Richard Griffiths OBE, 'one of the most loved, recognisable and greatest British actors', has died after complications following heart surgery.
Best known for his brilliant portrayal of Uncle Vernon in the Potter series, Griffths had enjoyed an enormously successful and wide ranging career in film, theatre and television. Starting out with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he went on to a number of television roles before becoming a fan favourite in the 1987 British classic, Withnail and I. In recent years, he headed back to the stage with roles in the Alan Bennett'sThe History Boys and the 2007 revival of Equus, featuring Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe.
Deathly Hallows Part 2 DVD information and release dates
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 DVD and Blu-ray will be available in the DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray Triple Play and Digital download editions.
Also the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 is set to be released in Blu-ray 3D. The 8-Film Blu-ray and DVD boxsets are set to be released.
Release Dates: November 11th (US and India), December 2nd (UK)
Deathly Hallows - Part 2 DVD : India | UK| US Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Blu-ray 3D : India | UK Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Blu-ray : India | UK| US Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Blu-ray 3D : India | UK 8-Film Collection (DVD) : India | UK| US 8-Film Collection (Blu-ray) : India | UK| US
"Deathly Hallows: Part 2" Reaches No. 3 on All Time Worldwide Grosses
As calculated by Box Office Mojo, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has reached the number three spot on the all time worldwide grosses list. Thus far, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has made $1.13 billion. The only two films that have made more are "Avatar" and "Titanic," coming in at first and second place respectively.
Twelve years ago he started of as a 10 Year old when he was cast for Harry Potter and grew through he fandom and love of us Harry Potter fans. Today he turns 22 after the Harry Potter series has just ended and love him no less.
Well, a very non-shocking news. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 has created Hollywood history by becoming the movie to gross the maximum on the opening day.
Deathly Hallows Part 2 grossed an estimated $92.1 million Friday, Warner Bros. said.
The take was nearly as big as the year's biggest three-day weekend to
date, and $20 million bigger than the opening-day record held by the Twilight franchise's New Moon.
It was also Hollywood's largest-ever single-day gross, blowing away, among others, New Moon, Eclipse and The Dark Knight.
Speaking of Batman…
The box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations today guestimated the final Harry Potter will smash The Dark Knight's three-year-old opening-weekend record with a $175 million Friday-Sunday domestic haul.
So, to recap: Opening-day record; single-day record; opening-weekend record (probably).
Within a day of the release of Deathly Hallows: part 2, Flipkart.com has started the pre-booking of its DVD. It states the release date as 'mid-november'. you can pre-book it here.
It is the first website to have started pre-booking.
We OFFICIALLY confirm that ALL major Multiplexes in India, especially mumbai have started bookings for HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS part 2 -3D.
The most important part, IMAX wadala has also opened plans, with first show at 9:15 am.
We, the people of HPEarth will be dawning upon IMAX Wadala, Mumbai around 8:30am tomorrow. Having confirmed tickets, hope to see to see you all. I(Suman) would be in a deathly hallows Tshirt, so just walk up and say hello!
Warner Bros. yesterday released an approximately five minute "Look Back" over the eight Harry Potter films. You can watch the video, which features clips from all the films, here on YouTube or embedded below.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" will be released on the 15th July
PVR Cinemas and Warner Bros. present the Harry Potter film festival. We can CONFIRM that PVR Phoenix, Mumbai will be screening all of the films as follows, around 7-7:45pm everyday.
10th July- Goblet of Fire 11th -Order of the phoenix 12th -Half blood prince 13th - Deathly Hallows part-1
Please call and check with PVR for bookings etc :)