• Total Gross: $789,804,554   
• Distributor:Warner Bros.
• Release Date: June 4, 2004
• Genre:Fantasy
• Running Time: 2 hrs. 22 min.
• MPAA Rating: PG
• Production Budget: $130 million

Cast:
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
Richard Griffiths - Uncle Vernon
Pam Ferris - Aunt Marge
Fiona Shaw - Aunt Petunia

2005 Academy Awards® :: 0 Wins out of 2 Nominations
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Best Achievement in Visual Effects

It is late in the summer and Harry is at the Dursleys in Privet Drive, preparing for his third year at Hogwart's, when an obnoxious relative demeans his father's memory, causing Harry to lose his temper. As a result, Harry violates the rules of student witches and wizards, causing the offending aunt to inflate as a dirigible and float away into the night sky on an stream of invectives. Harry is forced to grow up and confront both his past and his future, and come to terms with the reality that he is no ordinary wizard.  It is a delightful opening to a film with far more serious issues to explore and frightening obstacles to overcome. Sirius Black, imprisoned at Azkaban for complicity in the murder of Harry's parents, has escaped, and is looking for Harry. The soul-stealing prison guards called 'Dementors' are searching for Black everywhere, but when he and Harry meet, there are revelations which change everything. New cast members aquit themselves well. The role of Sirius Black was tailor made for Gary Oldman - he has a requisite creepiness with just a dose of humanity to bring the character to life. Daniel Thewlis is good as Professor Lupin, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts master who takes Harry under his wing. Emma Thompson is amusing as a Divinity professor with bad eyesight. She can see into the future but can't tell which students are falling asleep in her class!