When will Harry Potter 6 be released?

Originally planned to be released on Thanksgiving Day in November '08, it has now been postponed to July '09 LOS ANGELES, August 14 (Xinhua) -- Harry Potter fans around the world will have to wait longer to see their one-year-old idol on the screen again. Warner Studios announced on the 14th that "Harry Potter 6", which was originally scheduled to meet the audience in November this year, will be postponed to July next year, in order to get more box office in the summer market where there is a shortage of blockbuster films. Warner Studios President Alan Horn issued a statement on the 14th saying that the decision to postpone the release of "Harry Potter 6" was based on two considerations:

On the one hand, the summer schedule can bring relatively high box office revenues, as evidenced by the box office performance of "Harry Potter 5" last summer, and on the other hand, due to the Hollywood screenwriters' strike of more than 100 days from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, which affected the production progress of many films, it is expected that the summer of 2009 may be a shortage of blockbusters, which is just a good opportunity for "Harry Potter 6". Warner Pictures** said the postponement of the release date of "Harry Potter 6" will not affect the original filming schedule of the film and the next two film series. According to the earlier plan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last part of the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling**, will be divided into two episodes and brought to the screen due to its length.

"We moved the half-blood prince to the summer season for two reasons: the summer season is the ideal platform for family entertainment blockbusters, as the success of our last Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, confirmed it, making it the second highest-grossing film in the series after the first in the series," said Alan Horn, president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. In addition, like other producers, we are still feeling the impact of the writers' strike on the preparation of some new film scripts, changing the competitive outlook for the 2009 schedule and providing new opportunities that we want to seize.

We agreed that the best strategy would be to move the Half-Blood Prince to July, just in time to fill the gap in the middle of the summer. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has not announced a specific date. However, in the United Kingdom and the United States, it is July 15 (Warner announced 2 days earlier.

July 16 in Hong Kong and July 18 in Taiwan.

The release times of the Harry Potter film series are as follows:

1, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

The film was released in the United States on November 16, 2001 and premiered in Chinese mainland on January 26, 2002. The new 4K restored 3D version was released in Chinese mainland on August 14, 2020.

2. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".

The film was released in the UK on November 15, 2002.

3. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".

The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2004, and in Chinese mainland on September 10, 2004.

4. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

The film was released in the United States on November 12, 2005, and in Chinese mainland on November 18, 2005.

5. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".

The film was first released in Hong Kong and Taiwan on July 11, 2007, in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2007, and in the United States on July 13, 2007.

6, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".

The film was released in the United States on July 15, 2009, and in Chinese mainland on July 15, 2009.

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I).

The film was released on November 19, 2010 (USA, China).

8, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)".

The film premiered in London, England on July 7, 2011 and was released in Chinese mainland on August 4, 2011.