London: One of the few places where the Harry Potter movies failed to weave their magic was the Oscars, and the blockbuster franchise's failure to win a single Academy Award in eight attempts still rankles with some key players. The series, based on J.K. Rowling's best-selling boy wizard stories, was nominated for 12 Oscars over its 10-year history, in the art direction, visual effects, makeup, cinematography, costume design and music...
03:27 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Nominations for the annual People's Choice Awards were announced on Tuesday, with popular films like the final 'Harry Potter' and the latest 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and their actors among nominees. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' will compete for favorite movie, alongside 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon', 'The Help' and 'Bridesmaids'. The final 'Harry Potter' film in...
12:44 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: 10 years and 8 films later, Harry Potter, his friends and his foes " come to you one last time in the documentary by Morgan Matthews called " When Harry Left Hogwarts. The 48 minute documentary is a behind the scenes from the last movie " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The magnum opus of a last book by JK Rowling was broken in to...
05:41 PM, Oct 21, 2011
Los Angeles: The summer blockbuster movie season comes to an end this weekend, and already moviegoers on one website have decided their favourite flick of the period -- 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2'. Voters in a new poll released on Thursday by NextMovie.com had the British boy wizard casting his spell over nearly 60 percent of voters for favorite summer flick, easily surpassing 'X-Men: First Class' with...
11:58 AM, Sep 02, 2011
Los Angeles: Apes have climbed to the top rung of the weekend box office. The 20th Century Fox action thriller 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' took in $54 million to open as the No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates Sunday. That was about $15 million to $20 million more than analysts expected for the 'Apes' prequel, though well below the $68.5 million opening of Tim Burton's 'Planet...
09:51 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Los Angeles: Selena Gomez conjured five wins at the Teen Choice Awards - one more than boyfriend Justin Bieber. The star of "Wizards of Waverly Place" was selected as choice TV actress, female hottie and music group with her band The Scene. Gomez and her ensemble were also awarded the choice single trophy for "Who Says" and love song for "Love You Like a Love Song," which the 19-year-old actress-singer...
11:12 AM, Aug 08, 2011
Los Angeles: Superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger triumphed at the U.S. and Canadian box offices with $65.8 million in weekend ticket sales as the magic faded from the final Harry Potter film's record-breaking debut. The strong opening for Captain America topped expectations in its battle against the hugely successful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which saw its massive opening-weekend audience from last week shrink...
12:29 PM, Jul 25, 2011
London: The eight Harry Potter movies have earned more than $7 billion at the box office, Warner Bros said, cementing their place as the biggest grossing series ever. Although the total does not take into account inflation, and attendance figures have generally declined throughout the series according to some analyses, the franchise has been a major success for the Hollywood studio. Dan Fellman, Warner Bros Pictures President of Domestic Distribution,...
01:19 PM, Jul 23, 2011
With 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2', the distributors and exhibitors are calling it the best weekend of this year. ...
03:17 PM, Jul 19, 2011
A decade's worth of anticipation, along with Ms Rowling's efforts, and our dreams that grew around The Boy Who Lived and He Who Must Not be Named. In one single effort. With a swish and a flick, Warner Brothers uttered the magic words. And there lay Harry Potter, dead, across thousands of screens across the world, all at the same time. The worst Potter movie ever made. Period. I suppose...
04:13 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Los Angeles: A swan song of the blockbuster Harry Potter series eclipsed a previous trailblazer of the Hollywood tentpoles by grabbing a heart-stopping $168.55 million over the weekend, as well as creating three other firsts as the highly popular franchise bows out of celluloid incarnation for good, Xinhua reports. According to estimated statistics released by Warner Bros., which distributes "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II", the final and...
10:35 AM, Jul 18, 2011
Los Angeles: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the final movie of the popular boy wizard, has set a new US box office record after raking in $43.5 million dollars from midnight screenings alone. The movie was released across the US Friday midnight. Contactmusic.com reports that Warner Bros. studio bosses were also bracing for a big showing this weekend. According to industry insiders' prediction, the new Potter film...
01:17 PM, Jul 16, 2011
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Felton Director: David Yates For ten years, it has all been leading up to this moment. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2', the final episode in the eight-part movie saga, culminates in the awaited showdown between the teenage wizard and his lifelong nemesis Lord Voldemort, who finally enters the gates of Hogwarts to...
11:31 PM, Jul 15, 2011
Fans give their verdict on the boy wizard as he takes a bow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. ...
04:36 PM, Jul 15, 2011
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