Confirmed: Change to US "Order of the Phoenix" Release Date, Now July 11
OotP FilmMay 29, 2007, 06:01 PM
Update: Now confirmed to TLC by Warner Brothers:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will open in the US on July 11, 2007
No reason was given to us for the change, however as Coming Soon first reported, "this will give the movie a potential big five-day opening, from Wednesday through Sunday." Readers will remember that in the UK, the OotP release date was moved one day earlier to July 12.
Thanks to everyone who has mailed!
Haha. As awesome as that is it totally dashes my midnight release plans, since my friend is flying in on the 11th round noon. Bah. Ah well.
OMG THIS MAKES MY LIFEE!! i was gonna be out of town on july 13 and im not gonna be on july 11!!! YESSSS!!! I LOVE YOU WB!!! AAAHHH AYYYYYAA!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Can't wait!!! I'll skip watever i got planned!
Awesome!!!
WHAT. This kind of ruins the game plan I had to prepare for this time period in July...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I won't be there!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm only coming back on July 13!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so mad!!! This will be the latest that I will have ever seen one of the movies!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!
Any news for Canada?
I know exactly why they did it: money. A longer opening weekend=more opening money numbers. No matter whether we care about that stuff or not (I don't), I have a feeling all the executives feel competitive about that kind of stuff. It also may have to do with the book release date, though I doubt that.
PLEASE, Leaky, tell us if this applys to Canada! Sometimes they just say America and mean America and Canada, but I can't tell with this one. Please tell us the canadian date!
YAY!!! But I won't believe it 100% until they change the date on harrypotter.com
What about Canada??? Please don't say we get it later than the UK and the US!!
Chase-
HarryPotter.com- That's the last place that will update, so in the meantime, beleive Leaky. They are always right. :)
Bobby nailed it.
Spider-Man 3 had the biggest weekend opening ever. To try to top it, Pirates 3 moved their release back a few hours (from midnight Friday to 8:00 p.m. Thursday). I absolutely knew this was coming, especially since Pirates did not beat Spidey's three-day domestic take but apparently slaughtered its international opening. If OoTP tops THAT, they get tons of free press and encouragement for everyone else to go see it who hasn't yet.
