Harry Potter (film series) and darker." This transpired with the succeeding three directors who would work on the series in the following years, with the films beginning to deal with issues such as death, betrayal, prejudice, and political corruption as the series developed narratively and thematically. After Chris Columbus had finished working on "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", he was hired to direct the second film, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". The production started within a week after the release of the first film. Columbus was set to direct all entries in the series, but he did not want to return
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for two weeks. It made a total of $796.7 million worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of 2004 behind "Shrek 2". However, among all eight entries in the "Harry Potter" franchise, "Prisoner of Azkaban" grossed the lowest. The film ranks at number 471 in "Empire" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Three unique video games by different developers were released in 2004 by Electronic Arts, loosely based on the book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J.