Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a monster that petrifies the school's denizens. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and is also the last film to feature Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore, due to his death that same year. The film was released in theatres in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $879 million at the box office worldwide. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2002 behind "". The movie was nominated
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter year 2000, Heyday Films leased the site for the "Harry Potter" films. Over the next ten years all of the "Harry Potter" films were made there, along with some other notable Warner Bros. productions, with the series eventually becoming the most successful film series in history. As the eighth and final Harry Potter film was nearing completion, in 2010, Warner Bros. announced their intention to purchase the studio as a permanent European base. By November, Warner Bros. completed its purchase of Leavesden Studios and announced plans to invest more than £100m into the site they had occupied for over ten