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{{Infobox film
| name           = Harry Potter {{nowrap|and the Chamber of Secrets}}
| image          = Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]
| producer       = [[David Heyman]]
| screenplay     = [[Steve Kloves]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''|[[J. K. Rowling]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
* [[Rupert Grint]]
* [[Emma Watson]]
* [[Kenneth Branagh]]
* [[John Cleese]]
* [[Robbie Coltrane]]
* [[Warwick Davis]]
* [[Richard Griffiths]]
* [[Richard Harris]]
* [[Jason Isaacs]]
* [[Alan Rickman]]
* [[Fiona Shaw]]
* [[Maggie Smith]]
* [[Julie Walters]]
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| music          = [[John Williams]]
| cinematography = [[Roger Pratt (cinematographer)|Roger Pratt]]
| editing        = [[Peter Honess]]
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="BritishCouncil" />
* [[Heyday Films]]<ref name="BritishCouncil" />
* [[1492 Pictures]]<ref name="BritishCouncil" />
}}
| distributor    = Warner Bros. Pictures<ref name="BOM" />
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|11|03|[[Odeon Leicester Square]]|2002|11|15|United Kingdom and United States}}
| runtime        = 161 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 160:40--><ref name="BBFC" />
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* United States
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| language       = English
| budget         = $100 million<ref name="BOM" />
| gross          = $882.9 million<ref name="BOM" />
}}

'''''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''''' is a 2002 [[fantasy film]]<!-- Do not add any other description here. --> directed by [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] from a screenplay by [[Steve Kloves]]. It is based on the 1998 novel ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]]. Produced by [[David Heyman]], it is the [[sequel]] to ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001) and the second instalment in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]]. The film stars [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], with [[Rupert Grint]] and [[Emma Watson]] as his best friends [[Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] respectively. The story follows Harry's second year at [[Hogwarts|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], where the Heir of [[Salazar Slytherin]] opens the [[Chamber of Secrets]], unleashing a monster that [[Petrifaction in mythology and fiction|petrifies]] the school's students.

The film was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $878 million worldwide (domestic 29.7% and foreign 70.2%)<ref name="BOX" /> and becoming the [[2002 in film#Highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film of 2002]].<ref name="BOX" /> The film was nominated for many awards, including the [[BAFTA Award]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]], and [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]. It was followed by ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (2004).

==Plot==
While Harry Potter spends the summer with [[the Dursleys]], [[Dobby (Harry Potter)|Dobby]], a [[house-elf]], warns Harry of an "impending danger" at [[Hogwarts]]. He attempts to prevent him returning to Hogwarts by sabotaging an important dinner with Vernon Dursley's boss. Vernon tries to prevent his departure in retaliation, but his friend Ron Weasley and his brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] rescue him in [[Arthur Weasley|their father]]'s [[Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia|flying car]]. Harry meets up with [[Hermione Granger]] in [[Diagon Alley]], where they meet Hogwarts' new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher, [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], along with [[Draco Malfoy]] and his father, [[Lucius Malfoy|Lucius]], who Harry sees slip a book into [[Ginny Weasley]]'s cauldron.

After being blocked from entering [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters]] at [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]], Harry and Ron fly the car to Hogwarts, where they crash into the [[Whomping Willow]]. Ron's wand is broken, and they each receive detention, during which Harry hears a strange voice and subsequently finds caretaker [[Argus Filch]]'s cat, Mrs Norris, [[Petrifaction in mythology and fiction|petrified]] with a message written in blood: "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, enemies of the heir... beware." One of Hogwarts' founders, [[Salazar Slytherin]], supposedly constructed a secret Chamber containing a monster that only his heir can control, capable of purging the school of [[Muggle-born]]s. Suspecting Malfoy to be the heir, Harry, Ron, and Hermione plan to question him.

Harry's arm is broken by a rogue [[Bludger (Quidditch)|Bludger]] in a [[Quidditch]] match; while recovering, Dobby visits him and reveals he closed the barrier and made the rogue Bludger to force him to leave the school, in addition to the Chamber having been opened in the past. After students are found petrified, Harry is suspected of being the heir of Slytherin after [[Parseltongue|communicating with a snake]] - an ability shared with Slytherin. Disguised as [[Crabbe and Goyle]], using [[polyjuice potion]], which they brew in a bathroom haunted by the ghost of [[Moaning Myrtle]], Harry and Ron learn Malfoy is not the heir, but that a Muggle-born girl died when the Chamber was last opened 50 years ago. Harry finds an enchanted diary owned by a former student [[Tom Marvolo Riddle]], who blames a young [[Rubeus Hagrid]] for opening the Chamber, leading to his expulsion.

When Hermione is petrified, Harry and Ron question Hagrid, who is sent to [[Azkaban]] by Minister of Magic [[Cornelius Fudge]], while Lucius forces the school governors to remove Dumbledore from office. Hagrid discreetly tells the boys to "follow the spiders"; they venture into the [[Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter)|Forbidden Forest]] and meet Hagrid's spider, [[Aragog]], who reveals Hagrid's innocence and provides another clue to the Chamber's monster. A book page in Hermione's hand identifies the monster as a [[Basilisk (Harry Potter)|basilisk]], a giant serpent that kills people who make direct eye contact; the petrified victims only saw it indirectly.

Ginny is taken into the Chamber, and the teachers nominate Lockhart to save her; Harry and Ron find Lockhart preparing to flee and expose him as a fraud. Deducing that Myrtle was the Muggle-born girl that the basilisk killed, they find the Chamber's entrance in the bathroom she haunts. Once inside, Lockhart tries to erase Harry and Ron's memories and take the credit, but his spell backfires when he uses Ron's broken wand, erasing his memory and causing a cave-in, separating Harry from Ron and Lockhart.

Harry enters the Chamber alone and finds Ginny unconscious and Riddle - Slytherin's heir and Voldemort's younger self - who reveals he used the diary to manipulate Ginny into reopening the Chamber. Harry expresses his loyalty to Dumbledore, whose pet [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] [[Fawkes (Harry Potter)|Fawkes]] arrives with the [[Sorting Hat]]. Riddle summons the basilisk, who Fawkes blinds, and the Sorting Hat produces the [[Sword of Gryffindor]], which Harry uses to kill the basilisk after a battle, but is poisoned by one of its fangs. Despite being injured, Harry stabs the diary with the basilisk fang, destroying Riddle and reviving Ginny. Harry is healed by Fawkes' tears and returns to Hogwarts with his friends and a baffled Lockhart. Harry learns that Dobby's master is Lucius, whom he accuses of planting the diary in Ginny's cauldron, and tricks him into freeing Dobby. Dumbledore is reinstated as headmaster, the basilisk's victims are healed, Hermione reunites with her friends, and Hagrid is released from Azkaban.

==Cast==
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* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]: A 12-year-old British [[Magician (fantasy)|wizard]] famous for surviving his parents' murder at the hands of the evil wizard [[Lord Voldemort]] as an infant, who now enters his second year at [[Hogwarts|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="CastBBC" />
* [[Rupert Grint]] as [[Ron Weasley]]: Harry's best friend at Hogwarts and one of the youngest members of the Weasley family.<ref name="CastBBC" />
* [[Emma Watson]] as [[Hermione Granger]]: Harry's other best friend and the trio's brains.<ref name="CastBBC" />
* [[Kenneth Branagh]] as [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]: A celebrity author and the new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher at Hogwarts.<ref name="BranaghNewsround" />
* [[John Cleese]] as [[Nearly Headless Nick]]: The [[Ghosts (Harry Potter)|ghost]] of [[Gryffindor]] House.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />
* [[Robbie Coltrane]] as [[Rubeus Hagrid]]: The half-giant [[gamekeeper]] at Hogwarts who is framed for opening the Chamber of Secrets and is sent to Azkaban on Lucius Malfoy's orders.<ref name="CastBBC" /> [[Martin Bayfield]] portrays a young Hagrid.<ref name="BayfieldEW" />
* [[Warwick Davis]] as [[Filius Flitwick]]: The [[Charms (Harry Potter)|Charms]] teacher at Hogwarts and head of [[Ravenclaw]] House.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />
* [[Richard Griffiths]] as [[Vernon Dursley]]: Harry's abusive [[Muggle]] uncle, who despises wizards and works as a drill company director.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />
* [[Richard Harris]] as [[Albus Dumbledore]]: The headmaster of Hogwarts and one of the greatest wizards of the age.<ref name="CastBBC" /> This was Harris' final live-action film; he died shortly before it was released. The role of Dumbledore was played by [[Michael Gambon]] from ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' onwards.<ref name="HarrisBBC" />
* [[Jason Isaacs]] as [[Lucius Malfoy]]: [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]]'s father and a former Hogwarts pupil of [[Slytherin]] House who now works as a [[Trustee|school governor]] at Hogwarts.<ref name="CastBBC-2" /> Isaacs gave Lucius a whiny tone of voice based on that of the [[Child Catcher]] of ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', whose voice had resonated with Isaacs throughout his childhood for the character scaring him.<ref name="LuciusTone" /> Isaacs also provided the voice of the [[Basilisk (Harry Potter)|Basilisk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelist.com/642939/the-cartoon-characters-you-never-realized-were-voiced-by-jason-isaacs/|title=The Cartoon Characters You Never Realized Were Voiced By Jason Isaacs|website=www.thelist.com|date=25 October 2021|accessdate=29 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[Maggie Smith]] as [[Minerva McGonagall]]: The [[Transfiguration (Harry Potter)|Transfiguration]] teacher at Hogwarts and head of Gryffindor House.<ref name="CastBBC" />
* [[Gemma Jones]] as [[Madam Pomfrey|Madame Pomfrey]]: The Hogwarts [[nurse]].<ref name="CastBBC-2" />
* [[Alan Rickman]] as [[Severus Snape]]: The [[Potions (Harry Potter)|Potions]] teacher at Hogwarts and head of [[Slytherin]] House.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />
* [[Fiona Shaw]] as [[Petunia Dursley]]: Harry's Muggle aunt.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />
* [[Julie Walters]] as [[Molly Weasley]]: Ron's mother.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />

Several actors from ''Philosopher's Stone'' reprise their roles in this film. [[Harry Melling (actor)|Harry Melling]] portrays [[Dudley Dursley]], Harry's Muggle cousin.<ref name="MellingCV" /> [[James and Oliver Phelps]] play [[Fred and George Weasley]], Ron's twin brothers;<ref name="PotterManiaNewsround" /> [[Chris Rankin]] appears as [[Percy Weasley]], Ron's other brother and a Gryffindor prefect;<ref name="RankinBBC" /> and [[Bonnie Wright]] portrays their sister [[Ginny Weasley|Ginny]], who has a crush on Harry.<ref name="WrightBBC" /> [[Tom Felton]] plays [[Draco Malfoy]], Harry's rival in Slytherin,<ref name="FeltonLewisNewsround" /> while [[Jamie Waylett]] and [[Joshua Herdman]] appear as [[Crabbe and Goyle]], Draco's minions.<ref name="WaylettTelegraph" /><ref name="HerdmanE!" /> [[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]], [[Devon Murray]] and [[Alfred Enoch]] play [[Neville Longbottom]], [[Seamus Finnigan]] and [[Dean Thomas (Harry Potter)|Dean Thomas]], respectively, three Gryffindor students in Harry's year.<ref name="FeltonLewisNewsround" /><ref name="MurrayNine" /> [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] portrays [[Argus Filch]], Hogwarts' caretaker,<ref name="BradleyVulture" /> and [[Sean Biggerstaff]] as [[Oliver Wood (Harry Potter)|Oliver Wood]], the Keeper and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.<ref name="BiggerstaffMuggleNet" /> [[Leslie Phillips]] voices the [[Sorting Hat]].<ref name="PhillipsTelegraph" /> [[Eleanor Columbus]], Chris Columbus's daughter, appears as 	[[Susan Bones]], [[Edward Randell]] appears as 	[[Justin Finch-Fletchley]], 	[[Charlotte Skeoch]] as [[Hannah Abbott]], and [[Louis Doyle]] as [[Ernie Macmillan|Ernie MacMillan]]; [[Hufflepuff]] students. [[Emily Dale]] appears as [[Dumbledore's Army#Members|Katie Bell]], Rochelle Douglas as [[Alicia Spinnet]], and Danielle Tabor as [[Angelina Johnson]]; the Chasers of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Jamie Yeats appears as [[Marcus Flint]]; the Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team, Scott Fearn as Adrian Pucey; and David Holmes, David Massam, and Tony Christian appear as Slytherin quidditch players. Gemma Padley appears as 	[[Penelope Clearwater]], a Ravenclaw student and Percy's girlfriend.	[[Luke Youngblood]] plays [[Lee Jordan (Harry Potter)|Lee Jordan]], the Quidditch commentator.

[[Christian Coulson]] appears as [[Tom Marvolo Riddle]], a former Hogwarts pupil, later revealed to be a manifestation of a teenage Lord [[Voldemort]].<ref name="CastBBC-2" /><ref name="Redmayne" /> [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] portrays [[Arthur Weasley]], Ron's father.<ref name="CastBBC-2" /> [[Shirley Henderson]] plays [[Moaning Myrtle]], a Hogwarts ghost.<ref name="HendersonNewsround" /> [[Miriam Margolyes]] appears as [[Pomona Sprout]], Hogwarts' [[Herbology (Harry Potter)|Herbology]] professor and head of [[Hufflepuff]] House.<ref name="CastBBC" /> [[Hugh Mitchell (actor)|Hugh Mitchell]] portrays [[Colin Creevey]], a first year student who is a fan of Harry's.<ref name="Mitchell" /> [[Robert Hardy]] appears as [[Cornelius Fudge]], the [[Minister for Magic]].<ref name="HardyBBC" /> [[Toby Jones]] voices [[Dobby (Harry Potter)|Dobby]], a [[House-elf]],<ref name="PotterManiaNewsround" /> while [[Julian Glover]] voices [[Aragog]], an [[acromantula]].<ref name="GloverGuardian" /> [[Jim Norton (Irish actor)|Jim Norton]] appears as Mr. Mason and Veronica Clifford appears as Mrs. Mason. [[Alfred Burke]] appears as Headmaster Dippet in a memory of Tom Riddle. Daisy Bates, David Tysall and Peter Taylor appear as moving pictures. Helen Stuart plays [[Millicent Bulstrode]], a Slytherin girl.

[[Hugh Grant]] was rumoured to be the first choice to play the role of [[Gilderoy Lockhart]],<ref name="GrantGuardian" /> but due to reported scheduling conflicts he was unable to play the character.<ref name="GrantGuardian2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Cumming told Harry Potter producers to 'f*** off' when offered role of Gilderoy Lockhart. Here's why |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/why-alan-cumming-told-harry-potter-producers-to-f-off-when-offered-role-of-gilderoy-lockhart-7445328/ |website=The Indian Express |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209005459/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/why-alan-cumming-told-harry-potter-producers-to-f-off-when-offered-role-of-gilderoy-lockhart-7445328/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Columbus later denied that Grant had been considered and stated that they had not met.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/oct/12/news.badlydrawnboy | title=Harry Potter director denies casting rumours | newspaper=The Guardian | date=12 October 2001 }}</ref> [[Alan Cumming]] and [[Rupert Everett]] were also considered for Lockhart. Cumming backed out over a salary dispute.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/alan-cumming-prince-george-cartoon-not-mean-people-think/ | title=Alan Cumming: 'The Prince George cartoon is not as mean as people think' | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=6 August 2021 | last1=Harvey | first1=Chris }}</ref> Jason Isaacs also auditioned for Lockhart, but was offered for the role of Lucius Malfoy instead. He was reluctant to take the role because he was already signed on to play [[Captain Hook]] in ''[[Peter Pan (2003 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (2003), but his family convinced him to take the role and accepted it.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a840896/jason-isaacs-lucius-malfoy-harry-potter-audition/ | title=Jason Isaacs was "pissed off" by Harry Potter audition | website=[[Digital Spy]] | date=18 October 2017 }}</ref> Before Coulson was cast as Tom Riddle, [[James McAvoy]] and [[Eddie Redmayne]] – who later played [[Newt Scamander]] in the [[Fantastic Beasts (film series)|''Fantastic Beasts'' films]] – auditioned for the role.<ref name="Redmayne" /><ref>{{cite web | last=Davis | first=Edward | title=James McAvoy Says He Was Almost In J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek,' & 'Harry Potter' | website=The Playlist | date=2024-09-13 | url=https://theplaylist.net/james-mcavoy-says-he-was-almost-in-j-j-abrams-star-trek-harry-potter-20240913/ | access-date=2025-06-29}}</ref>

==Production==
===Costume and set design===
[[File:FlyingcarofHarryPotter.JPG|thumb|The flying [[Ford Anglia#Anglia 105E (1959–1968)|Ford Anglia]] used in the film.]]
Production designer [[Stuart Craig]] returned for the sequel to design new elements previously not seen in the first film. He designed [[The Burrow (Harry Potter)|the Burrow]] based on [[Arthur Weasley]]'s interest in Muggles, built vertically out of architectural salvage.<ref name="Burrow" /> Mr. Weasley's flying car was created from a 1962 [[Ford Anglia]] 105E.<ref name="FordAngliaBBC" /> The [[Chamber of Secrets]], measuring over {{convert|76|m|ft|0}} long and {{convert|36.5|m|ft|1}} wide, was the biggest set created for the saga.<ref name="ChamberSetVogue" /> Dumbledore's office, which houses the [[Sorting Hat]] and the [[Sword of Gryffindor]], was also built for the film.<ref name="DumbledoresOffice" />

[[Lindy Hemming]] was the costume designer for ''Chamber of Secrets''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Robin |date=2012-09-19 |title=Oscar-winning costume designer back in Wales to celebrate 50 years of Bond |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/oscar-winning-costume-designer-back-wales-2024416 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=[[Media Wales|WalesOnline]] |language=en |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603161917/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/oscar-winning-costume-designer-back-wales-2024416 |url-status=live }}</ref> She retained many of the characters' already established appearances, and chose to focus on the new characters introduced in the sequel. Gilderoy Lockhart's wardrobe incorporated bright colours, in contrast with the "dark, muted or sombre colours" of the other characters. Branagh said, "We wanted to create a hybrid between a period dandy and someone who looked as if they could fit into Hogwarts."<ref name="CinematographyCR" /> Hemming also perfected Lucius Malfoy's costume. One of the original concepts was for him to wear a [[pinstripe suit]], but was changed to furs and a snake head cane in order to remark his aristocrat quality and to reflect a "sense of the old."<ref name="CinematographyCR" />

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began on 19 November 2001, only three days after the wide release of the first film.<ref name="FilmingArizonaDailySun" /> [[Second-unit]] work had started three weeks before, primarily for the flying car scene.<ref name="FilmingNYTimes" /> Filming took place mainly at [[Leavesden Film Studios]] in [[Hertfordshire]],<ref name="LeavesdenTime" /><ref name="LeavesdenGuardian" /> as well as on the [[Isle of Man]].<ref name="IsleofMan" /> [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]] was used as the filming location for [[Platform 9¾]], though [[St Pancras railway station]] was used for the exterior shots.<ref name="StPancrasKingsCross" /><ref name="StPancrasKingsCross2" /> [[Gloucester Cathedral]] was used as the setting for Hogwarts School,<ref name="GloucesterCathedral" /> along with [[Durham Cathedral]],<ref name="DurhamCathedral" /> [[Alnwick Castle]],<ref name="AlnwickCastle" /> [[Lacock Abbey]],<ref name="LacockAbbey" /> and the [[Bodleian Library]] at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="BodleianLibrary" /> [[The Burrow (Harry Potter)|The Burrow]] was built in Gypsy Lane, [[Abbots Langley]], in front of Leavesden Studios.<ref name="BurrowBuzzFeed" />

[[Roger Pratt (cinematographer)|Roger Pratt]] was brought on as director of photography for ''Chamber of Secrets'', in order to give the film "a darker and edgier feel" than its predecessor, which reflected "the growth of the characters and the story."<ref name="CinematographyCR" /> Director [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] opted to use handheld cameras to allow more freedom in movement,<ref name="ColumbusVindicator" /> which he considered "a departure for [him] as a filmmaker."<ref name="CinematographyCR" /> [[University of Cambridge]] linguistics professor [[Francis Nolan]] created [[Parseltongue]], the language spoken by snakes in the film.<ref name="NolanParseltongue" /> Principal photography [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrapped]] in July 2002.<ref name="WrapYahoo" /><ref name="WrapCronica" />

===Sound design===
Due to the events that take place in ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', the film's sound effects were much more expansive than in the previous instalment<!--This is spelt with one "l" in British English-->. Sound designer and supervising sound editor [[Randy Thom]] returned for the sequel using [[Pro Tools]] to complete the job, which included initial conceptions done at [[Skywalker Sound]] in California and primary work done at [[Shepperton Studios]] in England.<ref name="ThomMIX" />

Thom wanted to give the [[Whomping Willow]] a voice, a deep growl for which he used his own voice slowed down, [[Equalization (audio)|equalised]] and bass-boosted. For the [[mandrakes (Harry Potter)|mandrakes]], he combined baby cries with female screams, in order to "make it just exotic enough so that you think, 'Hmm, I've never heard anything quite like ''that'' before.'"<ref name="ThomMIX" />

Thom described the [[basilisk (Harry Potter)|basilisk]] as a challenge, "because it's a giant snake, but it's also like a dragon — not many snakes have teeth like that. He had to hiss, he had to roar and there were times at the end when he was in pain." He mixed his own voice, tiger roars, and horse and elephant vocalizations.<ref name="ThomMIX" />

===Special and visual effects===
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Visual effects took nine months to make,<ref name="ColumbusVindicator" /> until 9 October 2002, when the film was finished.<ref name="FinishBBC" /> [[Industrial Light & Magic]], [[The Mill (company)|Mill Film]], the [[Moving Picture Company]] (MPC), [[Cinesite]] and [[Framestore|Framestore CFC]] handled the approximately 950 visual effect shots in the film.<ref name="VisualEffectsCR" /><ref name="Cinefex" /> [[Jim Mitchell (visual effects artist)|Jim Mitchell]] and [[Nick Davis (visual effects supervisor)|Nick Davis]] served as visual effects supervisors. They were in charge of creating the [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] characters [[Dobby (Harry Potter)|Dobby]] the [[House-elf]], the Basilisk and the [[Cornish pixies]], among others.<ref name="VisualEffectsCR" /> Chas Jarrett from MPC served as CGI supervisor, overseeing the approach of any shot that contains CGI in the film.<ref name="3DFestivalp1" /> With a crew of 70 people, the company produced 251 shots, 244 of which made it to the film, from September 2001 to October 2002.<ref name="3DFestivalp2" />

The visual effects team worked alongside creature effects supervisor [[Nick Dudman]], who devised [[Fawkes (Harry Potter)|Fawkes]] the Phoenix, the Mandrakes, [[Aragog]] the [[Acromantula]], and the first {{convert|25|ft|m|0}} of the Basilisk.<ref name="VisualEffectsCR" /><ref name="BasiliskSFX" /> According to Dudman, Aragog was the most challenging character to create. The giant spider stood {{convert|9|ft|m|0}} tall with an {{convert|18|ft|m|0}} foot leg span, each of which had to be controlled by a different team member. The whole creature weighed three quarters of a ton.<ref name="VisualEffectsCR" /> It took over 15 people to operate the animatronic Aragog on set.<ref name="LondonTourCreatures" />

The Whomping Willow sequence required a combination of practical and visual effects. Special effects supervisor [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]] and his team created mechanically operated branches to hit the flying car.<ref name="LondonTourSFX" /> A 1:3 scale set was built on stage at Shepperton Studios, which featured the fully-sized top third of the tree with a forced perspective to appear a height of over {{convert|100|ft|m|0}} high. The courtyard and the tree were built in 3D. Some shots ended up being entirely digital.<ref name="3DFestivalp2" /><ref name="3DFestivalp3" /> Jarret identified the rendering as "the biggest challenge" of the scene, because "there was just so much going on in [it] ... It was simply massive."<ref name="3DFestivalp3" />

===Music===
{{Main|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (soundtrack)}}

[[John Williams]], who composed [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack)|the previous film's score]], returned to score ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''. Composing the film proved to be a difficult task, as Williams had just completed scoring ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (soundtrack)|Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' and ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' when work was scheduled to begin on ''[[Catch Me If You Can (soundtrack)|Catch Me If You Can]]''. Because of this, [[William Ross (composer)|William Ross]] was brought in to arrange themes from the ''Philosopher's Stone'' into the new material that Williams was composing whenever he had the chance. Ross also conducted the scoring sessions with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="Filmtracks" /> The soundtrack album was released on 12 November 2002.<ref name="SoundtrackNet" />

==Distribution==
===Marketing===
Footage for the film began appearing online in the summer of 2002, with a teaser trailer debuting in cinemas with the release of ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' that June.<ref name="TrailerBBC" /> A [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|video game]] based on the film was released in early November 2002 by [[Electronic Arts]] for several consoles, including [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]].<ref name="VideogameIGN" /> The film also continued the merchandising success set by its predecessor, with reports of shortages on [[Lego]]'s ''Chamber of Secrets'' tie-ins.<ref name="LegoTime" />

===Home media===
The film was originally released in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada on 11 April 2003 on both [[VHS]] and in a two-disc special edition fullscreen/widescreen [[DVD]] digipack, which included extended and deleted scenes and interviews.<ref name="HomeMedia" /> On 11 December 2007, the film was released on [[Blu-ray]].{{cn|date=November 2025}} An Ultimate Edition of the film was released on 8 December 2009,{{cn|date=November 2025}} featuring new footage, TV spots, an extended version of the film with deleted scenes edited in, and a feature-length special ''Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 2: Characters''. The film's extended version has a running time of about 174 minutes, which has previously been shown during certain television airings.<ref name="ExtendedVersion" />

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' held its [[film premiere|world premiere]] at [[Odeon Leicester Square]] on 3 November 2002,<ref name="PremiereBBC" /> and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002.<ref>{{Citation |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |date=15 November 2002 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_chamber_of_secrets |language=en |access-date=2022-06-04 |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604190818/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_chamber_of_secrets |url-status=live }}</ref> The film broke multiple records upon its opening. In the United States and Canada, the film opened to an $88.4{{nbsp}}million opening weekend, playing on 8,515 screens at 3,682 theaters, making it the third-largest opening at the time, behind ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' and its predecessor ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''.<ref name="OpeningWknd" /> The film would hold the record for having the largest number of screenings until it was surpassed by ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' the next year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed812909572/ |title='X2' Unites 3,741 Theaters in Record Bow |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date=May 1, 2003 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419172235/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed812909572/ |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was also No. 1 at the box office for two non-consecutive weekends.<ref name="Number1BOM" /> ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' was the second 2002 film to return to the number one spot, just after [[Mel Gibson]]'s ''[[Signs (2002 film)|Signs]]''. The film joined ''[[Die Another Day]]'' and ''[[The Santa Clause 2]]'' to outperform the weak opening of ''[[Treasure Planet]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Karger|first=Dave|title=Harry, Bond finish neck and neck at the box office|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/12/01/harry-bond-finish-neck-and-neck-box-office/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 1, 2022|date=December 1, 2002|archive-date=March 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307012725/https://ew.com/article/2002/12/01/harry-bond-finish-neck-and-neck-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' and ''Die Another Day'' were the most recent films to reclaim the number one spot for six months until June 2003 when ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' became the next film to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Karger|first=Dave|title=''Finding Nemo'' scales to the top at the box office|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/06/13/finding-nemo-scales-top-box-office/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 7, 2022|date=June 13, 2003|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408050200/https://ew.com/article/2003/06/13/finding-nemo-scales-top-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the film broke all opening records that were previously held by ''Philosopher's Stone''. It made £18.9{{nbsp}}million during its opening including previews and £10.9{{nbsp}}million excluding previews.
<ref name="BoxOfficeBBC" /> It went on to make £54.8{{nbsp}}million in the UK; at the time, the fifth-biggest tally of all time in the region.<ref name="SkyisfallingUK" />

Internationally, the film earned $59.5 million during its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/harry-potter-international-tally-soars-to-595m/4011300.article|title=Harry Potter international tally soars to $59.5m|access-date=21 June 2022|archive-date=21 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621124440/https://www.screendaily.com/harry-potter-international-tally-soars-to-595m/4011300.article|url-status=live}}</ref> The film earned $3.7 million in Japan, making it the highest opening of any film in the country until it was surpassed a year later by ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 9, 2003 |title=Matrix breaks Japanese record |publisher=BBC |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2975050.stm |access-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418213654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2975050.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In Malaysia, ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' made a total of $474,000, breaking ''[[Eraser (film)|Eraser]]''{{'}}s record for having the country's biggest opening for any [[Warner Bros.]] film. It would go on to generate a total of $1.03 million in Singapore, becoming the second-highest film opening in the country, after ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''. Meanwhile, the film earned $3.1 million in Taiwan, surpassing ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' by 16%. ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' would then gross over $1.15 million in the Philippines, ranking as an industry high in the country only 5% bigger than ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=November 17, 2002 |title=O'seas auds also wild about 'Harry' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/o-seas-auds-also-wild-about-harry-1117876176/ |access-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619145444/https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/o-seas-auds-also-wild-about-harry-1117876176/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film made a total of $879.8{{nbsp}}million worldwide in its original release and $926.2 million after re-releases.<ref name="BOM" /><ref name="WWNumbers" /> It was the [[2002 in film#Highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film of 2002]] worldwide behind ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'',<ref name="2ndHighestWW" /> and the fourth highest-grossing film in the US and Canada that year with $262.6 million behind ''Spider-Man'', ''The Two Towers'', and ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]''.<ref name="4thHighestUS" /> However, it was the year's number one film outside of America, making $617.2{{nbsp}}million compared to ''The Two Towers''{{'}} $584.5{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="HighestNotUS" />

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though perhaps more enchanting for younger audiences, ''Chamber of Secrets'' is nevertheless both darker and livelier than its predecessor, expanding and improving upon the first film's universe."<ref name="RottenTomatoes" /> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic" /> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a rare "A+", the only film in the ''Harry Potter'' series to receive such grade.<ref name="OpeningWknd" /><ref name="CinemaScore" />

[[Roger Ebert]] gave ''The Chamber of Secrets'' 4 out of 4 stars, especially praising the set design.<ref name="EbertReview" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' commended the film for being better and darker than its predecessor: "And among the things this ''Harry Potter'' does very well indeed is deepen the darker, more frightening atmosphere for audiences. This is as it should be: Harry's story is supposed to get darker".<ref name="EWReview" /> [[Richard Roeper]] praised Columbus' direction and the film's faithfulness to the book, saying: "Chris Columbus, the director, does a real wonderful job of being faithful to the story but also taking it into a cinematic era".<ref name="RoeperReview" /> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said the film was excessively long, but praised it for being darker and more dramatic, saying that its confidence and intermittent flair to give it a life of its own apart from the books was something ''The Philosopher's Stone'' never achieved.<ref name="VarietyReview" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised the darker storyline, but said that the acting could have been better.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-11-15 |title=Film: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/nov/15/harrypotter |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604160551/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/nov/15/harrypotter |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[A. O. Scott]] from ''[[The New York Times]]'' said: "instead of feeling stirred you may feel battered and worn down, but not, in the end, too terribly disappointed".<ref name="NYTimesReview" /> [[Peter Travers]] from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' condemned the film for being over-long and too faithful to the book: "Once again, director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours".<ref name="TraversReview" /> [[Kenneth Turan]] from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the film a cliché which is "deja vu all over again, it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production – pro or con – you'll likely think of this one".<ref name="LATimesReview" />

===Accolades===
''Chamber of Secrets'' was nominated for three [[BAFTA Awards]]: [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]], and [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]].<ref name="BAFTA" /> The film was also nominated for six [[Saturn Awards]].<ref name="SaturnAwards" /> It received two nominations at the inaugural [[Visual Effects Society]] Awards.<ref name="VESAwards" /> The [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] granted it the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film|Best Family Film]] and [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score|Best Composer]] awards,<ref name="BFCAAwards" /> and nominated it for Best Digital Acting Performance (for [[Toby Jones]]).<ref name="BFCAAwards2" />

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:22%;"| Award
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipients
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Amanda Award]]s
| 22 August 2003
| Best Foreign Feature Film
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AmandaAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Bogey Awards
| {{N/A|2002}}
| Bogey Award in Platinum
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BogeyAward" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[56th British Academy Film Awards|23 February 2003]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| [[Stuart Craig]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="BAFTA" />
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Randy Thom]], [[Dennis Leonard (sound editor)|Dennis Leonard]], [[John Midgley]], Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel and [[Rick Kline]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]
| [[Jim Mitchell (visual effects artist)|Jim Mitchell]], [[Nick Davis (visual effects supervisor)|Nick Davis]], [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]], [[Bill George (visual effects supervisor)|Bill George]] and [[Nick Dudman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award]]
| rowspan="3"| [[8th Critics' Choice Awards|17 January 2003]]
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film|Best Family Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="BFCAAwards" />
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score|Best Composer]]
| [[John Williams]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Digital Acting Performance
| [[Toby Jones]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="BFCAAwards2" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[BMI Awards|Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards]]
| 14 May 2003
| BMI Film Music Award
| [[John Williams]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BMIAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Awards]]
| 22 March 2003
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film]]
| [[Randy Thom]], [[Dennis Leonard (sound editor)|Dennis Leonard]], Derek Trigg, Martin Cantwell, Andy Kennedy, Colin Ritchie, Nick Lowe
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GoldenReel" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[GoldSpirit Awards]]
| rowspan="2" {{n/a|2003}}
| Best Recording Edition
| rowspan="2"| [[John Williams]]
| {{won|place=bronze}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GoldSpirit" />
|-
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Theme
| {{won|place=bronze}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Grammy Awards]]
| [[46th Grammy Awards|8 February 2004]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]]
| [[John Williams]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammys" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Hugo Awards]]
| 28 August–1 September 2003
| [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="HugoAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| [[26th Japan Academy Film Prize|7 March 2003]]
| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="JapanAFPrize" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]
| [[2003 Kids' Choice Awards|12 April 2003]]
| [[Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie|Favorite Movie]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="KidsChoice" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[London Film Critics Circle]]
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2002|12 February 2003]]
| British Supporting Actor of the Year
| [[Kenneth Branagh]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="LondonFCC" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[MTV Movie Awards]]
| [[2003 MTV Movie Awards|31 May 2003]]
| Best Virtual Performance
| [[Toby Jones]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MTVAwards" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Online Film Critics Society]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2002|6 January 2003]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="OnlineFCS" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| [[Saturn Awards]]
| rowspan="6"| [[29th Saturn Awards|18 May 2003]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="SaturnAwards" />
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]]
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume|Best Costume]]
| [[Lindy Hemming]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Make-up|Best Make-up]]
| [[Nick Dudman]], [[Amanda Knight]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
| John Mitchell, [[Nick Davis (visual effects supervisor)|Nick Davis]], [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]], [[Bill George (visual effects supervisor)|Bill George]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| [[2002 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|16 March 2003]]
| Most Annoying Non-Human Character
| [[Dobby (Harry Potter)|Dobby the House Elf]]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Stinkers" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Visual Effects Society]]
| rowspan="2"| [[1st Visual Effects Society Awards|19 February 2003]]
| Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture
| "Dobby's Face" – David Andrews, Steve Rawlins, Frank Gravatt, Douglas Smythe
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="VESAwards" />
|-
| Best Compositing in a Motion Picture
| "Quidditch Match" – Dorne Huebler, Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook
| {{nom}}
|}

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<ref name="RankinBBC">{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Martin |date=16 December 2002 |title="It is odd." - Life as Percy Weasley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/films/weasley_rankin1.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501074618/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/films/weasley_rankin1.shtml |archive-date=1 May 2019 |access-date=18 August 2020 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="WrightBBC">{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Jamie |title=Interview - Bonnie Wright |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/11/29/bonnie_wright_chamber_of_secrets_interview.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502072550/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/11/29/bonnie_wright_chamber_of_secrets_interview.shtml |archive-date=2 May 2019 |access-date=17 August 2020 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="FeltonLewisNewsround">{{Cite web |last=Youell |first=Clare |date=15 November 2002 |title=Potter boys reveal COS acting secrets |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2462000/2462883.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223130658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2462000/2462883.stm |archive-date=23 February 2019 |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="WaylettTelegraph">{{Cite web |last=Orr |first=James |date=12 October 2011 |title=Harry Potter actor Jamie Waylett charged with having petrol bomb during London riots |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8821621/Harry-Potter-actor-Jamie-Waylett-charged-with-having-petrol-bomb-during-London-riots.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422192335/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8821621/Harry-Potter-actor-Jamie-Waylett-charged-with-having-petrol-bomb-during-London-riots.html |archive-date=22 April 2017 |access-date=20 August 2020 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HerdmanE!">{{Cite web |last=Macatee |first=Rebecca |date=26 April 2016 |title=''Harry Potter''{{'}}s Gregory Goyle Is Now an MMA Cage Fighter |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/759922/harry-potter-s-gregory-goyle-is-now-an-mma-cage-fighter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616091854/https://www.eonline.com/news/759922/harry-potter-s-gregory-goyle-is-now-an-mma-cage-fighter |archive-date=16 June 2019 |access-date=20 August 2020 |website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref>

<ref name="MurrayNine">{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Ashley |date=12 September 2016 |title=Exclusive! Harry Potter's Devon Murray opens up about life after Hogwarts: 'I've got a stud farm in Ireland' |url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/movies/fix120916-devon-murray-life-after-harry-potter-seamus-finnigan/bfc8ec9f-681c-413e-b09b-88724a7bb356 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811234716/https://celebrity.nine.com.au/movies/fix120916-devon-murray-life-after-harry-potter-seamus-finnigan/bfc8ec9f-681c-413e-b09b-88724a7bb356 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |access-date=11 August 2020 |website=[[Nine.com.au]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BiggerstaffMuggleNet">{{Cite web |last=W. |first=Mary |date=2 July 2019 |title=Leviosa 2019: Sean Biggerstaff Q&A Session |url=https://www.mugglenet.com/2019/07/leviosa-2019-sean-biggerstaff-qa-session/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723162342/https://www.mugglenet.com/2019/07/leviosa-2019-sean-biggerstaff-qa-session/ |archive-date=23 July 2019 |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=[[MuggleNet]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BradleyVulture">{{Cite web |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |date=29 September 2014 |title=David Bradley on ''The Strain'', ''Game of Thrones'', and the Unexpected Fallout From the Red Wedding |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/david-bradley-strain-game-of-thrones-chat.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001012706/https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/david-bradley-strain-game-of-thrones-chat.html |archive-date=1 October 2014 |access-date=17 August 2020 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref>

<ref name="PhillipsTelegraph">{{Cite web |last=Moir |first=Jan |author-link=Jan Moir |date=30 December 2002 |title='Hel-low. Aren't you a gorgeous creature?' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3587867/Hel-low.-Arent-you-a-gorgeous-creature.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422163825/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3587867/Hel-low.-Arent-you-a-gorgeous-creature.html |archive-date=22 April 2019 |access-date=20 August 2020 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HendersonNewsround">{{Cite web |last=Mzimba |first=Lizo |author-link=Lizo Mzimba |date=29 November 2002 |title=Draco tells us he wants to meet more fans! |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2526000/2526767.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417191613/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2526000/2526767.stm |archive-date=17 April 2016 |access-date=18 August 2020 |website=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Mitchell">{{Cite web |last=Mzimba |first=Lizo |author-link=Lizo Mzimba |date=15 November 2002 |title=Daniel Radcliffe COS: full interview |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2481000/2481177.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623132838/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2481000/2481177.stm |archive-date=23 June 2016 |access-date=18 August 2020 |website=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HardyBBC">{{Cite press release |title=Death In Holy Orders |publisher=[[BBC One]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/06_june/18/death_holy_orders.pdf |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233457/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/6_june/18/death_holy_orders.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2019 |pages=2, 11 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="GloverGuardian">{{Cite web |last=Gibbons |first=Fiachra |date=22 December 2001 |title=Harry Potter II stills stolen from studio set |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/22/theharrypotterfilms.film |url-status=live |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204051329/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/22/theharrypotterfilms.film |archive-date=4 December 2018 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LuciusTone">{{cite news | url=https://www.jasonisaacsonline.com/interviewtry2a.html | work=The Sun (United Kingdom) | title=Sun Newspaper (UK) interview with Jason Isaacs ca. 2004 | access-date=December 12, 2022 | archive-date=17 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517191238/https://jasonisaacsonline.com/interviewtry2a.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

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<ref name="Burrow">{{Cite web |title=Behind the scenes: The Burrow |url=https://www.pottermore.com/features/behind-the-scenes-the-burrow |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002071906/https://www.pottermore.com/features/behind-the-scenes-the-burrow |archive-date=2 October 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |website=[[Pottermore]]}}</ref>

<ref name="FordAngliaBBC">{{Cite news |date=28 October 2005 |title=Harry Potter's 'flying' car taken |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4384244.stm |url-status=live |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925020044/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/4384244.stm |archive-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="DumbledoresOffice">{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Angie |date=4 March 2011 |title='The Making of Harry Potter' Studio Tour To Open Next Spring |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/making-harry-potter-walking-tour/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911041234/http://www.slashfilm.com/making-harry-potter-walking-tour/ |archive-date=11 September 2011 |access-date=12 April 2020 |website=[[/Film]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ChamberSetVogue">{{Cite web |last=Garrigues |first=Manon |date=22 April 2020 |title=3 things you didn't know about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=https://www.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/article/3-things-you-didnt-know-about-harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506193025/https://www.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/article/3-things-you-didnt-know-about-harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets |archive-date=6 May 2020 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref>

<ref name="CinematographyCR">{{Cite web |title=About the Cinematography |url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1918 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324013828/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1918 |archive-date=24 March 2016 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=[[Warner Bros.]] |via=CinemaReview}}</ref>

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<ref name="FilmingArizonaDailySun">{{Cite web |last=Germain |first=David |date=18 November 2001 |title='Potter' topples another box office record with $93.5 million debut |url=https://azdailysun.com/potter-topples-another-box-office-record-with-million-debut/article_b39592a3-dca6-57b2-adc2-90c13d14bc46.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507213942/https://azdailysun.com/potter-topples-another-box-office-record-with-million-debut/article_b39592a3-dca6-57b2-adc2-90c13d14bc46.html |archive-date=7 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020 |website=[[Arizona Daily Sun]]}}</ref>

<ref name="FilmingNYTimes">{{Cite web |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=23 November 2001 |title=At the Movies: Trading Britain For America |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/movies/at-the-movies.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503130748/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/movies/at-the-movies.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=3 May 2018 |access-date=24 September 2012 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LeavesdenTime">{{Cite magazine |last=Cagle |first=Jess |date=5 November 2001 |title=Cinema: The First Look at Harry |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1961973_1961978,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923041434/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1961973_1961978,00.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=16 April 2020 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LeavesdenGuardian">{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |date=2 November 2001 |title=Harry Potter and the gobbet of ire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/nov/02/filmnews.theharrypotterfilms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007154942/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/nov/02/filmnews.theharrypotterfilms |archive-date=7 October 2016 |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BurrowBuzzFeed">{{Cite web |last=Leggett |first=Tabatha |date=21 January 2014 |title=The "Harry Potter" Guide To The U.K. |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/the-harry-potter-guide-to-the-u-k |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610193605/https://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/the-harry-potter-guide-to-the-u-k?utm_term=.ijX6GyBAE |archive-date=10 June 2017 |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=[[BuzzFeed]]}}</ref>

<ref name="IsleofMan">{{Cite book |last=Richardson |first=Matthew |title=The Isle of Man: Stone Age to Swinging Sixties |date=30 May 2020 |publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books|Pen and Sword History]] |isbn=9781526720788 |chapter=Chapter Six: Wartime and the Swinging Sixties |access-date=7 July 2020 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g7jpDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Isle+of+Man%3A+Stone+Age+to+Swinging+Sixties+%22chamber+of+secrets%22&pg=PT107 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225912/https://books.google.com/books?id=g7jpDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Isle+of+Man%3A+Stone+Age+to+Swinging+Sixties+%22chamber+of+secrets%22&pg=PT107 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="StPancrasKingsCross">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Flying Ford Anglia |url=https://stpancras.com/news-events/harry-potter-and-the-flying-ford-anglia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515015515/https://stpancras.com/news-events/harry-potter-and-the-flying-ford-anglia |archive-date=15 May 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=[[St Pancras International]]}}</ref>

<ref name="StPancrasKingsCross2">{{Cite book |last=Deiss |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQ1Dtm4b5w4C&q=harry+potter+%22chamber+of+secrets%22+%22st+pancras%22&pg=PA61 |title=The Cathedral of the Winged Wheel and the Sugarbeet Station: Trivia and Anecdotes on 222 Railway Stations in Europe |date=2013 |publisher=Books on Demand |isbn=9783848253562 |page=61 |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225830/https://books.google.com/books?id=KQ1Dtm4b5w4C&q=harry+potter+%22chamber+of+secrets%22+%22st+pancras%22&pg=PA61 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="GloucesterCathedral">{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Willow |date=1 February 2002 |title=Potty About Potter |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/potty-potter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720124524/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/potty-potter/ |archive-date=20 July 2017 |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref>

<ref name="DurhamCathedral">{{Cite web |last=Hodgson |first=Barbara |date=9 October 2019 |title=Afternoon tea in Harry Potter classroom is on offer as Durham Cathedral reveals magical 'hidden' room |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/afternoon-tea-harry-potter-classroom-17056864 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009233526/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/afternoon-tea-harry-potter-classroom-17056864 |archive-date=9 October 2019 |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=[[ChronicleLive]]}}</ref>

<ref name="AlnwickCastle">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter at Alnwick Castle |url=https://www.alnwickcastle.com/explore/on-screen/harry-potter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509055351/https://www.alnwickcastle.com/explore/on-screen/harry-potter |archive-date=9 May 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=[[Alnwick Castle]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LacockAbbey">{{Cite book |last1=Barnett |first1=Stephen |title=Out of London Walks: Great escapes by Britain's best walking tour company |last2=Tucker |first2=David |date=2012 |publisher=[[Random House]] |isbn=9780753548028 |chapter=Lacock and Avebury – Timeless |access-date=14 May 2020 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSbcwnn7ohgC&q=%22harry+potter%22+%22chamber+of+secrets%22+%22Lacock%22&pg=PT35 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225830/https://books.google.com/books?id=cSbcwnn7ohgC&q=%22harry+potter%22+%22chamber+of+secrets%22+%22Lacock%22&pg=PT35 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="BodleianLibrary">{{Cite web |title=Filming & photography |url=https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/filming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117100323/https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/filming |archive-date=17 January 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |website=[[Bodleian Library]]}}</ref>

<ref name="ColumbusVindicator">{{Cite news |last=Lawson |first=Terry |date=14 November 2002 |title=The second instalment is charmed, director says |pages=D10, D14 |work=[[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|The Vindicator]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2FtIAAAAIBAJ&pg=5251,6505185&dq=london+world+premiere+chamber+of+secrets&hl=en |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013204307/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2FtIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5251,6505185&dq=london+world+premiere+chamber+of+secrets&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="NolanParseltongue">{{Cite book |last=Adger |first=David |title=Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power |date=2019 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780192563194 |page=99 |chapter=Impossible Patterns |author-link=David Adger |access-date=15 May 2020 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpCqDwAAQBAJ&q=francis+nolan+harry+potter&pg=PA99 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225831/https://books.google.com/books?id=vpCqDwAAQBAJ&q=francis+nolan+harry+potter&pg=PA99 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="WrapYahoo">{{Cite web |last=Schmitz |first=Greg Dean |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808404332 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621034511/http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808404332 |archive-date=21 June 2007 |access-date=16 May 2020 |website=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref>

<ref name="WrapCronica">{{Cite web |date=22 July 2020 |title=El mexicano Alfonso Cuarón será el director de Harry Potter III |url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2002/21199.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516221727/http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2002/21199.html |archive-date=16 May 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020 |website=[[La Crónica de Hoy]] |language=es}}</ref>

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<ref name="ThomMIX">{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Blair |date=1 January 2003 |title=The Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.mixonline.com/sound4picture/film_tv/audio_chamber_secrets/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012075246/http://mixonline.com/sound4picture/film_tv/audio_chamber_secrets/ |archive-date=12 October 2008 |access-date=16 October 2012 |website=[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |publisher=[[NewBay Media]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="FinishBBC">{{Cite web |date=4 October 2002 |title=Potter film should be finished next week |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2300000/2300629.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226174003/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2300000/2300629.stm |archive-date=26 February 2019 |access-date=16 October 2012 |website=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]}}</ref>

<ref name="VisualEffectsCR">{{Cite web |title=About the Special Effects |url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1917 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095434/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1917 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=[[Warner Bros.]] |via=CinemaReview}}</ref>

<ref name="Cinefex">{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Barbara |date=April 2003 |title=When Harry Met Dobby |url=http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/issue93.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301203644/http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/issue93.htm |archive-date=1 March 2019 |access-date=16 May 2020 |website=[[Cinefex]] |issue=93}}</ref>

<ref name="BasiliskSFX">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQy9_Iajaig  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IQy9_Iajaig |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Creating the World of Harry Potter: the Basilisk |publisher=[[Warner Bros.]] |access-date=16 May 2020 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="LondonTourCreatures">{{Cite web |title=Creature Effects |url=https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/explore-the-tour/creature-effects/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326173131/https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/explore-the-tour/creature-effects/ |archive-date=26 March 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LondonTourSFX">{{Cite web |title=Special & Visual Effects |url=https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/explore-the-tour/special-visual-effects/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326173047/https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/explore-the-tour/special-visual-effects/ |archive-date=26 March 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter]]}}</ref>

<ref name="3DFestivalp1">{{Cite web |last=Teo |first=Leonard |title=3D Festival: The VFX of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=701 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030421155314/http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=701 |archive-date=21 April 2003 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=3D Festival |page=1}}</ref>

<ref name="3DFestivalp2">{{Cite web |last=Teo |first=Leonard |title=3D Festival: The VFX of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=701&page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030226141959/http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=701&page=2 |archive-date=26 February 2003 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=3D Festival |page=2}}</ref>

<ref name="3DFestivalp3">{{Cite web |last=Teo |first=Leonard |title=3D Festival: The VFX of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=701&page=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030307164349/http://www.3dfestival.com/story.php?story_id=701&page=3 |archive-date=7 March 2003 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=3D Festival |page=3}}</ref>

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<ref name="Filmtracks">{{Cite web |date=7 November 2002 |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (John Williams/William Ross) |url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/chamber_secrets.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114201901/http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/chamber_secrets.html |archive-date=14 January 2019 |access-date=23 September 2012 |website=[[Filmtracks]]}}</ref>

<ref name="SoundtrackNet">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Soundtrack (2002) |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709011633/https://www.soundtrack.net/album/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets/ |archive-date=9 July 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Soundtrack.Net]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="TrailerBBC">{{Cite news |date=13 June 2002 |title=Potter trailer gets Scooby outing |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2042773.stm |url-status=live |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116075554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2042773.stm |archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="VideogameIGN">{{Cite web |last=Krause |first=Staci |date=26 November 2002 |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/26/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031114930/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/26/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-2 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |access-date=9 October 2012 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LegoTime">{{Cite magazine |last=Cagle |first=Jess |date=3 November 2002 |title=When Harry Meets SCARY |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,386963,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202033920/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,386963,00.html |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=9 October 2012 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="HomeMedia">{{Cite news |last=Kipnis |first=Jill |date=1 March 2003 |title=Blockbuster Sequels Ensure DVD's Sale Saga |page=66 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=chamber+of+secrets+VHS+and+DVD+release+11+April+2003&pg=PA66 |access-date=28 November 2010 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613161316/https://books.google.com/books?id=OA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=chamber+of+secrets+VHS+and+DVD+release+11+April+2003&pg=PA66 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="ExtendedVersion">{{Cite web |date=2 May 2005 |title=Exclusive First Look at 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' to Be Presented During Network Television Debut of 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' Airing May 7 on ABC |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050502006197/en/Exclusive-Harry-Potter-Goblet-Fire-Presented-Network |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116064000/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050502006197/en/Exclusive-Harry-Potter-Goblet-Fire-Presented-Network |archive-date=16 November 2018 |access-date=9 October 2012 |website=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="PremiereBBC">{{Cite web |last=Youngs |first=Ian |date=3 November 2002 |title=Fans spellbound at Potter première |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2395387.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327072401/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2395387.stm |archive-date=27 March 2016 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="ReleaseMuggleNet">{{Cite web |last=O'Shea |first=Lucy |date=15 November 2002 |title="Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Movie Released Worldwide |url=https://www.mugglenet.com/2002/11/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-movie-released-worldwide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517073405/https://www.mugglenet.com/2002/11/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-movie-released-worldwide/ |archive-date=17 May 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[MuggleNet]]}}</ref>
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<ref name="OpeningWknd">{{Cite web |date=17 November 2002 |first=Brandon |last=Gray |title=''Harry Potter'' Potent with $88.4{{nbsp}}Million Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed896795652/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517075006/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed896795652/ |archive-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |quote=According to opening night audience tracker CinemaScore, Chamber of Secrets garnered an A+ from moviegoers compared to the A that Sorcerer's Stone earned. |access-date=22 March 2022 }}</ref>

<ref name="Number1BOM">{{Cite web |title=Domestic 2002 Weekend 48 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2002W48/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517075259/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2002W48/ |archive-date=17 May 2020 |access-date=24 November 2013 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BoxOfficeBBC">{{Cite news |date=18 November 2002 |title=Potter conjures up box office record |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2487535.stm |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105111754/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2487535.stm |archive-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>

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<ref name="WWNumbers">{{Cite web |last=Strowbridge |first=C.S. |date=28 January 2003 |title=Chamber of Secrets sneaks pasts Jurassic Park |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/198290830-Chamber-of-Secrets-sneaks-pasts-Jurassic-Park |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119022908/https://www.the-numbers.com/news/198290830-Chamber-of-Secrets-sneaks-pasts-Jurassic-Park |archive-date=19 November 2018 |access-date=22 September 2007 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>

<ref name="2ndHighestWW">{{Cite web |title=2002 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518020259/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2002/ |archive-date=18 May 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

<ref name="4thHighestUS">{{Cite web |title=2002 Domestic Grosses |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2002&p=.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404145629/https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2002&p=.htm |archive-date=4 April 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}} |type=m |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref>

<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite Metacritic |id=harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets |type=movie |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |access-date=22 September 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="CinemaScore">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=20 December 2018 |access-date=18 July 2020 |website=[[CinemaScore]] }}</ref>

<ref name="EbertReview">{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=15 November 2002 |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013195840/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-2002 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref>

<ref name="EWReview">{{Cite magazine |last=Schwarzbaum |first=Lisa |date=13 November 2002 |title='Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets': EW review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/08/01/harry-potter-and-chamber-secrets-5/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209014517/http://ew.com/article/2005/08/01/harry-potter-and-chamber-secrets-5/ |archive-date=9 December 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="RoeperReview">{{Cite news |last=Roeper |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |date=15 November 2002 |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |work=[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|At the Movies]]}}</ref>

<ref name="VarietyReview">{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |author-link=Todd McCarthy |date=7 November 2002 |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-1200544941/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006070349/https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-1200544941/ |archive-date=6 October 2015 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="TraversReview">{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Travers |date=15 November 2002 |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-255777/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518025916/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-255777/ |archive-date=18 May 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LATimesReview">{{Cite news |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=15 November 2002 |title='Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' doesn't capture the well-balanced tone of the book |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-archives-harry-potter-chamber-of-secrets-review-20170626-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627165845/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-archives-harry-potter-chamber-of-secrets-review-20170626-story.html |archive-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>

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<ref name="AmandaAwards">{{Cite web |title=Amanda Awards (Norway) 2003 |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/amandas?year=2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519114448/https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/amandas?year=2003 |archive-date=19 May 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BogeyAward">{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens |url=http://www.mediabiz.de/film/firmen/programm/harry-potter-und-die-kammer-des-schreckens/66367 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907080009/http://www.mediabiz.de/film/firmen/programm/harry-potter-und-die-kammer-des-schreckens/66367 |archive-date=7 September 2011 |access-date=5 July 2020 |website=Blickpunkt: Film |language=de}}</ref>

<ref name="BAFTA">{{Cite web |title=Film in 2003 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514115908/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/film |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BFCAAwards">{{Cite web |date=17 January 2003 |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards 2002 |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414082058/http://bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php |archive-date=14 April 2013 |access-date=16 March 2011 |website=[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BFCAAwards2">{{Cite web |last=Godfrey |first=Leigh |date=22 January 2003 |title=Gollum and Spirited Away Are The Critics Choice |url=https://www.awn.com/news/gollum-and-spirited-away-are-critics-choice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519122926/https://www.awn.com/news/gollum-and-spirited-away-are-critics-choice |archive-date=19 May 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Animation World Network]]}}</ref>

<ref name="BMIAwards">{{Cite web |date=14 May 2003 |title=2003 BMI Film/TV Awards: Song List |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2003_bmi_film_tv_awards_song_list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501200300/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2003_bmi_film_tv_awards_song_list |archive-date=1 May 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]}}</ref>

<ref name="GoldenReel">{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Denise |date=7 February 2003 |title='Gangs,' 'Perdition' top Golden Reel nods |url=https://variety.com/2003/music/awards/gangs-perdition-top-golden-reel-nods-1117880217/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519163506/https://variety.com/2003/music/awards/gangs-perdition-top-golden-reel-nods-1117880217/ |archive-date=19 May 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

<ref name="GoldSpirit">{{Cite web |title=Premios GoldSpirit - II Edición (2002): Sala de Trofeos |url=http://www.bsospirit.com/goldspirits/goldawards2002.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020055910/http://www.bsospirit.com/goldspirits/goldawards2002.php |archive-date=20 October 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=BSOSpirit |language=es}}</ref>

<ref name="Grammys">{{Cite web |date=4 December 2003 |title=Complete list of 46th annual Grammy winners and nominees |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-grammys-nominees-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914144026/https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-grammys-nominees-story.html |archive-date=14 September 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>

<ref name="HugoAwards">{{Cite web |title=2003 Hugo Awards |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2003-hugo-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031185237/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2003-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=31 October 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Hugo Awards]]|date=26 July 2007 }}</ref>

<ref name="JapanAFPrize">{{Cite web |title=26th Japan Academy Prize |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=26#title10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117104159/https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=26 |archive-date=17 January 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]}}</ref>

<ref name="KidsChoice">{{Cite web |date=13 February 2003 |title=Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards Takes Stars, Music and Mess to the Next Level on Saturday, April 12 Live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica |url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2003KCA/content/current_press_1.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930202732/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2003KCA/content/current_press_1.php |archive-date=30 September 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Nickelodeon]]}}</ref>

<ref name="LondonFCC">{{Cite web |date=12 February 2003 |title=First award blood to Caine |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2754075.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225203725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2754075.stm |archive-date=25 December 2017 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

<ref name="MTVAwards">{{Cite web |date=15 April 2003 |title=MTV Movie Awards nominations 2003 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2949000/2949557.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113174818/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2949000/2949557.stm |archive-date=13 January 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Newsround]] |publisher=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]}}</ref>

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<ref name="SaturnAwards">{{Cite web |last=Moro |first=Eric |date=5 March 2003 |title=The 29th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations - Feature Film Category |url=http://www.mania.com/29th-annual-saturn-awards-nominations-feature-film-category_article_37872.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018135352/http://www.mania.com/29th-annual-saturn-awards-nominations-feature-film-category_article_37872.html |archive-date=18 October 2012 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=Mania}}</ref>

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<ref name="VESAwards">{{Cite web |title=1st Annual VES Awards |url=https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/portfolio-items/2002-1st-annual-ves-awards/?portfolioCats=29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520022518/https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/portfolio-items/2002-1st-annual-ves-awards/?portfolioCats=29 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=[[Visual Effects Society]]| date=14 February 2019 }}</ref>
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