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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Cast:

Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson

Director:
David Yates

Producer:
David Heyman, David Barron

Written by:
Michael Goldenberg

Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget:
$150 million

Box Office:
$939 million

Metacritic Score:
71

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
79

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