As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 39 nominations total
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- TriviaDame Maggie Smith completed filming this movie while undergoing radio-therapy as treatment for breast cancer.
- GoofsDumbledore has Riddle's diary in his possession, even though Harry gave the book to Lucius Malfoy at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). However, Lucius gave it to Dobby, inadvertently freeing him as Harry had hidden his sock between the pages. Dobby then dropped the book to rescue Harry from Lucius's wrath. The book was left on the floor, meaning that someone could return the book to the headmaster's office. It is doubtful Lucius would have retrieved the book as he would have realised Harry only gave it to him to trick him and, presuming he knew it was a Horcrux, would also have realised it was worthless now that it had been destroyed.
- Quotes
Professor Minerva McGonagall: [to Harry, Ron, & Hermione] Why is it, when something happens, it is always you three?
Ron Weasley: Believe me, Professor. I've been asking myself the same question for six years.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits take their shape from what look like ink spills, resembling the appearance of the collected memories when they are poured into Dumbledore's Pensieve.
- Alternate versionsSome of the dubbed versions change the names of a few characters, to match their translated novel counterparts in each respective language. Examples include Hermione, who in the German version (of all the Potter films/books) is named Hermine, and Dumbledore, who in the Dutch version is Perkamentus. (Source: Multi-lingual Blu-Ray copies of the films)
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
- SoundtracksHedwig's Theme
Composed by John Williams
Director David Yates returns and will for the remainder of the series. It has a more serious tone. The teenage love drama is heating up especially for Hermione and Ron. It comes to a head in this one in a satisfying melodrama.
The reveal of Voldemort's plan is a bit confusing. More effort is needed to explain what a Horcrux is. A scene with Voldemort creating one of the Hocrux would solve the problem. For the big death climax, the action is rather lacking. It needs more drama. I'm reminded of 'Empire Strikes Back'. In that movie, the big scene gets the most iconic treatment. Something like that is needed here. But it still works while following the book. That's probably more important.
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- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: An IMAX 3D Experience
- Filming locations
- Raumabanen Railway Line, Bjorli, Norway(Hogwarts express scenes in winter)
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- Budget
- $250,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $302,334,374
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $77,835,727
- Jul 19, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $941,055,851
- Runtime2 hours 33 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1