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Is the new Harry Potter movie showing in 3D IMAX on the 15th?

Or is it coming out a little after the initial release of the regular version of the movie.

Public Comments

1. yes i think so. the commercial said in theatres and imax on july 15. so i expect so, but then again i heard they were doing the imax thing later, but i sure hope not.
2. Well, it was originally supposed to come out in IMAX the same day, but check this out: This is just not a great year for IMAX. It was recently discovered (by investors, so claims THR) that since IMAX made a contractual arrangement last year to give Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen a full 4 week run in its theaters, the IMAX debut of the new Harry Potter movie will be delayed by two weeks. IMAX made that arrangement with Paramount last year before Warner Brothers moved the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from November to July. And since Transformers hits on June 24th, its month-long run won't end until July 22nd, meaning Harry Potter won't show in IMAX until July 29th. To make matters worse, this new Harry Potter will have 12 minutes of scenes converted to 3D, just like Order of the Phoenix did back in 2007 as well. Half-Blood Prince is set to officially hit theaters on July 15th - but it won't play in IMAX on that day like most were expecting. Actually, it will show in two IMAX screens on the 15th, one in New York and one in Los Angeles, but the rest of the world will have to wait until July 29th to see those 12 minutes in 3D in IMAX. This is yet another issue that IMAX will have to deal with coming off of the attempted boycott by Aziz Ansari due to screen size issues. Will the fans be upset again?
3. some theaters are going to have it in 3D but others just regular and imax (not 3D)
4. It's due in IMAX & IMAX 3D (Select theaters) on July 29th 2009 due to the Transformers 4-week siginature by itself. 12 minutes will be in 3D and the rest is just a big loud movie screen. I would just see it in regular for less than $10 rather than $11 & up.