Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Yates
Produced by	David Heyman David Barron
Screenplay by	Steve Kloves
Based on	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Jim Broadbent Helena Bonham Carter Robbie Coltrane Warwick Davis Michael Gambon Alan Rickman Maggie Smith Timothy Spall David Thewlis Julie Walters Bonnie Wright
Music by	Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter themes composed by John Williams)
Cinematography	Bruno Delbonnel
Edited by	Mark Day
Production company	Heyday Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	6 July 2009 (2009-07-06) (Tokyo premiere) 15 July 2009 (2009-07-15) (United Kingdom & United States)
Running time	153 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$250 million
Box office	$934.4 million

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 British-Americanfantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman and David Barron. The story follows Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts as he becomes obsessed with a mysterious textbook, falls in love, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to Lord Voldemort's downfall.

The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and is followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. Filming began on 24 September 2007, leading to the film's worldwide cinematic release on 15 July 2009, one day short of the fourth anniversary of the corresponding novel's release. The film was simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3D everywhere except North America, where its IMAX release was delayed for two weeks.

Half-Blood Prince opened to positive reviews along with immediate commercial success, breaking the record for the biggest single-day worldwide gross. In five days the film made $394 million, breaking the record for highest five-day worldwide gross. With a total gross of $934 million, it became the 8th-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2009 (behind Avatar). It is currently the 39th-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide unadjusted for inflation. It is the fifth-highest-grossing film in the franchise.