Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban backdrop

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanFollow

2004 • PG • 2h 22m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Something wicked this way comes.

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4.14

7.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$93.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$251.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$784.80M

$533.40M international

Domestic legs2.68x

Budget$130M

2004 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Cuarón filmography

Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Director

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe Starring

Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint Starring

Emma Watson

Emma Watson Starring

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane Starring

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon Starring

ScreenplaySteve Kloves Produced byDavid Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe CinematographyMichael Seresin MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignStuart Craig StudioWarner Bros. SeriesHarry Potter

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 4-6 1 $93.7M — 3,855 $24,302 $93.7M

2 Jun 11-13 1 $34.9M −62.7% 3,855 $9,055 $158.0M

3 Jun 18-20 3 $18.0M −48.4% 3,805 $4,737 $190.9M

4 Jun 25-27 6 $11.2M −37.6% 3,404 $3,304 $211.5M

5 Jul 2-4 7 $5.9M −47.2% 2,725 $2,179 $223.1M

6 Jul 9-11 11 $4.1M −31.8% 2,002 $2,024 $232.8M

7 Jul 16-18 12 $2.8M −31.9% 1,460 $1,889 $238.3M

8 Jul 23-25 12 $1.7M −39.2% 1,008 $1,664 $241.8M

9 Jul 30-Aug 1 17 $989.4K −41.0% 605 $1,635 $243.9M

10 Aug 6-8 19 $728.2K −26.4% 409 $1,780 $245.3M

11 Aug 13-15 23 $451.4K −38.0% 310 $1,456 $246.2M

12 Aug 20-22 25 $353.5K −21.7% 248 $1,425 $246.9M

13 Aug 27-29 23 $485.7K +37.4% 391 $1,242 $247.6M

14 Sep 3-5 24 $413.4K −14.9% 391 $1,057 $248.2M

15 Sep 10-12 30 $203.9K −50.7% 321 $635 $248.6M

16 Sep 17-19 34 $170.1K −16.6% 228 $746 $248.9M

17 Sep 24-26 36 $137.9K −18.9% 246 $560 $249.0M

18 Oct 1-3 44 $64.4K −53.3% 164 $392 $249.1M

19 Oct 8-10 43 $43.5K −32.4% 119 $365 $249.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 4 #1 $38.3M — $38.3M 3,855 $9,926 1

Sat Jun 5 #1 $31.5M −18% $69.8M 3,855 $8,169 2

Sun Jun 6 #1 $23.9M −24% $93.7M 3,855 $6,206 3

Mon Jun 7 #1 $8.4M −65% $102.1M 3,855 $2,186 4

Tue Jun 8 #1 $7.2M −14% $109.4M 3,855 $1,879 5

Wed Jun 9 #1 $6.9M −5% $116.2M 3,855 $1,784 6

Thu Jun 10 #1 $6.8M −1% $123.1M 3,855 $1,769 7

Fri Jun 11 #1 $11.0M +61% −71% $134.1M 3,855 $2,853 8

Sat Jun 12 #1 $13.5M +23% −57% $147.9M 3,855 $3,512 9

Sun Jun 13 #1 $10.0M −26% −58% $158.0M 3,855 $2,601 10

Mon Jun 14 #1 $4.0M −60% −53% $162.0M 3,855 $1,034 11

Tue Jun 15 #1 $3.7M −6% −48% $165.7M 3,855 $970 12

Wed Jun 16 #1 $3.6M −3% −47% $169.3M 3,855 $939 13

Thu Jun 17 #1 $3.6M −2% −48% $172.9M 3,855 $925 14

Fri Jun 18 #3 $5.3M +49% −52% $178.2M 3,805 $1,392 15

Sat Jun 19 #3 $7.1M +34% −48% $185.3M 3,805 $1,868 16

Sun Jun 20 #2 $5.6M −21% −44% $190.9M 3,805 $1,476 17

Mon Jun 21 #2 $2.4M −58% −41% $193.3M 3,805 $621 18

Tue Jun 22 #2 $2.6M +10% −30% $195.9M 3,805 $684 19

Wed Jun 23 #3 $2.2M −17% −41% $198.1M 3,805 $566 20

Thu Jun 24 #3 $2.2M +4% −37% $200.3M 3,805 $588 21

Fri Jun 25 #6 $3.4M +52% −36% $203.7M 3,404 $998 22

Sat Jun 26 #6 $4.5M +31% −37% $208.2M 3,404 $1,312 23

Sun Jun 27 #6 $3.4M −25% −40% $211.5M 3,404 $990 24

Mon Jun 28 #5 $1.6M −53% −33% $213.1M 3,404 $462 25

Tue Jun 29 #5 $1.6M −1% −40% $214.7M 3,404 $457 26

Wed Jun 30 #7 $1.2M −23% −44% $215.9M 3,004 $400 27

Thu Jul 1 #8 $1.3M +8% −42% $217.2M 3,004 $433 28

Fri Jul 2 #8 $1.9M +47% −44% $219.1M 2,725 $703 29

Sat Jul 3 #7 $2.3M +20% −48% $221.4M 2,725 $846 30

Sun Jul 4 #7 $1.7M −26% −49% $223.1M 2,725 $629 31

Mon Jul 5 #7 $2.6M +52% +65% $225.7M 2,725 $955 32

Tue Jul 6 #8 $1.1M −58% −30% $226.8M 2,725 $398 33

Wed Jul 7 #9 $951.0K −12% −21% $227.8M 2,725 $348 34

Thu Jul 8 #9 $987.5K +4% −24% $228.7M 2,725 $362 35

Fri Jul 9 #11 $1.2M +17% −40% $229.9M 2,002 $578 36

Sat Jul 10 #10 $1.6M +36% −32% $231.5M 2,002 $788 37

Sun Jul 11 #10 $1.3M −17% −23% $232.8M 2,002 $657 38

Mon Jul 12 #10 $688.0K −48% −74% $233.5M 2,002 $343 39

Tue Jul 13 #11 $721.0K +5% −34% $234.2M 2,002 $360 40

Wed Jul 14 #10 $706.0K −2% −26% $234.9M 2,002 $352 41

Thu Jul 15 #10 $675.0K −4% −32% $235.6M 2,002 $337 42

Fri Jul 16 #12 $732.2K +8% −37% $236.3M 1,460 $501 43

Sat Jul 17 #12 $1.0M +42% −34% $237.4M 1,460 $714 44

Sun Jul 18 #11 $982.8K −6% −25% $238.3M 1,460 $673 45

Mon Jul 19 #11 $441.5K −55% −36% $238.8M 1,460 $302 46

Tue Jul 20 #10 $448.3K +2% −38% $239.2M 1,460 $307 47

Wed Jul 21 #10 $427.0K −5% −40% $239.7M 1,460 $292 48

Thu Jul 22 #10 $431.0K +1% −36% $240.1M 1,460 $295 49

Fri Jul 23 #11 $400.0K −7% −45% $240.5M 1,008 $396 50

Sat Jul 24 #11 $678.5K +70% −35% $241.2M 1,008 $673 51

Sun Jul 25 #11 $553.4K −18% −44% $241.8M 1,008 $549 52

Mon Jul 26 #13 $255.5K −54% −42% $242.0M 1,008 $253 53

Tue Jul 27 #12 $323.5K +27% −28% $242.3M 1,008 $321 54

Wed Jul 28 #12 $314.3K −3% −26% $242.7M 1,008 $312 55

Thu Jul 29 #13 $257.5K −18% −40% $242.9M 1,008 $255 56

Fri Jul 30 #17 $241.1K −6% −40% $243.2M 605 $399 57

Sat Jul 31 #17 $387.1K +61% −43% $243.5M 605 $640 58

Sun Aug 1 #17 $361.2K −7% −35% $243.9M 605 $597 59

Mon Aug 2 #16 $170.2K −53% −33% $244.1M 605 $281 60

Tue Aug 3 #17 $172.0K +1% −47% $244.3M 605 $284 61

Wed Aug 4 #17 $173.5K +1% −45% $244.4M 605 $287 62

Thu Aug 5 #16 $177.7K +2% −31% $244.6M 605 $294 63

Fri Aug 6 #20 $193.6K +9% −20% $244.8M 409 $473 64

Sat Aug 7 #19 $287.9K +49% −26% $245.1M 409 $704 65

Sun Aug 8 #19 $246.7K −14% −32% $245.3M 409 $603 66

Mon Aug 9 #17 $114.5K −54% −33% $245.4M 409 $280 67

Tue Aug 10 #17 $122.4K +7% −29% $245.6M 409 $299 68

Wed Aug 11 #18 $112.4K −8% −35% $245.7M 409 $275 69

Thu Aug 12 #18 $111.3K −1% −37% $245.8M 409 $272 70

Fri Aug 13 #22 $128.6K +16% −34% $245.9M 409 $314 71

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$245.8M

Jun 4Jun 21Jul 9Jul 26Aug 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $728.2K

$93.7M

$34.9M

$18.0M

$11.2M

$5.9M

$4.1M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$989.4K

$728.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,855 → 409 −89.4%

3,855 open409 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.4%

−62.7%

W1→2

−48.4%

W2→3

−37.6%

W3→4

−47.2%

W4→5

−31.8%

W5→6

−31.9%

W6→7

−39.2%

W7→8

−41.0%

W8→9

−26.4%

W9→10

Steepest −62.7%Best hold −26.4%

Run milestones

$200M in 21 days

$100M

Day 4

Jun 7

$200M

Day 21

Jun 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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