, ranking at number ten. Without inflation adjustment, it is the third highest-grossing film series with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts. Late in 1997, film producer David Heyman's London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowling's series of seven ""Harry Potter"""
"franchise, ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", was released in 2007. A huge financial success, the film set a record worldwide opening-weekend gross of $332.7 million. Watson won the inaugural National Movie Award for Best Female Performance. As the fame of the actress and the series continued, Watson and fellow ""Harry Potter"" co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on 9 July 2007. By July 2007, Watson's work in the ""Harry Potter"" series was said to have earned her more than £10 million,"
"the second installment of the series. Reviewers were positive about the lead actors' performances but had polarised opinions on the movie as a whole. The 2004 release ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was the third film in the series. Radcliffe's performance was panned by ""New York Times"" journalist A. O. Scott, who wrote that Watson had to carry him with her performance. Next was ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. The film was the second-highest grossing ""Harry Potter"" film at that point, and Radcliffe singled out the humour as being a reason for the movie's"
"Prince"" received the Book of the Year prize at the British Book Awards. The title of the seventh and final ""Harry Potter"" book was announced on 21 December 2006 as ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". In February 2007 it was reported that Rowling wrote on a bust in her hotel room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh that she had finished the seventh book in that room on 11 January 2007. ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"" was released on 21 July 2007 (0:01 BST) and broke its predecessor's record as the fastest-selling book of all time. It sold"
"for many awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was followed by six sequels, beginning with ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" in 2004 and ending with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. Harry Potter spends the summer with The Dursleys without receiving letters from his Hogwarts friends. In his room, Harry meets Dobby, a house-elf who warns him of a peril that will take shape if he returns to Hogwarts. Dobby reveals that he intercepted"
"in November 2007. James Potter (series) The ""James Potter"" series is an unofficial sequel-series of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe, written by G. Norman Lippert. The novel series centers around the character of James Sirius Potter, Harry Potter's son, a character who makes a fleeting appearance in the novel ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"". The series starts with his first year at Hogwarts, set one year before the end of the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series was intended to be released for free on Lippert's website in December 2007. J.K. Rowling threatened legal action against"
"""The Spiderwick Chronicles"", Nickelodeon's TV show """", and the ""Fantasia"" segment (along with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's original poem) ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" Fantasy movies in recent years, such as ""The Lord of the Rings"" films, the first and third ""Narnia"" adaptations, and the first, second, fourth and seventh ""Harry Potter"" adaptations have most often been released in November and December. This is in contrast to science fiction films, which are often released during the northern hemisphere summer (June–August). All three installments of the ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" fantasy films, however, were released in July 2003, July 2006, and May 2007"
"weeks. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" premiered in London on 7 July 2009 and was released theatrically worldwide on 15 July. The film was a major commercial success, breaking the record for the biggest single-day worldwide gross. In five days the film made $394 million, breaking the record for highest five-day worldwide gross. With a total gross of $934 million, it became the 8th-highest-grossing film of all time and 2009's second-highest-grossing film (behind ""Avatar""). It is currently the 48th-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide unadjusted for inflation. It is the fifth-highest-grossing film in the franchise. The film received positive"
"Harry Potter (film series) Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the ""Harry Potter"" novels by author J. K. Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" (2001) and culminating with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" (2011). A spin-off prequel series that will consist of five films started with ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" (2016), marking the beginning of the Wizarding World shared media franchise. The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert"
"The film grossed over $934 million worldwide, which made it the second-highest-grossing film of 2009 worldwide and the fifteenth-highest of all time. Additionally, ""Half-Blood Prince"" gained an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. Set during protagonist Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor"
"being presented to Dan Radcliffe on set of ""Order of the Phoenix"" at Leavesden Film Studios in April 2006. In the United States, the first five Harry Potter films were released on HD DVD and Blu-ray disc on 11 December 2007. The fourth film has since become available in numerous box sets containing the other films released in the series, including the ""Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection"" and ""Harry Potter Wizard's Collection"". An Ultimate Edition of ""Goblet of Fire"" was released on 19 October 2010, featuring behind-the-scenes footage, trailers, additional scenes, and a feature-length special ""Creating the World of Harry"
"Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on June 21, 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was published on July 16, 2005 and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published on July 21, 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and"
"release of ""Goblet of Fire"" and the fifth ""Harry Potter"" novel, ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"". This gap led to press speculation that Rowling had developed writer's block, speculations she denied. Rowling later said that writing the book was a chore, that it could have been shorter, and that she ran out of time and energy as she tried to finish it. The sixth book, ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", was released on 16 July 2005. It too broke all sales records, selling nine million copies in its first 24 hours of release. In 2006, ""Half-Blood"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. Five million copies were sold in the first"
"intending to kill him. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It also features well-known actors in supporting roles, including Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, David Thewlis as Remus Lupin, Michael Gambon (in his debut in the role of Albus Dumbledore), Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney and Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew. It is the sequel to ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" and is followed by ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"". The film was released on 31 May 2004 in"
"Beowulf (2007 film) Beowulf is a 2007 British-American 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary and based on the Old English epic poem of the same name. Starring the voices of Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright, Brendan Gleeson, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman and Angelina Jolie, the film features human characters animated using live action motion capture animation, which was previously used in ""The Polar Express"" (2004) and ""Monster House"" (2006). The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom and United States on November 16, 2007 by Paramount"
"Imelda Staunton made ""Order of the Phoenix"" the ""most fun"" film in the series to work on. His performance earned several award nominations, and he received the 2008 National Movie Award for ""Best Male Performance."" As his fame and the series continued, Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson left imprints of their hands, feet, and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. In July 2009 ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was released, the series' sixth instalment. Radcliffe received nominations for ""Best Male Performance"" and ""Global Superstar"" at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. For financial and scripting reasons the last"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. Set during protagonist Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury, and in the United States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other countries. It sold nine"
"family living room. Released in June 2003 under the Eskimo Laboratories record label, the album contains six of the seven songs composed on June 22, 2002, and another twelve written spontaneously and immediately thereafter recorded. In ""the summer of"" 2003, Harry and the Potters set out on an American tour, performing at libraries. The fifth Harry Potter book ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" came out that summer and on June 21, 2003, the highly anticipated day of release, the band played five sets in a span of 24 hours. The library gigs drew crowds of mostly children"
"her."" ""Ballet Shoes"" was broadcast in the UK on Boxing Day 2007 to an audience of 5.7 million viewers, to mixed reviews. Watson also lent her voice to the role of Princess Pea in the animated film ""The Tale of Despereaux"", a children's comedy starring Matthew Broderick, with Harry Potter co-star Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid) also starring in the film. ""The Tale of Despereaux"" was released in December 2008 and grossed $87 million worldwide. Principal photography for the sixth ""Harry Potter"" film began in late 2007, with Watson's part being filmed from 18 December to 17 May 2008. ""Harry Potter"