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Harry Potter to open in Japan before USA
By M&C Movie News Jun 10, 2007, 9:18 GMT
In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager\'s recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned. Fearing that Hogwarts\' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort\'s return in order to undermine his ...more
After hosting the premiere of Spider-Man 3, Tokyo will now see the premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' on June 28.
Reuters reports that Warner Bros. has confirmed the premiere's Japanese location and adds that Harry himself, actor Daniel Radcliffe, will be in attendance.
Order of the Phoenix is then slated to screen in London on July 3 ahead of its stateside opening July 13.
Although the WB spokesperson reportedly said there was "no special reason" for selecting Tokyo, Reuters speculates that the Spidey 3 premiere "was seen as a shrewd push into the faster-growing international market that could help boost box-office revenues."
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