Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 1999 novel of the same name. The film, which is the third instalment in the "Harry Potter" film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by Chris Columbus (director of the first two instalments), David Heyman, and Mark Radcliffe. The story follows Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts as he is informed that a prisoner named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban
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