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All Eight “Potter” Films Coming to HBO in the New Year

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All eight Harry Potter films will air on HBO starting January 1, 2018, along with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. 

This will be the first time since their release that all nine films will air unedited and commercial-free on a single television network. This is also the first time the films will be available for streaming on the same network. Starting January 1, you will be able to stream all eight films along with Fantastic Beasts on HBO GO, HBO NOW, HBO On Demand, and other affiliate streaming portals.

Bruce Grivetti, HBO’s executive vice president of business affairs and president of film programming, expressed how pleased he is with the addition of the Potter films to the network.

We are delighted to welcome the Harry Potter films to our catalogue of award-winning original programming and crowd-pleasing theatrical films. HBO has a long-standing reputation as the home of the best classic and recently released Hollywood movies, and having the Harry Potter franchise furthers our objective to bring quality entertainment to our subscribers across all of our platforms.

To celebrate the acquisition of the films, HBO will be starting off the new year with a complete Harry Potter movie marathon. The marathon will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET/PT on January 1, 2018, with Sorcerer’s Stone, and the other eight films will follow in sequential order. The marathon will conclude with Fantastic Beasts in the early morning hours of January 2. For any die-hard Potter fan, this is by far the best possible way to ring in the new year and guarantee 2018 will be your best year yet.

If you’re not quite up for the full day marathon commitment, don’t worry, because HBO will also air one film a night in order starting January 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with Sorcerer’s Stone and ending January 10 when Fantastic Beasts will air again. If you haven’t signed up for HBO yet, make sure you do so before the new year in order to partake in this epic Harry Potter marathon!

Press Release

ACCIO HARRY POTTER!

HBO TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH ALL EIGHT INSTALLMENTS OF THE HARRY POTTER FILM FRANCHISE, AVAILABLE NEW YEAR’S DAY

New York, NY (November 9, 2018) -- Starting January 1st, 2018, the wizarding world will have a new home when all eight movies in the Harry Potter film franchise arrive on HBO, joining the hit prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is available now on HBO GO, HBO NOW, HBO On Demand and affiliate portals. This marks the first time that all nine films set in the fantastical wizarding world created by bestselling author J.K. Rowling will air on a single network, unedited and commercial-free. For viewers who prefer to stream their favorite movies, this will also be the first time the entire franchise is available on the same streaming service, with all nine films available to stream anytime on HBO GO and HBO NOW, in addition to HBO On Demand and affiliate portals.

From the moment readers and viewers alike first met young wizard Harry in the cupboard under the stairs, the Harry Potter franchise cast a spell on fans, sparking a global phenomenon. The eight-film adaption starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint has earned $7.7 billion in box office sales, the second-highest-grossing film franchise of all time. The seven-book series is distributed in over 200 territories, has been translated into 68 languages and has sold over 400 million copies all over the world.

“We are delighted to welcome the Harry Potter films to our catalogue of award-winning original programming and crowd-pleasing theatrical films. HBO has a long-standing reputation as the home of the best classic and recently released Hollywood movies, and having the Harry Potter franchise furthers our objective to bring quality entertainment to our subscribers across all of our platforms,” says Bruce Grivetti, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and President, Film Programming.

A kick-off marathon of the films will air on Monday, January 1st, 2018 starting at 9:00am ET/PT on HBO with the final film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ending in the early morning of January 2nd, 2018. Following the marathon, HBO Family will air one film each night starting at 8:00pm on Tuesday, January 2nd:

● Tuesday, January 2nd – HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE
● Wednesday, January 3rd – HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
● Thursday, January 4th – HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
● Friday, January 5th – HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
● Saturday, January 6th – HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
● Sunday, January 7th – HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
● Monday, January 8th – HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 1)
● Tuesday, January 9th – HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART 2)
● Wednesday, January 10th – FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

ABOUT HBO® Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. and the world’s most successful pay TV service, providing the two television services – HBO® and Cinemax® – to approximately 134 million subscribers worldwide. The services offer the popular subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand® and Cinemax On Demand®, as well as HBO GO® and MAX GO®, HD feeds and multiplex channels. HBO NOW®, the network’s internet-only premium streaming service, provides audiences with instant access to HBO’s acclaimed programming in the U.S. Internationally, HBO branded television networks, along with the subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring HBO services to over 60 countries. HBO and Cinemax programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide.

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