• VOTD: Kees Van Dijkhuizen's 'Mischief Managed: The Harry Potter Retrospective'

    As much time and money and effort as Hollywood pours into big-budget franchises, only a handful manage to make a real lasting impression on moviegoers. But the best of them live on long after the last installment has hit theaters, and one that falls into that category is Warner Bros.' Harry Potter series. From 2001…

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  • 31-Disc 'Harry Potter' Blu-Ray Box Set Revealed

    The moment I walked out of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last summer, I remember thinking "I can't wait to own the entire series in one Blu-ray box set." Warner Bros. quickly obliged with a disappointing barebones release for the 2011 holiday season and then vowed to take the movies off shelves.…

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  • AMC Hosting Pre-'Deathly Hallows' Harry Potter Marathon November 18

    Though a good number of fans have already purchased their tickets to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 at midnight on November 19, most of us have not. Two weeks away still feels a little too early to make plans. Well, AMC has upped the ante with an event that's sure to…

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  • Harry Potter 1-5: By The Numbers

    What is your favorite Harry Potter film? Which of the movies in the series do you think is the best reviewed? Highest rated by the mainstream public? Largest grossing. I can tell you that my favorite is Alfanso Cuaron's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and it seems like I'm not alone. Azkaban is…

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  • Harry Potter's Live Community Screening And Michael Bay's HD-DVD Conspiracy Theory

    The HD-DVD release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix offers a revolutionary new DVD feature called "Live Community Screening": Gather your own army of fellow wizards for a live community screening party. Invite other owners of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HD DVD to simultaneously watch from their…

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  • New Harry Potter DVD To Come Bundled With Portable Digital Version

    Last year we wrote an article on how we wished that movie studios didn't force us buy a movie in 5 different formats. I have a library of thousands of DVDs, which I now must re-buy in HD-DVD or Blu-ray, in addition to spending hours encoding them for my iPod video or iPhone or plunking…

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  • Box Office: Harry Potter Breaks Spider-Man 2's Wednesday Record

      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the new all-time Wednesday box office champion, topping Spider-Man 2's $40.4M. The opening day estimate, however, sailed past my target range of $39M-$42M. HP5 is in the stratosphere with a breathtaking estimated $44.3M to start its domestic run. Harry's record-breaking day started off Tuesday night/Wednesday…

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  • Harry Potter Targets $128 Million For Opening 5 Days

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is tracking to take $128 million in the first five days of release. Looking at the 5 major 2007 summer sequels I've calculated a formula to redict the success of the latest Potter. Using Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3, Pirates 3, Ocean's Thirteen and Fantastic Four 2, there's…

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  • Movie Review: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

    The Harry Potter series has grown on me. I remember attending the first movie wondering what the big deal was. I half dismissed it, but was there opening night for the sequel. I've since read all the books (or rather, listened to them on audiobook/ipod, which I highly recommend), I own all the DVDs, and…

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  • Movie Attendance Falls In The Summer Of Threequels

     In a summer full of big blockbuster movies, adaptations, sequels and threequels, you would think that Hollywood would have made some record scratch. Not so! According to the AP, attendance is running behind last summer's and has even fallen below that of the summer of 2005. According to Media By Numbers, 279 million tickets had…

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  • 13 Minutes Of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

    A 13 minute video of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix aired on HBO last night and is now available on GoogleVideo. The preview contains a bunch of new footage inter-cut with the usual cast and crew interviews. Check it out after the jump. Although, I must warn you, they reveal a lot…

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  • First Review Says Harry Potter And Order Of The Phoenix "Struggles"

    The London Times has published the first review of Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix. Leo Lewis calls the film: "a solid, occasionally spectacular set-piece that struggles unsuccessfully to give us thrills and fun we have not already had in previous installments." That doesn't sound very positive, does it? This is too bad,…

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  • JK Rowling Suggested That Character Be Included In Potter Movie

      At the London press conference for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, one of the big topics of conversation was which character was cut, than added back into the film's screenplau under JK Rowling's advisement. "Jo reads each draft," David Heyman said, "she reads each screenplay, and she said, 'You know, I…

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  • 75 Photos: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

    Warner Bros has released a final batch of new Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix production photos. Below we have put together a collection of all the Phoenix photos, 75 in all, that have been released thus far. Some are old, some are brand spanking new, and some are even behind the scenes…

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  • NOT TRUE: The Dark Knight Trailer Attached To Harry Potter

    AICN and many other sites around the web are reporting that a teaser trailer for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, will premiere before Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Unfortunately we have received word from a VERY GOOD SOURCE that this is completely 100% untrue. So mark this rumor as killed.…

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  • 1408 Runs From Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

    Earlier today we reported that The Weinstein Co/Lionsgate had decided to release Michael Moore's Sicko up against Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille and Live Free or Die Hard. A bad release date if there ever was one. Now The Weinstein's Dimension Films is finally making a smart move. They have moved the John Cusack Stephen King adaptation 1408…

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