


Before reuniting with his best friends Ron and Hermione who were arguing about her cat for annoying his pet rat Scabbers, Harry learns upon a newspaper that Sirius Black, a convicted supporter of Voldemort who murdered Harry's parents, has escaped Azkaban, believing intend to kill Harry. The Knight Bus delivers Harry to the Leaky Cauldron, where he is forgiven by Minister Fudge for using magic outside of Hogwarts. As Harry departs, he spots a large dog disappears. Harry flees with his luggage fed up with his life with the Dursleys. When Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge, insults Harry's parents, he becomes angry and naturally causes her to inflate and float away. Harry Potter, now aged 13, has been spending another dissatisfying summer at Privet Drive. Nonetheless, it currently stands as the thirty-ninth highest-grossing film of all-time. While Prisoner of Azkaban grossed a total of $796.6 million worldwide, its box office performance ranks as the lowest-grossing in the series. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards- Original Music Score and Visual Effects-at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005.

It is also the last Harry Potter film to be released on VHS as well as the last film until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to be rated PG in North America. The film was released on in the United Kingdom and on 4 June 2004 in North America, as the first Harry Potter film released into IMAX theatres and to be using IMAX Technology. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and is followed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The story follows Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts as he is informed that a prisoner named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban and wants to murder him. The film, which is the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by Chris Columbus, David Heyman, and Mark Radcliffe. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and distributed by Warner Bros. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Transcript
