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      • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997 and the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998.
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  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997 and the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998. [6]

    • J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
    • 1999
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  3. Jun 4, 2004 · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.

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    • Adventure, Family, Fantasy
    • Alfonso Cuarón
    • 2004-06-04
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    To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, the Godmothers of Swing Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely were JK Rowling's flatmates when she lived in Portugal. They used to visit a club/restaurant called "Swing" regularly. Because they spent so much time there, Jo called themselves its godmothers.

    Chapter 1: Owl Post

    Harry Potter spends another summer holiday with the Dursleys in mid-1993, and things haven't been that easy for him. Over the summer, the Dursleys have forbidden him to talk to any of the neighbours out of fear of him exposing his magical abilities. The separation from his magical supplies (e.g. his wand, his broomstick, spellbooks, etc.) have become a real problem for Harry, too, because his teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have given him a lot of summer homework. He ha...

    Chapter 2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake

    When Harry awakes the next morning, he goes downstairs hoping to watch TV. Unfortunately for him, he finds his Uncle Vernon and Dudley already watching the news and sits down with them unnoticed as the channel's anchorman is halfway through the report on word from the Muggle Prime Minister out on the London streets of an escaped convict, Sirius Black, who Uncle Vernon comments looks like he came from an asylum rather than a prison. This is obviously because the mental state of Black's gaunt f...

    Chapter 3: The Knight Bus

    He reaches Magnolia Crescent and sees a black dog staring at him. In his shock, Harry falls and the Knight Bus, a triple-decker bus designed for wizard transportation, arrives. The dog vanishes and is nowhere in sight. Harry meets the Knight Bus's conductor, Stan Shunpike and the driver, Ernie Prang. Harry departs on the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron in London. He learns from the Daily Prophet, Sirius Black, the same convict and a follower of Lord Voldemort, broke out of Azkaban, the first...

    Along with Half-Blood Prince, this is one of the books in the series in which the US and UK cover artwork depict the same scene and the same characters. In addition, most cover artwork for any edit...
    Rowling's original plan was for Aunt Petunia to be inflated, as seen at the end of the second book.
    Prisoner of Azkaban and Philosopher's Stoneare the only books that do not have a chapter with the same title as the book.
    Although somewhat darker than the first book, this one holds the distinction of being the only Harry Potter book where no one actually dies during the events of the book (with the possible exceptio...

    Another bit of foreshadowing takes place in the chapter Aunt Marge's Big Mistake. When Uncle Vernon watches the news report about Sirius Black, he gets mad that the reporter didn't say where he esc...

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(film)
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  4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a British-American fantasy film based on the third novel by J. K. Rowling, released on 31 May 2004 in the UK, and 4 June 2004 in North America. Alfonso Cuarón made his directorial debut for the series, while Steve Kloves returned from the first two...

  5. The film was released on 31 May 2004 in the United Kingdom, and on 4 June 2004 in North America. It was the first Harry Potter film to use IMAX Technology and released into IMAX theatres. Prisoner of Azkaban grossed a total of $808 million worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2004, behind Shrek 2.

  6. Six films in the Harry Potter franchise — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 & 2 — have to date grossed around $216 million in IMAX theaters worldwide.

  7. J. K. Rowling began writing ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ immediately after she completed writing ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’. It was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 and on 8 September 1999 in the USA.

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