Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 | 161 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Why it’s a Saturday Special
It made about 9 times its budget, audiences rate it highly (7.7/10) and it's still drawing plenty of interest. A strong pick for the weekend.
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Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
82% on Rotten Tomatoes, 63 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.7/10 from 24K viewers
- AwardsSolid
1 win, 11 other nominations — nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Sound; nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
- Box office & staying powerVery strong
$877 million worldwide on a $100 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
593K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Trailer
Cast & crew
Directed by Chris Columbus
- Daniel RadcliffeHarry Potter
- Rupert GrintRon Weasley
- Emma WatsonHermione Granger
- Kenneth BranaghGilderoy Lockhart
- Toby JonesDobby (voice)
- Robbie ColtraneRubeus Hagrid
- Richard HarrisAlbus Dumbledore
- Alan RickmanSeverus Snape
- Tom FeltonDraco Malfoy
- Jason IsaacsLucius Malfoy