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Harry Potter Mania is back and MizHollywood was at the movie theatre interviewing fans for the midnight show opening who had been standing in line for hours and secured their tickets weeks in advance.Harry Potter Mania is back and MizHollywood was at the movie theatre interviewing fans... more
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If ever there was a film release almost certain to turn a tidy profit, it would be any Harry Potter movie, and Warner Bros. executives can rest assured that Wednesday's debut of the franchise's sixth installment will pile the grosses high through Sunday. But to understand just how fervently studio insiders will be hoping for a muscular box-office bow by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," consider that this time last year Warners launched a little film called "The Dark Knight" to rather good effect.
No pressure there.
"The reviews are great," Warners domestic distribution president Dan Fellman said with a what-me-worry nonchalance. "I think it's the best Harry Potter picture so far. Certainly, as the cast matures, they keep getting better."
"Potter" movies have carried PG or PG-13 ratings, with "Prince" toting the less-restrictive former designation. As the cast and their book-based characters age, Warners hopes to attract new, younger patrons while continuing to draw older fans of the series.
"Half-Blood Prince" is set for 4,275 U.S. and Canadian locations Wednesday and 50 more beginning Friday, and its screen count runs north of 8,000. A consensus estimate for its first five days in domestic release has it pulling in $140 million or more, with about $100 million of that sum likely to be rung up during the Friday-Sunday span.
Previous Potter pics have posted cumulative domestic grosses ranging upward from the $249.5 million fetched by 2004's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," with 2001 franchise launcher "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" enjoying the series' best domestic take to date: $317.6 million.
continuedIf ever there was a film release almost certain to turn a tidy profit, it would be any... more
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In lieu of tonight's midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, MTV went and listed the various spells that the little magic critters learned over the last few years.
Which is great, since I don't know my Accio from my Spectrum Patronis...Potronis...Pa--Nevermind. That's why this list is here.In lieu of tonight's midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,... more
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We want your webcam reviews of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, (500) Days of Summer and Homecoming this weekend for next week’s Rotten Tomatoes Show. Any reviewers who make it on the show will be paid $100 via paypal.
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If you have any problems with your upload, contact Jlichman AT current dot com.We want your webcam reviews of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, (500) Days of... more
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The 39th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival started on sunday July 14th with the exclusive preview of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Festival will have 25 special events: one of this will be Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Many stars, from all over the world, will be attending the event: from Winona Ryder to Eva Mendes, and then Naomi Watts or Baz Luhrmann.
A great event dedicated only to youg people: from 3 years old to 21, these will be the young judges of the Festival.The 39th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival started on sunday July 14th with the... more
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Photographs from the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at the Ziegfield Theatre in New York, NY on Thursday, July 9, 2009.Photographs from the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at... more
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FROM MOVIES BLOG: Okay okay okay… I know I hinted yesterday that we would be premiering an exclusive clip from from “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” I wasn’t lying at the time either. I genuinely believed that the clip was coming. Unfortunately, the owl bearing the tape was lost in flight and the clip along with it. That’s what we Muggles get for putting our faith in the power of magic. Thank goodness for FedEx!FROM MOVIES BLOG: Okay okay okay… I know I hinted yesterday that we would be... more
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Plot:
J.K. Rowling’s sixth novel about the boy wizard appears on screen in this film from David Yates, the director of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson are back as the beloved Hogwarts students, and Oscar winner Jim Broadbent joins the cast as Horace Slughorn.
Release Date: 15 July 2009 (USA)
They’re sure good at making trailers!Plot:
J.K. Rowling’s sixth novel about the boy wizard appears on screen in this... more
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Do you have your tickets to the opening show yet? (I DO!) This is the newest trailer for the soon-to-be-released installment in the Harry Potter series to keep you happy while you wait; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which will open on 17 July 2009.Do you have your tickets to the opening show yet? (I DO!) This is the newest trailer... more
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Warner Brothers has sent out five new images from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. After a mammoth delay that spanned long enough to conceive, develop, and deliver a newborn child, we are finally within one month of the film’s release on July 15, 2009.Warner Brothers has sent out five new images from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood... more
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Check out this great featurette on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!
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If you're like me, you have practically gnawed off all your fingers in anticipation of the often-delayed next installment in the Harry Potter film series; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which will FINALLY be released on 15 July.If you're like me, you have practically gnawed off all your fingers in... more
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"Talk about symbolic. It’s the end of a long day’s location shoot on the Harry Potter franchise. Total Film is sat yakking with the series’ now-signature director, David Yates, in a dressing tent. Suddenly, it all goes inky-black.
Just one of the crew powering down the lights for the day. Fitting metaphor, though, for a saga that gets darker with every episode, right?
“For me, this is a warmer, lighter film than Order Of The Phoenix,” says Yates.“I loved the intensity of the fifth one, but it had all this bloody earnest teenage-angst stuff, whereas this is a little bit more of a romantic comedy – until things turn dark in the third act…”
We’ll get back to that. In the meantime, hormones are off the hook at Hogwarts: “There’s a lot to do with Ron and Hermione’s relationship in this one,” says Emma Watson.
“Which is great, because it gave us the chance to do comedy. Hermione got very serious in the last couple, so it was nice to do some funny bits with Rupert [Grint], who’s great at that sort of thing.”
But slightly awkward when it comes to love scenes, mind. “There’s a bit of a kiss with Jessie [Cave, who plays Lavender], which was quite embarrassing,” confesses Rupert Grint.""Talk about symbolic. It’s the end of a long day’s location shoot on... more
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The release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been pushed back by eight months, to July 2009.
The sixth instalment of the teenage wizard's adventures was supposed to have its Royal premiere on 17 November. Alan Horn, president of studio Warner Bros, said the decision was taken to guarantee the studio a major summer blockbuster in 2009. He also blamed the Hollywood writers' strike, which hit the film industry hard earlier this year.
Mr Horn said the strike, which ended in February, had "impacted the readiness of scripts for other films." He said: "The picture is completely, absolutely, 100% on schedule, on time. There were no delays. "I've seen the movie. It is fabulous. We would have been perfectly able to have it out in November."
The move will mean a two-year delay between the film adaptations of books five and six in JK Rowling's fantasy series. But it will shorten fans' wait between Half-Blood Prince and the final two instalments of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which are being shot simultaneously next year. The release date for part one is tentatively set for November 2010.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince had been chosen for this year's Royal Film Performance, on 17 November. Last year's Royal Film Performance was cancelled amid controversy about the chosen movie, Brick Lane. It was first time the annual gala had been scrapped since 1958.The release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been pushed back by... more
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The Royal and European premiere screening of the sixth installment of the Warner Bros. Pictures Harry Potter film franchise based on the beloved novels by J.K. Rowling, will take place on Monday 17th November 2008. It is unclear as yet which member of the Royal Family will be present.
David Murrell, President of The CTBF said:
"We are delighted to have Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiering at our most prestigious fund raising event, The Royal Film Performance(tm). The Harry Potter series is a perfect example of great British film making and we are grateful to Warner Bros. for its support. With its help we are going to make this event a spectacular fundraiser for the CTBF and continue our lifeline of support for people behind the scenes in the world of film, television and cinema."
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released on November 21, 2008, by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
For the first time in the history of the Harry Potter films, premiere tickets will be available to purchase.The Royal and European premiere screening of the sixth installment of the Warner Bros.... more
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