Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the third in the "Harry Potter" series. The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along with friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry investigates Sirius Black, an escaped prisoner from Azkaban who they believe is one of Lord Voldemort's old allies. The book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 8
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) grosser ever overseas, for a worldwide total of $939.8 million making it the second-highest-grossing film of the year closely behind ""s $963 million gross. It became the sixth-highest-grossing film in history at the time, the second-highest-grossing "Potter" film worldwide, and the second "Potter" film to break the $900 million mark. As of March 2018, it is the 44th-highest-grossing film of all time as well as the fourth-highest-grossing "Potter" film in the franchise behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2"s $1.341 billion, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"s $974 million, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part