Arts & Entertainment

Dearborn Movie Theaters Prepare for Harry Potter Premiere

Have no fear, Harry Potter fans. Dearborn's movie theaters are offering plenty of midnight premiere options on July 15 for the final installment of the series.

The Harry Potter film franchise will finally come to a close on July 15, as the series’ eighth installment will feature the final showdown between Harry and his arch-nemesis, Lord Voldemort.

Both and will show midnight screenings of the film, giving Dearborn’s Potter fans the earliest possible look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.

The former has three shows scheduled for the stroke of midnight, including the second half of a “Deathly Hallows” double feature. Beginning at 9 p.m., moviegoers will be able to see both parts of the last Harry Potter installment back-to-back in 3-D. Tickets for the double dose of wizardry are available for $20.

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The Henry Ford’s IMAX Theater is also showing the film at midnight in 3-D. Although the 12:00 a.m. show is already sold out, a special encore screening will begin immediately after the premier at 2:45 a.m. Tickets for the early-morning show are $13.75 for adults, $9.75 for children. 

For fans who aren’t night owls, Harry Potter showings will recommence Friday morning at 9:45 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. for AMC Fairlane 21 and the IMAX Theater, respectively.

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The second film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s seventh Harry Potter book, Deathly Hallows – Part 2 will chronicle Harry and his friends’ fight against the wizarding world’s forces of evil.

Started in 2001, the film series’ $6.3 billion in box office receipts makes it the most lucrative movie franchise of all time. Its most recent installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, grossed more than $125 million in the United States during its first weekend alone.


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