Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 superhero film based on the fictional Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy. The film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and is a sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy, which del Toro also directed. Ron Perlman reprises his role as the titular character. The film was commercially released on July 11, 2008 in the United States and Canada by Universal Pictures.
| Directed by | Guillermo del Toro |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Mike Richardson Joe Roth |
| Written by | Guillermo del Toro Mike Mignola |
| Starring | Ron Perlman Selma Blair Doug Jones Jeffrey Tambor Luke Goss Anna Walton John Hurt |
| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Guillermo Navarro |
| Editing by | Bernat Vilaplana |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 2008 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | Domestic: $75,986,503 Foreign: $84,342,286 Worldwide: $160,328,789 |
| Preceded by | Hellboy |
HARRY POTTER 6:HALF BLOOD PRINCE
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy-adventure film based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth film in the Harry Potter film series. It is directed by David Yates, the director of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. David Heyman and David Barron produced the film,and Steve Kloves, screenwriter of the first four films, returned as screenwriter for this film. Filming began on 24 September 2007, and the film was released in cinemas worldwide on 15 July 2009, one day short of the fourth anniversary of the corresponding novel's release. Unlike the previous film, the sixth film was not simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3-D in all countries, due to a Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen several week commitment. The film will instead be released in IMAX 3D on 29 July, two weeks after its original release, in these countries.
The film opened to critical acclaim and commercial success, and broke the records for biggest midnight opening gross of all time as well as biggest single-day worldwide gross of all time. In five days the film went on to break the record for biggest five-day worldwide gross in history. The film is dedicated to the memory of actor Rob Knox, who portrays Marcus Belby in the film and was killed in May 2008.
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