Portmeirion Pottery Chelsea porcelain factory's "botanical" designs of the 1750s. It was launched in 1972 and, with new designs added periodically, is still made today, the most successful ceramics series of botanical subjects. More recent designs have included Sophie Conran's "Crazy Daisy" and "Dawn Chorus". On 23 April 2009, Portmeirion Potteries Ltd purchased the Royal Worcester and Spode brands, after they had been placed into administration the previous November. Portmeirion Potteries has since changed its company name to Portmeirion Group to reflect this acquisition. The purchase did not include the manufacturing facilities of Royal Worcester or Spode. The manufacture of much of
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.