

They utilise a disused bathroom haunted by a ghost, Moaning Myrtle (Shirley Henderson), as their makeshift laboratory to brew the potion. Harry and Ron suspect Malfoy as the Heir, so Hermione suggests they question him while disguised using polyjuice potion. He placed a monster inside that only his Heir can control, capable of purging the school of impure-blooded wizards and witches. McGonagall explains that one of Hogwarts' founders, Salazar Slytherin, supposedly constructed a secret Chamber. Norris, petrified, along with a message written in blood announcing the "Chamber of Secrets has been opened". Both boys narrowly avoid expulsion when Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith) gives them detention.ĭuring the detention, Harry hears strange voices and later finds caretaker Argus Filch's cat, Mrs. They crash into the Whomping Willow upon arrival, and Ron's wand is damaged. When Harry and Ron are blocked from entering Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, they fly to Hogwarts in the flying car. During a small confrontation with Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), Harry meets Malfoy's father, Lucius (Jason Isaacs), who discreetly slips a book into Ginny Weasley's belongings, which only Harry sees, but he mentions this to no one. They attend a book-signing by celebrity wizard Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh), who announces that he will be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. While purchasing school supplies, Harry and the Weasley family encounter Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson). The Dursleys lock Harry up, but Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and his older twin brothers, Fred (James Phelps) and George (Oliver Phelps), rescue him in their father's flying car. Dobby reveals that he intercepted his friends' letters, and destroys a cake in order to prevent his return to school. In his room, Harry meets Dobby (voice of Toby Jones), a house-elf who warns him of a peril that will take shape if he returns to Hogwarts.

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) spends the summer with The Dursleys without receiving letters from his Hogwarts friends. It was followed by six sequels, beginning with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004 and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release.

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The movie was nominated for many awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2002 behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $879 million at the box office worldwide. The film was released in theatres in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and is also the last film to feature Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore, due to his death that same year. Its story follows Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a monster that petrifies the school's denizens. It was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The film is a sequel to the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series. Gallery Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 American fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros.
