Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire” Crosses $600 Million Mark

(February 23, 2006 - Burbank, CA) – Warner Bros. Pictures’ acclaimed box office phenomenon "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has crossed the $600 million mark in international receipts, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time. The announcement was made today by Sue Kroll and Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, Warner Bros. Pictures International’s President of Marketing and President of Distribution, respectively. Since its release in late November of last year, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has garnered record cumulative grosses in territories including Japan ($91M), the United Kingdom ($84M), Germany ($62M), France ($55M), Australia ($26M), Spain ($23M), and Mexico ($21M). “We’re incredibly proud of this film and its spectacular showing all over the world,” Kwan-Rubinek said. “The international team and our territory offices worked hard to maximize its potential in every country, and I congratulate them on these fantastic results.” “Mike Newell captured the breadth and scope of this story, which allowed us to create a truly segmented marketing campaign that appealed to moviegoers of all ages and walks of life,” Kroll added. “Our aggressive campaign showcased the film’s striking imagery and thematic complexity while highlighting the action, humor and teen issues that captured the imaginations of teens and moviegoers experiencing Harry Potter for the first time. We’re thrilled with this spectacular response.” All four films in the Harry Potter series are among the ten highest grossing films of all time. In addition to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" grossed $657M; "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" grossed $616M; and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" took in $545M internationally. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production of a Mike Newell film, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," starring DANIEL RADCLIFFE, RUPERT GRINT, EMMA WATSON, ROBBIE COLTRANE, RALPH FIENNES, MICHAEL GAMBON, BRENDAN GLEESON, JASON ISAACS, GARY OLDMAN, ALAN RICKMAN, MAGGIE SMITH and TIMOTHY SPALL. Directed by MIKE NEWELL, the film is produced by DAVID HEYMAN from a screenplay by STEVE KLOVES, based on the novel by J.K. ROWLING. The executive producers are DAVID BARRON and TANYA SEGHATCHIAN. The director of photography is ROGER PRATT, BSC; the production designer is STUART CRAIG; the editor is MICK AUDSLEY; the co-producer is PETER MacDONALD; the costume designer is JANY TEMIME; and the music is by PATRICK DOYLE. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.www.harrypotter.com # # #