Reception Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

1 reception

1.1 box office
1.2 critical response
1.3 accolades

reception
box office

the film opened worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, fourteenth-biggest opening of time. in united states, tickets hundreds of midnight showings of film, bought online ticket-seller fandango, sold out, making approximately 90% of site s weekly ticket sales. in , canada, midnight screenings (very morning on 11 july) brought in $12 million 2,311 midnight exhibitions making showings successful batch of midnight exhibitions ever . in one-night earnings, phoenix behind @ world s end, had debuted 4 hours earlier on date. in studio documents leaked in july 2010, revealed film lost warner bros. $167 million.

in north america, phoenix earned additional $32.2 million on wednesday, post-midnight showings, making biggest single-day wednesday gross in box office history, total of $44.2 million 4,285 theatres. amount topped sony pictures spider-man 2, held record since 2004 $40.4 million take on wednesday, until record broken in 2009 transformers: revenge of fallen $62.0 million. fifth-biggest opening day movie in history, @ time, surpassing @ world s end s $42.9 million. earned $1.9 million record-breaking 91 imax screens, highest opening day ever imax day of week, beating spider-man 3 s $1.8 million. in uk result similar. film made £16.5 million during opening 4-day run, breaking uk box office record biggest 4-day opening weekend ever.

phoenix s gross @ $292 million in , canada, making fifth-highest-grossing film of 2007 in these regions, , @ £49.2 million, or $101.4 million in uk overseas, has grossed $647.8 million, seventh-highest grosser ever overseas, worldwide total of $939.8 million making second-highest-grossing film of year closely behind pirates of caribbean: @ world s end s $963 million gross. became sixth-highest-grossing film in history @ time, second-highest-grossing potter film worldwide, , second potter film break $900 million mark. of december 2015, 32nd-highest-grossing film of time fourth-highest-grossing potter film in franchise behind harry potter , deathly hallows - part 2 s $1.341 billion, harry potter , philosopher s stone s $974 million, harry potter , deathly hallows - part 1 s $960 million , highest-grossing 2007 film in australia , uk. imax corporation , warner bros. pictures announced film has made on $35 million on imax screens, worldwide, impressive per-screen average of $243,000 making highest-grossing live-action imax release in history. in south africa film opened @ number 1 total of $944,082.00, being screened @ 87 theatres.

critical response

david yates @ premiere of order of phoenix, july 2007. yates praised transition television mainstream cinema; had not directed theatrical film prior order of phoenix.

on review aggregator rotten tomatoes film has approval rating of 78% based on 244 reviews, average rating of 6.9/10. site s critical consensus reads, s not easy take longest harry potter book , streamline shortest hp movie, director david yates bang job of it, creating order of phoenix s entertaining , action-packed. on metacritic, film has score of 71 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating favourable reviews on cinemascore, audiences gave film average grade of a- on a+ f scale.

charles frederick of telegraph headlined review potter film best , darkest yet . colin bertram of new york daily news gave film 4 out of 4 stars, calling best potter film yet , wrote die-hard potter addicts rejoice yates has distilled j. k. rowling s broad universe care , reverence . mark adams of sunday mirror, while giving film 4 out of 5 stars, called dark , delicious delight [and] must-see movie . rene rodriguez of miami herald gave film 3 stars out of 4 , wrote film first instalment in soon-to-be series-of-seven doesn t seem spinoff capitalising on money-minting harry potter brand name. instead, phoenix feels real movie .

imelda staunton s performance dolores umbridge , helena bonham carter s bellatrix lestrange acclaimed; staunton described perfect choice part , 1 of film s greatest pleasures , coming close stealing show . daily mail described staunton s portrayal of umbridge refreshing addition , character herself described cross between margaret thatcher , hyacinth bucket . bonham carter said shining underused talent . variety praised alan rickman s portrayal of severus snape, writing may have outdone himself; seldom has actor done more less here . newcomer evanna lynch, playing luna lovegood, received word number of reviewers including new york times declared spellbinding .

peter travers of rolling stone lauded 3 principal actors achievements, radcliffe: 1 of joys of film watching daniel radcliffe grow impressively role of harry. digs deep character , harry s nightmares. s sensational performance, touching bases tender fearful . rolling stone s review classified film better previous 4 instalments in series, losing candy-ass aspect of first 2 , raising bar heat , resonance of third , fourth. peter travers of rolling stone called film best of series far, [with] laughs, jitters , juice make nonbelievers wild harry .

leo lewis of times (london) expressed disappointment 3 main actors not able advance emotional sides of respective characters, weakening film. san francisco chronicle complained lousy storyline, alleging first twenty minutes of film, when harry put on trial performing magic outside of school , threatened expulsion, cleared of charges, did not advance plot. kirk honeycutt of hollywood reporter wrote phoenix quite possibly least enjoyable of [series] far , , despite several eye-catching moments , magic – movie magic, – missing . review criticised under use of cream of british acting , noting brief appearances of helena bonham carter, maggie smith, emma thompson, david thewlis, richard griffiths, , julie walters.

accolades

before released, order of phoenix nominated in new category @ 2007 mtv movie awards, best summer movie haven t seen yet. on 26 august 2007, film won award choice summer movie – drama/action adventure @ teen choice awards.

the film nominated several awards @ 2007 scream awards presented spike tv, in categories of ultimate scream, best fantasy movie, , best sequel. daniel radcliffe nominated in fantasy hero categories, respectively. film won best sequel , ralph fiennes won vile villain . film picked 3 awards @ inaugural itv national movie awards, taking best family film, best actor radcliffe , best actress emma watson. film 1 of ten nominees 2007 hollywood movie of year. nominated best live action family film @ broadcast film critics association awards , won 2007 people s choice award favorite movie drama . having been nominated 6 awards @ 13th empire awards, organised empire, including best film, david yates won best director. yates later received bafta britannia award artistic excellence in directing 4 harry potter films, includes order of phoenix.

nicholas hooper received nomination world soundtrack discovery award score film. imelda staunton nominated in british actress in supporting role category @ london film critics circle awards. @ 2008 bafta awards, film nominated best production design , best special visual effects . order of phoenix nominated awards art directors guild , costume designers guild, , awarded outstanding special effects in motion picture visual effects society out of 6 nominations.

the british academy children s awards (bafta) nominated order of phoenix best feature film in 2007 , hugo awards nominated film best dramatic presentation (long form) in 2008.