Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.[4] It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2003 novel of the same name. The fifth instalment in the Harry Potterfilm series, it was written by Michael Goldenberg (making this the only film in the series not to be scripted by Steve Kloves) and produced by David Heyman and David Barron. The story follows Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwarts as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort's return.

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 Goblet of Fire and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Live-action filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to November 2006, with a one-month break in June. Post-production on the film continued for several months afterwards to add in visual effects. The film's budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million).[5][6]Warner Bros. released the film in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2007 and in North America on 11 July, both in conventional and IMAX theatres; it is the first Potter film to be released in IMAX 3D.

As of July 2018, Order of the Phoenix is the 48th-highest-grossing film of all time, and a critical and commercial success. The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, fourteenth all-time, and grossed nearly $940 million total, second to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the greatest total of 2007.[7][8] The film was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008.

Plot
During another summer with his Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) and Uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths) , Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is expelled from Hogwarts after using magic to save himself and Dudley Dursley from Dementors. Harry is whisked off by a group of wizards including Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), Remus Lupin (David Thewlis) and several new faces including Nymphadora Tonks (Natalia Tena) and Kingsley Shacklebolt (George Harris) to Number 12, Grimmauld Place, the home of his godfather Sirius Black (Gary Oldman). The building also serves as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, a secret organisation founded by Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) which informs Harry that the Ministry of Magic is oblivious to Lord Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes) return. At the Order's headquarters, Sirius mentions that Voldemort is after a special object he did not have during his previous attack.

Harry's expulsion is reversed at a hearing of the Ministry of Magic and he returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year, where Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy) has appointed a new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor: Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton). Umbridge immediately clashes with Harry and punishes him for his "lies" by forcing him to write a message with a magic quill, scarring his hand. Despite the concern of his best friends Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), Harry refuses to report Umbridge's punishment to Dumbledore, who has mysteriously distanced himself from Harry since the summer. As Umbridge's control over the school increases, Harry, Hermione and Ron form a secret group to train students in defensive spells, calling themselves "Dumbledore's Army". Umbridge tasks the Slytherin students with exposing the group. Meanwhile, Harry and Cho Chang (Katie Leung) develop romantic feelings for each other.