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Tonight, at midnight, the magic begins, and ends. Fandango reports that it has sold more midnight show tickets to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 than any other film in its history. Now, in preparation for the film, let’s take a look back at the path that led to the crimson cushions of tonight’s packed theaters.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“It's true then, what they're saying on the train. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts.”--Draco Malfoy
Released: November 16, 2001
Gross: $974,700,000 (Worldwide)
Director: Christopher Columbus
Plot: Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), the “Boy Who Lived,” leaves the Dursley family to embark on his first year at the magical wizardry academy, Hogwarts. There, he forms close bonds with Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), and discovers one of Hogwarts’ many hidden mysteries: the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Memorable Quotes:
Hermione: Now if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled.
Trivia:
Daniel Radcliffe was in the bath tub when he received news that he’d gotten the part of Harry Potter.
Richard Harris intended to turn down the role of Dumbledore until his granddaughter promised to never speak to him again if he did.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Director: Christopher Columbus
Plot: Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), the “Boy Who Lived,” leaves the Dursley family to embark on his first year at the magical wizardry academy, Hogwarts. There, he forms close bonds with Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), and discovers one of Hogwarts’ many hidden mysteries: the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Memorable Quotes:
Hermione: Now if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled.
Trivia:
Daniel Radcliffe was in the bath tub when he received news that he’d gotten the part of Harry Potter.
Richard Harris intended to turn down the role of Dumbledore until his granddaughter promised to never speak to him again if he did.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”--Dumbledore
Released: November 15, 2002
Released: November 15, 2002
Gross: $876,688,482 (Worldwide)
Director: Christopher Columbus
Plot: Hogwarts is in uproar in Harry’s second year as rumors abound that the Chamber of Secrets has been reopened, with promise to kill all without a pure line of magical parentage. Harry must solve the mystery of the Chamber as well as Tom Riddle’s Diary, which responds when written in, and the truth about the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh)
Memorable Quotes:
Tom Riddle: Haven't I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me any more. For many months now, my new target has been you.
Ron: Follow the spiders? Follow the spiders?! Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies"?
Trivia:
Hugh Grant was originally cast to play Gilderoy Lockhart.
Richard Harris (Dumbledore) died a few weeks before the film’s release.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“When in doubt, I find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin.”--Dumbledore
Director: Christopher Columbus
Plot: Hogwarts is in uproar in Harry’s second year as rumors abound that the Chamber of Secrets has been reopened, with promise to kill all without a pure line of magical parentage. Harry must solve the mystery of the Chamber as well as Tom Riddle’s Diary, which responds when written in, and the truth about the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh)
Memorable Quotes:
Tom Riddle: Haven't I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me any more. For many months now, my new target has been you.
Ron: Follow the spiders? Follow the spiders?! Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies"?
Trivia:
Hugh Grant was originally cast to play Gilderoy Lockhart.
Richard Harris (Dumbledore) died a few weeks before the film’s release.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“When in doubt, I find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin.”--Dumbledore
Gross: $761,300,818 (Worldwide)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Plot: Harry discovers that Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), a newly escaped prisoner from the wizard prison Azkaban is out to kill him in the name of the Dark Lord. Back at Hogwarts, an army of Dementors, terrifying shrouds traditionally stationed at Azkaban, have set up a perimeter to protect the school. With the help of a new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (David Thewlis), Harry must learn to defend himself against the paralyzing presence of the Dementors, as well as discover the surprising link between Black and his family.
Memorable Quotes:
Dumbledore: A word of caution: dementors are vicious creatures. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in there way. Therefore I must warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you. It's not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving. But you know happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.
Sirius Black: Normally, I have a very sweet disposition as a dog. In fact, more than once, James suggested that I make the change permanent. The tail I could live with. But the fleas? They're murder.
Trivia:The cast was told that Honeydukes, the sweet shop, was coated completely in lacquer to keep the children from taking the candy decorations.
Sirius Black’s tattoos are actually borrowed from Russian prison gangs.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“It was old magic, something I should have foreseen. But no matter, no matter, things have changed. I CAN TOUCH YOU... NOW!”--Voldemort
Released: November 18, 2005
Gross: $895,921,036 (Worldwide)
Director: Mike Newell
Plot: The Triwizard Tournament comes to Hogwarts--and this year, it has a surprise. The Goblet of Fire responsible for selecting the Hogwarts champions selects two: Harry, and Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson). The two wizards match against Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy) and Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ianevski) to win the prize, but at what cost?
Memorable Quotes:
Professor McGonagall: Now, Mr. Weasley, put your right hand on my waist. Ron: Whaaa?
Harry: Why do they have to travel in packs? And how are you supposed to get one on their own to ask them?
Trivia:
Over 3,000 girls auditioned for the part of Cho Chang.
In the scene where Hermione descends the stairs in a beautiful dress, Emma Watson tripped and fell down the stairs in one take.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Besides, the world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.”--Sirius Black
Released: July 11, 2007
Gross: $938,212,738 (Worldwide)
Director: David Yates
Plot: With most of the wizarding world in denial about the return of Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), Harry begins his fifth year at Hogwarts to find the school has a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, the sadistic Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton). Without the school’s help, Harry and his friends must find their own way to prepare themselves and their peers for the impending battle against Voldemort and his Death Eaters, like the newly escaped Azkaban prisoner, Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter).
Memorable Quotes:
Hermione: He really is out there, isn’t he? We’ve got to be able to defend ourselves. And if Umbridge refuses to teach us how, we need someone who will.
Dolores Umbridge: As I told you, Mr. Potter, naughty children deserve to be punished.
Trivia:
In nearly every trailer for the film, Dumbledore tells Harry, “Don’t fight him, Harry, you can’t win.” However, this line is not featured in the final cut of the film.
While the book Order of the Phoenix was the longest, the film is the shortest of the series.
Order of the Phoenix was the only movie not penned by Steve Kloves.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Times like these, dark times, they do funny things to people. They can tear them apart.”--Arthur Weasley
Released: July 15, 2009
Gross: $933,959,197 (Worldwide)
Director: David Yates
Plot: In his sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry discovers an annotated Potions book belonging to the “Half-blood Prince” that permits him to excel in classes and leads him to a dark secret. In the meantime, dark things are brewing at the school, and Harry must ascertain what the Death Eaters are planning to save his classmates and determine the fate of the wizarding world.
Memorable Quotes:
Dumbledore: Did I know that I just met the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? No.
Trivia:
Guillermo del Toro was considered to direct the film.
The shooting script originally contained a line where Dumbledore referenced a crush on a girl he’d had. J.K. Rowling edited the line due to the later-revealed fact that Dumbledore was, in fact, gay.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
“Together, they make the Deathly Hallows. Together, they make one master of death.”--Xenophilius Lovegood
Released: November 19, 2010
Gross: $954,000,000 (Worldwide)
Director: David Yates
Plot: With Dumbledore gone, Harry races to destroy the Horcruxes before Voldemort can further his invasion of the wizarding and muggle world.
Memorable Quotes:
Dobby: Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf, and Dobby has come to save Harry Potter and his friends!
Trivia:
M. Night Shyamalan indicated interest in directing the film.
Over 500 wands were constructed for the film.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Released: July 15, 2011
Gross: TBD
Director: David Yates
Plot: Harry continues the search for the Horcruxes and returns to Hogwarts for the final showdown.
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