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Why did Warner Brothers push the Harry Potter movie release date up to July 17, 2009?

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Why did Warner Brothers push the Harry Potter movie release date up to July 17, 2009?

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was originally scheduled for release in the U.S. and U.K. on November 21, 2008 but was pushed back to July 17, 2009 despite the film already being completed. There were two major reasons for the change. The first is the writer’s strike of 2008. The script was complete and filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince began in September of 2007. However, other Warner Brothers films have been delayed and the studio faced the prospect of not having enough films in the pipeline later in 2009, especially the important summer blockbuster season. In summer 2008 Warner Brothers released The Dark Knight and it performed spectacularly at the box office, grossing almost $1 billion worldwide. In summer 2007 Warner Brothers released the previous Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which grossed over $900 million world wide. Without another blockbuster for summer 2009 Warner Brothers faced the prospect of poor financial performance

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