Warner Bros has
announced that the release date for
Half-Blood Prince has been moved up, from the original date of July 17th, 2009 to
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 in the US.
UPDATED: The date change has been
confirmed for the United States by Warner Bros. We are currently awaiting word on the UK release.
UPDATE #2: For those of you wondering why this change has occured,
The Associated Press spoke to Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman;
Quote:
"Every day the kids are out of school in summer is just like an extra Saturday," Fellman said.
Thanks to
Mugglenet for the link!
UPDATE #3: A story with
Reuters UK further explains the move;
Quote:
"We just wanted to wait to get a look at the competitive environment before doing it," Warner Bros. president Dan Fellman said Wednesday. "But the last one opened up to $44 million on a Wednesday, so there's certainly no reason not to do it this time."