Wah? Order of the Phoenix Release Date Moved Up!
This Muggle is very puzzled. I’ve never heard of a film’s release date being moved up, especially not this late in the game. Cinematical reports that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will now be released Wednesday, July 11, instead of Friday, July 13.
Why the change? Are they trying to appease fundamentalist Christian groups by separating the movie from Friday the 13th? Cinematical’s Monica Bartyzel hypothesizes that Warner Bros. wanted to open the film a week after The Transformers. I’m wondering, given the timing of the decision, if it has more to do with the revenue from Thursday-night premieres of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End last week. Does this mean Order of the Phoenix will begin showing at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday? If so, will that count towards the all-important weekend gross figures? So many questions.
1 comment May 30th, 2007