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{{Infobox film
| name           = Harry Potter {{nowrap|and the Half-Blood Prince}}
| image          = Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[David Yates]]
| producer       = {{Plain list|
* [[David Heyman]]
* [[David Barron (film producer)|David Barron]]
}}
| screenplay     = [[Steve Kloves]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''|[[J. K. Rowling]]}}
| starring       = {{Plain list|
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
* [[Rupert Grint]]
* [[Emma Watson]]
* [[Jim Broadbent]]
* [[Helena Bonham Carter]]
* [[Robbie Coltrane]]
* [[Warwick Davis]]
* [[Michael Gambon]]
* [[Alan Rickman]]
* [[Maggie Smith]]
* [[Timothy Spall]]
* [[David Thewlis]]
* [[Julie Walters]]
}}<!--Per billing block-->
| music          = [[Nicholas Hooper]]<!-- Only list the composer in this category. -->
| cinematography = [[Bruno Delbonnel]]
| editing        = [[Mark Day (film editor)|Mark Day]]
| studio         = {{Plain list|
* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/64903?sid=097ea460-25c7-4baa-9ac6-beb46e8ec76b&sr=2.8056335&cp=1&pos=1 |title=HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (2009) |work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183702/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/64903?sid=097ea460-25c7-4baa-9ac6-beb46e8ec76b&sr=2.8056335&cp=1&pos=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Heyday Films]]
}}
| distributor    = Warner Bros. Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2009|7|7|[[Odeon Leicester Square]]|2009|7|15|United Kingdom and United States}}
| runtime        = 153 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 153:19--><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mjazntc |title=''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (12A) |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=10 June 2009 |access-date=6 March 2024 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105062342/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/harry-potter-and-half-blood-prince-2009-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| country        = {{Plain list|
* United Kingdom
* United States
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $250 million<ref name="BOM" />
| gross          = $934.5 million<ref name="BOM" />
}}
'''''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''''' is a 2009 [[fantasy film]]<!-- Do not add any other description here. --> directed by [[David Yates]] from a screenplay by [[Steve Kloves]], based on the 2005 novel [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|of the same name]] by [[J. K. Rowling]]. It is the [[sequel]] to ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2007) and the sixth instal<!--This is the correct British spelling of the word. Please do not change-->ment in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]]. It stars [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], alongside [[Rupert Grint]] and [[Emma Watson]] as Harry's best friends [[Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] respectively. The story follows Harry's sixth year at [[Hogwarts]] as he receives a mysterious textbook, falls in love, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to [[Lord Voldemort]]'s downfall.

Filming began on 24 September 2007, leading to the film's worldwide cinematic release on 15 July 2009. With an estimated budget of $250 million, it is one of [[List of most expensive films|the most expensive films ever made]] and the most expensive film in the ''Harry Potter'' film series.

''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' was released in 2D cinemas and [[IMAX]] formats in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 July, by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film received positive reviews, with praise for the story, emotional weight, cinematography and performances. It was a major commercial success, breaking the record for the biggest single-day worldwide gross with $104 million. In five days, the film made $394 million, breaking the record for [[List of biggest opening weekends|highest worldwide five-day opening]]. With a total gross of $934 million, it is the [[2009 in film#Highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film of 2009]]. The film was nominated for many awards, including the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] and the [[BAFTA Award]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]].

It was followed by ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' in 2010.

==Plot==
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[[Lord Voldemort]] tightens his grip on the wizarding and Muggle worlds: his [[Death Eaters]] kidnap [[Ollivander|Mr Ollivander]] and destroy [[London]]'s [[Millennium Bridge, London|Millennium Bridge]]. With [[Lucius Malfoy]] incarcerated in [[Azkaban]], Voldemort chooses his son, [[Draco Malfoy]], to carry out a secret mission at [[Hogwarts]]. Draco's mother, [[Narcissa Malfoy|Narcissa]], and aunt [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] seek out [[Severus Snape]], who gains their confidence by claiming he is a mole within the [[Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]]. Snape makes an [[Unbreakable Vow]] with Narcissa to protect Draco and fulfil his task should he fail.

[[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] accompanies [[Albus Dumbledore]] to persuade former Potions professor [[Horace Slughorn]] to return to Hogwarts. Then, at [[The Burrow (Harry Potter)|the Burrow]], Harry reunites with his best friends Ron and Hermione. In [[Diagon alley|Diagon Alley]], they see Draco and Narcissa Malfoy, and follow them into [[Knockturn Alley]]. The pair meet with Death Eaters, including the werewolf [[Fenrir Greyback]], at Borgin & Burke's. Harry believes Draco is now a Death Eater, but Ron and Hermione are sceptical. On the [[Hogwarts Express]], Harry sneaks into the [[Slytherin]] carriage wearing his [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Invisibility cloak|Invisibility Cloak]] to spy on Malfoy. Malfoy notices and [[Petrifaction in mythology and fiction|petrifies]] Harry, leaving him on the train.  [[Luna Lovegood]] finds him and counters Draco's spell.

Harry discovers that his used Potions textbook is filled with helpful notes and spells added by the "Half-Blood Prince". Using it, Harry excels in class, annoying Hermione and impressing Slughorn, who awards him a [[Felix Felicis|Liquid Luck potion]]. Ron makes the [[Gryffindor]] [[Quidditch]] team as Keeper and begins dating [[Lavender Brown (Harry Potter)|Lavender Brown]], upsetting Hermione, who harbours feelings for him. Harry consoles Hermione while acknowledging his own feelings for [[Ginny Weasley]]. Harry spends the Christmas holidays with the Weasleys. His suspicions about Draco are dismissed by the Order, but [[Arthur Weasley]] reveals that the Malfoys may be interested in a [[Magical Objects in Harry Potter#Vanishing Cabinet|Vanishing Cabinet]] at Borgin & Burke's. Bellatrix and Greyback attack and destroy the Burrow.

At Hogwarts, Dumbledore asks Harry to retrieve Slughorn's memory of a young Voldemort. Slughorn has resisted giving an accurate memory. After Ron accidentally ingests a [[Amortentia|love potion]] intended for Harry, Harry takes him to Slughorn for a cure. After curing Ron, Slughorn offers both boys some [[mead]] he had intended as a gift to Dumbledore. Ron is poisoned upon sipping it, and Harry's quick thinking saves him. While recovering in the infirmary, Ron murmurs Hermione's name, causing Lavender to end their relationship. Harry confronts Draco about the poisoned mead and also a cursed necklace that nearly killed Katie Bell. A duel erupts, and Harry uses one of the Half-Blood Prince's curses without knowing what it is. The curse severely injures Malfoy, and he is only saved by Snape's timely arrival and reversal of the curse. Fearing the book contains [[Dark Magic]], Ginny persuades Harry to hide it in the [[Room of Requirement]]. They then share their first kiss.

In Hagrid's hut, Harry uses his Liquid Luck potion to convince the reluctant Slughorn to surrender the memory Dumbledore needs. Viewing it in the Pensieve, Dumbledore and Harry learn Voldemort sought information about [[Horcrux]]es, magical objects containing pieces of a wizard's soul for immortality. Dumbledore surmises Voldemort divided his soul into six Horcruxes, two of which have been destroyed: [[Tom Riddle's diary]] and [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Marvolo Gaunt's ring|Marvolo Gaunt's ring]]. They travel to a cave where Harry aids Dumbledore in drinking a potion that hides another Horcrux, [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Salazar Slytherin's locket|Slytherin's locket]].

A weakened Dumbledore defends them from [[Inferius|Inferi]] by creating a ring of fire, and [[apparate]]s them back to Hogwarts, where Bellatrix, Greyback, and other Death Eaters have entered through the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement that Draco has secretly connected to one in Knockturn Alley. As Harry hides, Draco appears and disarms the headmaster, revealing Voldemort chose him to kill Dumbledore. Draco hesitates; Snape, however, arrives and kills Dumbledore. As the Death Eaters escape, Snape reveals to Harry that he is the Half-Blood Prince.

As Hogwarts students and staff mourn Dumbledore's death, Harry tells Ron and Hermione that the locket is fake and contains a message from "[[Regulus Black|R.A.B.]]", who stole the real Horcrux intending to destroy it. Harry, Ron and Hermione agree to forgo their final Hogwarts year to hunt for the remaining Horcruxes.

==Cast==
{{further|List of Harry Potter cast members}}

* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]: A 16-year-old British [[Magician (fantasy)|wizard]] who now enters his sixth year at [[Hogwarts|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]
* [[Rupert Grint]] as [[Ron Weasley]]: One of Harry's two best friends
* [[Emma Watson]] as [[Hermione Granger]]: One of Harry's two best friends
* [[Helena Bonham Carter]] as [[Bellatrix Lestrange]]: One of Voldemort's principal [[Death Eaters]] and Draco Malfoy's aunt
* [[Jim Broadbent]] as [[Horace Slughorn]]: The newly appointed Potions master who had held the position before Severus Snape
* [[Robbie Coltrane]] as [[Rubeus Hagrid]]: The Hogwarts gamekeeper and [[Hogwarts subjects|Care of Magical Creatures]] teacher at Hogwarts
* [[Warwick Davis]] as [[Filius Flitwick]]: The Charms master and head of Ravenclaw
* [[Tom Felton]] as [[Draco Malfoy]]:<!--Felton is ''not'' credited as "main cast" in the poster or film credits, but has won awards because of his portrayal of Malfoy. Do not add him to any other film.--> Harry's rival and recipient of Voldemort's secret mission
* [[Michael Gambon]] as [[Albus Dumbledore]]: The headmaster of Hogwarts
* [[Alan Rickman]] as [[Severus Snape]]: The former Potions master, current Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and head of Slytherin
* [[Maggie Smith]] as [[Minerva McGonagall]]: The Hogwarts Transfiguration teacher, deputy headmistress and head of Gryffindor
* [[Timothy Spall]] as [[Death Eater#Peter Pettigrew|Peter Pettigrew]]: The Death Eater who betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort; Pettigrew has no lines in this film, but appears as a servant at Snape's house
* [[David Thewlis]] as [[Remus Lupin]]: A member of the [[Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]] and Harry's ex-Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher
* [[Julie Walters]] as [[Molly Weasley]]: The Weasley matriarch and a mother figure to Harry
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[[Gemma Jones]] returned to the cast as Hogwarts' matron, Poppy Pomfrey. [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] plays Molly's husband, Arthur, who is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, while [[Natalia Tena]] plays fellow member Nymphadora Tonks. [[James and Oliver Phelps]] play Ron's siblings [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] and [[Bonnie Wright]] plays their sister [[Ginny Weasley|Ginny]], while [[Devon Murray]], [[Alfred Enoch]] and [[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]] play Gryffindor students Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas and [[Neville Longbottom]]. [[Evanna Lynch]] plays Ravenclaw student [[Luna Lovegood]]. [[Jamie Waylett]] and [[Joshua Herdman]] play Slytherin students Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. [[Jessie Cave]], [[Anna Shaffer]] and [[Freddie Stroma]] also play Gryffindor  students Lavender Brown, Romilda Vane and Cormac McLaggen respectively, while [[Rob Knox]] plays Ravenclaw Marcus Belby. [[Helen McCrory]] plays Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mother and Bellatrix's sister, while [[David Legeno]] plays werewolf Fenrir Greyback. [[Hero Fiennes Tiffin]] portrayed 11-year-old Tom Riddle, with [[Frank Dillane]] playing the 16-year-old version of him. [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] plays Hogwarts caretaker, Argus Filch.

==Production==

===Development and casting===
Before [[David Yates]] was officially chosen to direct the film, many directors had expressed an interest in taking the helm. [[Alfonso Cuarón]], the director of the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|third film]], stated he "would love to have the opportunity" to return.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewreview.net/article.php?id=912 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214152821/http://www.jewreview.net/article.php?id=912 |archive-date=14 December 2007 |title=Alfonso Cuaron To Return To Harry Potter? |date=18 November 2006 |access-date=18 November 2006 |work=JewReview.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfonso Cuaron Wants Back In with &quot;Harry Potter&quot; |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/alfonso-cuaron-wants-back-in-with-harry-potter/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en-US |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412053153/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/alfonso-cuaron-wants-back-in-with-harry-potter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'' director [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] declined a spot to direct the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|fifth film]], and was not approached for this film.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=''Phoenix'' Rising |date=6 April 2007 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20016352,00.html |last=Daly |first=Steve |access-date=1 April 2007 |archive-date=6 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406191438/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20016352,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Guillermo del Toro]] turned down the chance to direct the film in order to direct ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/5767262/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince-50-facts.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/5767262/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince-50-facts.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 50 facts |date=7 July 2009 |access-date=22 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Terry Gilliam]] was Rowling's personal choice to direct ''Philosopher's Stone''. When asked whether he would consider directing a later film, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1543143/10132006/story.jhtml |work=MTV |title=Terry Gilliam on Depp, ''Potter'' And The Film He Panhandled To Promote |date=16 October 2006 |access-date=16 October 2006 |last=Carroll |first=Larry |archive-date=17 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417221957/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1543143/10132006/story.jhtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Yates was still working on ''Order of the Phoenix'' when he was approached to direct ''Half-Blood Prince''. The producers were happy with his direction, and was asked to start pre-production during the former's marketing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 2009 |title=Exclusive Interview: David Yates for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" |publisher=Paul Fischer, Dark Horizons |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/1448/david-yates-for-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |access-date=19 April 2011 |archive-date=29 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429083945/http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/1448/david-yates-for-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |url-status=live }}</ref>

Radcliffe and Grint were initially hesitant to continue, but agreed to reprise their roles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-10-05 |title=Will 'Harry Potter' Lose One of Its Stars? - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14966267/site/newsweek/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005101208/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14966267/site/newsweek/ |archive-date=5 October 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-03-24 |title=Potter stars to stay with movies |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6491047.stm |access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111175345/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6491047.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Emma Watson considered not returning for the film, citing fear of being [[typecast]], but eventually decided that "the pluses outweighed the minuses" and could not bear to see anyone else play Hermione.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-19 |title=Potter star refuses to sign up for final films |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/mar/19/news1 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412053735/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/mar/19/news1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=26 September 2006 |title=Hermione Gets Cold Feet |publisher=IGN |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/26/hermione-gets-cold-feet |access-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215032457/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/735/735556p1.html |archive-date=15 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Tinubu |first1=Abeni |date=2021-09-18 |title='Harry Potter': Emma Watson Said It 'Would Actually Kill Me' If Someone Else Played Hermione |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/harry-potter-emma-watson-said-it-would-actually-kill-me-if-someone-else-played-hermione.html/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet |language=en-US |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322112304/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/harry-potter-emma-watson-said-it-would-actually-kill-me-if-someone-else-played-hermione.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-03-24 |title=Potter stars to stay with movies |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6491047.stm |access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414172919/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6491047.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nicholas Hooper]] returned to compose the score; he included a reworking of [[John Williams]]'s "[[Hedwig's Theme]]", which has recurred in all films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter soundtrack: 'Hedwig's Theme' and everything to know about the film franchise's magical score |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/harry-potter-soundtrack-hedwig-theme-john-williams/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Classic FM |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127044343/https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/harry-potter-soundtrack-hedwig-theme-john-williams/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other members like [[costume design]]er [[Jany Temime]], [[visual effects]] supervisor Tim Burke, creature and make-up effects designer Nick Dudman, and [[special effect]]s supervisor John Richardson continued for this film.<ref name="hbp-casting-complete">{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=213122 |title=Casting Is Complete on "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" |date=16 November 2007 |access-date=16 November 2007 |publisher=[[Warner Bros.]] |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014032528/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/casting-is-complete-on-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-153481385.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' influenced the script of ''Half-Blood Prince''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21818 |title=Yates and Heyman on Harry Potter 6 |access-date=7 August 2007 |first=Heather |last=Newgen |date=10 July 2007 |publisher=Comingsoon.net |archive-date=9 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809101715/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21818 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Christian Coulson]], who played the young Tom Riddle in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Chamber of Secrets]]'', expressed interest in returning for the role in flashback sequences;<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Christian Coulson about "COS and HBP" |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/harry_potter_christian_coulson.shtml |publisher=[[Newsround]] |date=23 February 2006 |access-date=4 June 2007 |archive-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228052919/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/harry_potter_christian_coulson.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> but Yates responded that Coulson was too old (nearing 30), to be playing the role.<ref name="lavender-casting-call-mtv">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1563340/story.jhtml |title=''Harry Potter'' Casting Call Could Help Ron Weasley Find Perfect Shade of Lavender |date=25 June 2007 |access-date=26 June 2007 |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |publisher=MTV |archive-date=27 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627153747/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1563340/story.jhtml |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Thomas James Longley]] was the original choice to take on the role, but Riddle was ultimately played by [[Hero Fiennes-Tiffin]] as a child and [[Frank Dillane]] as a teenager. [[Jamie Campbell Bower]] was in talks to portray Tom Riddle teenager before Dillan was cast, he would later portray a young [[Gellert Grindelwald|Grindelwald]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1|Deathly Hallows - Part 1]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirsch |first1=Becky |title=10 Actors Who Were Almost Cast in the Harry Potter Movies |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/10-actors-who-were-almost-cast-harry-potter-movies-11964451 |access-date=7 October 2023 |work=POPSUGAR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jamie Campbell Bowe talks teen Tom Riddle role in Half-Blood Prince |url=https://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/jamie-campbell-bower-talks-teen-tom-riddle-role-in-half-blood-prince-69114/ |work=SnitchSeeker.com |date=17 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="Dark Horizons">{{cite news |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trivia |url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/films/36/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince |work=[[Dark Horizons]] |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=25 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090705222220/http://www.darkhorizons.com/films/36/Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince/ |archive-date=5 July 2009 }}</ref> [[Helen McCrory]] appears as [[Narcissa Malfoy]], Draco's mother and younger sister of Bellatrix. McCrory was originally cast as Bellatrix in ''Order of the Phoenix'', but had to drop out due to pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7080000/newsid_7087000/7087093.stm |title=Exclusive: Narcissa cast in Potter 6 |access-date=9 November 2007 |date=9 November 2007 |publisher=[[Newsround]] |archive-date=11 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111110155/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7080000/newsid_7087000/7087093.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Naomi Watts]] was previously reported as having accepted the role, only for it to be denied by her agency.<ref name="mtvwatts">{{cite news |title='"'Harry Potter'' Casting Rumours Untrue, Say Actors' Reps |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2428894/harry-potter-casting-rumors-untrue-say-actors-reps/ |access-date=4 January 2022 |date=25 July 2007 |last=Adler |first=Shawn |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805121548/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/07/25/harry-potter-casting-rumors-untrue-say-actors-reps/ |archive-date=5 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="watts">{{cite news |date=24 July 2007 |title=Naomi goes potty |publisher=[[The Courier-Mail]] |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22124731-5012980,00.html |access-date=24 July 2007 |archive-date=27 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027120744/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22124731-5012980,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Both [[Clémence Poésy]] and [[Chris Rankin]], who had played [[Fleur Delacour]] and [[Percy Weasley]], respectively, were interested in returning, but did not appear in the film.<ref name="ugo">{{cite news |url=http://www.ugo.com/movies/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-spoilers |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Spoilers |access-date=15 December 2008 |date=15 December 2008 |publisher=Ugo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427090836/http://www.ugo.com/movies/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-spoilers |archive-date=27 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4430000/newsid_4436900/4436922.stm |date=17 November 2005 |access-date=4 June 2007 |publisher=Newsround |title=NR chats to GOF's Clemence Poesy |archive-date=24 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824144543/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4430000/newsid_4436900/4436922.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> After [[Bill Nighy]] expressed an interest in appearing, Yates confirmed that Nighy would be his first choice for the role of Minister for Magic [[Rufus Scrimgeour]].<ref name="wizardmag">{{cite journal |first=Zach |last=Oat |title=Up Close: Harry Potter |journal=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]] |issue=190 |page=84 |date=August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Michael |date=25 May 2007 |title=Underneath It All, He's Still Bill Nighy |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052400579.html |access-date=4 June 2007 |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014032642/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052400579.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Scrimgeour's character was ultimately cut from the film, but Nighy appeared in his role in ''Deathly Hallows''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8130000/newsid_8137100/8137104.stm |title=Bill Nighy to star in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |publisher=CBBC Newsround |date=6 July 2010 |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401152617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8130000/newsid_8137100/8137104.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bob Hoskins]] auditioned for the role of Horace Slughorn, but [[Jim Broadbent]] ultimately secured the part.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leadbeater |first=Alex |date=2014-09-20 |title=15 Actors Who Were Almost Cast In Harry Potter |url=https://whatculture.com/film/15-actors-almost-cast-harry-potter |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=WhatCulture.com |language=en}}</ref> Warner Bros and MSN also ran an online ''Order of the Phoenix'' quiz, with the prize being a walk-on part in the ''Half-Blood Prince''.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 November 2007 |title=Film role prize for Potter fans |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7107992.stm |access-date=23 November 2007 |archive-date=25 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125074922/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7107992.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sets===
[[File:Cliffs of Moher, looking north.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.13|The [[Cliffs of Moher]] were used as the exterior of the Horcrux Cave.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ireland's greatest natural wonders |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/irelands-greatest-natural-wonders/photostory/82549846.cms |access-date=2022-04-12 |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412055642/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/irelands-greatest-natural-wonders/photostory/82549846.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[Stuart Craig]], the [[production designer]] of the first five films, stayed on to design all the sets in ''Half-Blood Prince''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sean |title=Now, Watch Very Carefully |work=Newsweek |date=17 February 2007 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/68436 |access-date=11 February 2007 |archive-date=13 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213175139/http://www.newsweek.com/id/68436 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several new sets were introduced, including Tom Riddle's orphanage, the Astronomy Tower, and the cave. Craig noted that the film used several [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] sets, noticeably the interior of the cave where Harry and Dumbledore both go to hunt Horcruxes. The exterior of the scene was filmed at the [[Cliffs of Moher]] in the west of Ireland, the only location to be filmed outside of the United Kingdom throughout the film series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-01-31 |title=Just like England, but only better |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/just-like-england-but-only-better/story-IT1Mfef8blUpAjgIPzZ6TK.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412055642/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/just-like-england-but-only-better/story-IT1Mfef8blUpAjgIPzZ6TK.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The interior of the cave is made up of geometric crystal formations. Radcliffe said that the scene took three-to-four months to prepare.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - RT's Set Visit Preview |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/exclusive-harry-potter-and-the-halfblood-prince-rts-set-visit-preview/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522015756/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/exclusive-harry-potter-and-the-halfblood-prince-rts-set-visit-preview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the Hogwarts sets were taken down after the filming, as they would not be used for the following film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RT Interview: Daniel Radcliffe on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rt-interview-daniel-radcliffe-on-harry-potter-and-the-halfblood-prince/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |language=en-US |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520081158/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rt-interview-daniel-radcliffe-on-harry-potter-and-the-halfblood-prince/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Filming===
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Before filming began, there was belief that filming might move from the UK, where all previous films were shot. The crew also scouted around [[Cape Wrath]] in Scotland, for use in the cave scene.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3289506 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105000843/http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3289506 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2008 |title=Cape Wrath casts its spell on Harry Potter film-makers |date=27 May 2007 |access-date=10 June 2007 |work=The Scotsman |last=Macleod |first=Murdo}}</ref> Filming returned to [[Glen Coe]] and [[Glenfinnan]], both of which have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.<ref name="Murphy">{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Sean |date=2021-11-17 |title=Harry Potter filming locations in Scotland fans should definitely visit |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/harry-potter-filming-locations-scotland-25479580 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Daily Record |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516123357/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/harry-potter-filming-locations-scotland-25479580 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following a week of rehearsals, [[principal photography]] began on 24 September 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blackhall |first=Sue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTitDwAAQBAJ&q=Filming+for+Harry+Potter+and+the+Half-Blood+Prince+bagan+on+24+September+2007&pg=PT99 |title=Daniel Radcliffe - The Biography |date=2014-11-06 |publisher=Kings Road Publishing |isbn=978-1-78418-241-0 |language=en |access-date=14 April 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316150349/https://books.google.com/books?id=VTitDwAAQBAJ&q=Filming+for+Harry+Potter+and+the+Half-Blood+Prince+bagan+on+24+September+2007&pg=PT99 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Blackhall |first=Sue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTitDwAAQBAJ&q=The+last+scenes+for+the+Half-Blood+Prince+were+filmed+on+17+May+2008&pg=PT99 |title=Daniel Radcliffe - The Biography |date=2014-11-06 |publisher=Kings Road Publishing |isbn=978-1-78418-241-0 |language=en |access-date=14 April 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316150352/https://books.google.com/books?id=VTitDwAAQBAJ&q=The+last+scenes+for+the+Half-Blood+Prince+were+filmed+on+17+May+2008&pg=PT99 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-20 |title=Daniel Radcliffe says he doesn't like his acting in sixth 'Harry Potter' film |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/daniel-radcliffe-says-he-doesn-t-like-his-acting-i-878236 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412043007/https://www.nme.com/news/film/daniel-radcliffe-says-he-doesn-t-like-his-acting-i-878236 |url-status=live }}</ref> Radcliffe, Gambon and Broadbent started shooting in late September 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Daniel Radcliffe Loses It In 'December Boys' Before Getting Back To Harry Potter |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1569553/daniel-radcliffe-loses-it-in-december-boys-before-getting-back-to-harry-potter/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=MTV News |language=en |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412043007/https://www.mtv.com/news/1569553/daniel-radcliffe-loses-it-in-december-boys-before-getting-back-to-harry-potter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other cast members started much later: Grint did not begin until November 2007; Watson started in December 2007, Rickman and Leung in January 2008, and Bonham Carter in February 2008.<ref name="HBPfilming1">{{cite web |last=Watson |first=Emma |date=28 November 2007 |title=Ballet Shoes interviews |url=http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#news/show/220 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414192235/http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/ |archive-date=14 April 2009 |access-date=12 April 2009 |publisher=Emma Watson's official website news}}</ref>

On the weekend of 6 October 2007, the crew shot scenes involving the [[Hogwarts Express]] in the misty and dewy environment of [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]], Scotland.<ref name="Murphy"/> A series of night scenes were filmed in the village of [[Lacock]] and the cloisters at [[Lacock Abbey]] for three nights starting 25 October 2007. Filming took place from 5&nbsp;pm to 5&nbsp;am daily, and residents of the street were asked to black out their windows with dark blinds.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/1766543.village_set_for_harry_potter_filming/ |title=Village set for Harry Potter Filming |last=Adams |first=Katie |date=18 October 2007 |access-date=10 November 2007 |publisher=Wiltshire Times |archive-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128134014/http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/1766543.village_set_for_harry_potter_filming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On set reports indicated that the main scene filmed was Harry and Dumbledore's visit to Slughorn's house.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Katie |date=25 October 2007 |title=Fans gather for Harry Potter filming |publisher=Wiltshire Times |url=http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/1785227.fans_gather_for_harry_potter_filming/ |access-date=25 October 2007 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831011519/http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/1785227.fans_gather_for_harry_potter_filming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Further filming took place in [[Surbiton railway station]] in October 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter fans in for a Surbiton station treat |url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/4481906.harry-potter-fans-in-for-a-surbiton-station-treat/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Surrey Comet |date=9 July 2009 |language=en |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812205749/https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/4481906.harry-potter-fans-in-for-a-surbiton-station-treat/ |url-status=live }}</ref> at [[Gloucester Cathedral]], where the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|first]] and [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|second]] films were shot, in February 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Gloucestershire Going Out - The Harry Potter Trail at Gloucester Cathedral - in Detail |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/2003/08/potter_more_info.shtml |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518181330/https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/2003/08/potter_more_info.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and at the [[Millennium Bridge (London)|Millennium Bridge]] in London in March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marples |first=Pictures by Marion |title=Harry Potter movie filming at the Millennium Bridge |url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3178 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=London SE1 |language=en |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814185604/https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3178 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the previous films, the scenes showing Hogwarts Express on its way to the wizarding school were typically shot in [[Scotland]]. However, since the screenplay required a snowy atmosphere for the train to go through and it did not snow during planned production dates, the crew decided to film these scenes in [[Rauma Line]], [[Norway]]. This included the scene where Harry and Ron are talking about the [[Unbreakable Vow]] Snape had to swear to as the train goes through a snowy plot. The filming location in Norway is located in Northern Norway, close to the village of [[Bjorli]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Albert |first1=Daniel |title=9 Fantastic Movie Locations in Norway |url=https://www.lifeinnorway.net/movie-locations/ |website=Life in Norway |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Norwegian Film Commission|url=https://www.norwegianfilm.com/filmography/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |website=norwegianfilm.com|access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=David |first1=Andrea |title=DISCOVER NORWAY THROUGH 10 FILMS |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/discover-norway-through-10-films/ |website=Visit Norway |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>

===Cinematography===
Due to cinematographer [[Bruno Delbonnel]]'s use of de-focussing and soft wipes in the digital grade, Warner Bros. asked director David Yates to add more colours to the film. Yates did not want to lose the "very European look" of the film, but after retouching the picture, he said, "It's not what you wanted, but we're happy with it." After five minutes of watching the film, the studio were pleased with the changes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.directors.uk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=313%3Afeatured&Itemid=21 |title=Q&A with David Yates |work=[[Directors UK]] |date=13 July 2009 |access-date=3 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006083154/http://www.directors.uk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=313:featured&Itemid=21 |archive-date=6 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movies.ie/movies/features/Video_Interview_with_David_Yates |title=Interview with David Yates |publisher=Movies.ie |access-date=2 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719160935/http://www.movies.ie/movies/features/Video_Interview_with_David_Yates |archive-date=19 July 2009}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Total Film]]'', Yates said that the choice of angles, the extreme close-ups, and the pacing of the scenes made the film "incredibly rich".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-3/page:3 |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: We go on set for the latest Potter picture (page 3) |work=[[Total Film]] |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010 |archive-date=13 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513035042/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-3/page:3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the major challenges for Delbonnel was the lighting of the film. In an interview with [[Academy Awards|the Academy]], Delbonnel said that he did not want to change the lighting effects used in the previous films, and finally decided to give it a darker, moody variation of grey. Yates and the other producers supported this new effect, and he went ahead with it. In reference to the cave scene, Delbonnel said, "I wanted to have some kind of 'dynamism' with the light. I thought it could be interesting and more dramatic if the light was floating, circling above the characters faces: sometimes lighting them, sometimes hiding them in a very random and unpredictable way."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oscar.go.com/html/util/question.html?img=Cinematography_HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince |title=Nominations Questionnaire: Bruno Delbonnel |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-date=3 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303131657/http://oscar.go.com/html/util/question.html?img=Cinematography_HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Visual effects===
The opening scenes of the Death Eaters' attack on Diagon Alley and London was created by [[DNEG|Double Negative]], led by [[Visual effects|VFX]] supervisor [[Paul Franklin (visual effects supervisor)|Paul Franklin]]. Double Negative spent six months surveying and documenting the environment around the River Thames and Trafalgar Square to create the swooping views of the city. Double Negative also contributed to the Pensieve sequences, developing complex directed fluid simulations to realise the swirling world of memory and the past.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 December 2009 |title=Double Negative attacks Millenium Bridge for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |url=http://www.dneg.com/news/double_negative_attacks_millenium_bridge_for_harry_potter_and_the_half-blood_prince_199.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204141929/http://www.dneg.com/news/double_negative_attacks_millenium_bridge_for_harry_potter_and_the_half-blood_prince_199.html |archive-date=4 December 2009}}</ref>

[[Tim Burke (visual effects supervisor)|Tim Burke]] and [[Tim Alexander (visual effects)|Tim Alexander]] were the visual effects supervisors for the rest of the film. Tim Alexander said that completing the [[Inferius|Inferi]]-attack scene took several months. He said that the scene was much bolder and scarier compared to previous films, and director Yates wanted to avoid making them look like [[zombie]]s. On differentiating them, he commented, "A lot of it came down to their movement – they don't move fast, but they don't move really slow or groan and moan. We ended up going with a very realistic style." He also noted that Inferi are skinnier than zombies, waterlogged and grey.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 June 2009 |title='Harry Potter' countdown: Scaring up the Inferi |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/06/harry-potter-countdown-scaring-up-the-inferi.html |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=21 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621000150/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/06/harry-potter-countdown-scaring-up-the-inferi.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On Dumbledore's ring of fire to combat the Inferi, he added that research was done on molten volcanoes, among other references. He said, "The visual effects team emulated these six fire parameters: heat ripples, smoke, buoyancy, viscosity, opacity, and brightness." Since the scene was very time-consuming, computer-graphics artist Chris Horvath spent eight months finding a faster way to conjure the flames.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last=Hart |first=Hugh |date=4 January 2009 |title=Quest for Fire: Look for Searing FX on the Next Harry Potter |url=https://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/17-07/pl_screen |magazine=Wired |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=29 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729033107/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/17-07/pl_screen |url-status=live }}</ref> Eventually, the final effect would look as though someone sprayed [[propane]] and then lit it.<ref name=":0" />

===Music===
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The film's score was composed by [[Nicholas Hooper]], who also composed the music for ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''. The soundtrack was released on an Audio CD format on 14 July 2009, a day before the film was released in cinemas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028EQMW6 |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Soundtrack) Nicholas Hooper Format: Audio CD |website=Amazon |access-date=4 November 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511005206/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028EQMW6 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The album debuted at number twenty-nine on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, thus making it the highest-charting soundtrack among all the six movie soundtracks released.<ref name="bb200">{{cite web |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/39922/week-ending-july-19-2009-daughtry-makes-idol-history/ |title=Week Ending July 19, 2009: Daughtry Makes "Idol" History |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=19 July 2009 |work=[[Yahoo! Music]] |access-date=28 July 2009 |archive-date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726180918/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/39922/week-ending-july-19-2009-daughtry-makes-idol-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was nominated for the 2010 [[Grammy Award]] for ''Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media''.<ref name=grammy>{{cite web |url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx |title=The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=4 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618185140/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/52nd_show/list.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2010}}</ref>

==Differences from the book==
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''Half-Blood Prince'' added or changed several events in the literary canon. The book begins with a scene involving the [[Muggle Prime Minister]]. Yates and his crew debated over this scene, as well as the inclusion of [[Rufus Scrimgeour]]. They eventually revised the start of the film to instead include events described, but not seen in the book.<ref name="IGNdiff">{{cite web |last=Utichi |first=Joe |title=Half-Blood Prince: What Made the Cut |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/10/half-blood-prince-what-made-the-cut |publisher=IGN |date=10 July 2009 |access-date=5 November 2010 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107020940/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/10/half-blood-prince-what-made-the-cut |url-status=live }}</ref> Yates thought it would give the audience a feel for what the Death Eaters were doing if they showed the collapse of the [[Millennium Bridge (London)|Millennium Bridge]] rather than simply describe it (as was done with the Brockdale Bridge in the book).<ref>{{cite web |last=Utichi |first=Joe |date=15 July 2009 |title=David Yates Interview |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/15/david-yates-interview |access-date=4 June 2020 |publisher=IGN |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922142310/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/15/david-yates-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> As with ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Goblet of Fire]]'', the [[Dursleys]] were cut, which Steve Kloves did to "break the pattern".<ref name=IGNdiff /> Further background of Tom Riddle was removed, such as the [[Gaunt family|Gaunts]], because they felt it more important to concentrate on Riddle as a young boy, and an additional action scene at the Burrow was added to keep with the tone of the franchise.<ref name=IGNdiff /> Yates felt that they needed "an injection of jeopardy and danger", and that without it, there was too much comedy and lightness.<ref name="DYinterview">{{cite web |last=Edward |first=Douglas |date=13 July 2009 |title=Exclusive: Harry Potter Director David Yates |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/56882-exclusive-harry-potter-director-david-yates |access-date=13 July 2009 |publisher=Comingsoon.net |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311184424/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/56882-exclusive-harry-potter-director-david-yates |url-status=live }}</ref> A small battle scene at Hogwarts which happened during the end of the book was also cut; Heyman commented that it was removed to "[avoid] repetition" with the forthcoming adaptation of the Battle of Hogwarts in ''Deathly Hallows''.<ref name=IGNdiff /> Dumbledore's funeral was removed as it was believed that it did not fit with the rest of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-30 |title='Harry Potter' director David Yates discusses cutting Dumbledore's funeral scene from 'Half-Blood Prince' |url=https://www.hypable.com/harry-potter-director-david-yates-discusses-cutting-dumbledores-funeral-scene-half-blood-prince/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Hypable |language=en-US }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=Why Harry Potter Didn't Show Dumbledore's Funeral (& Why It Should Have) |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-movies-dumbledore-funeral-book-cut-reason/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323023416/https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-movies-dumbledore-funeral-book-cut-reason/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-04 |title=Harry Potter star on why Dumbledore's funeral wasn't in the films |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35417423/harry-potter-why-dumbledore-funeral-not-shown/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323023414/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35417423/harry-potter-why-dumbledore-funeral-not-shown/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Distribution==

===Marketing===
Warner Bros. spent an estimated $155 million to market and distribute the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acuna |first=Kirsten |title=The 30 most expensive movies ever made |url=https://www.insider.com/most-expensive-movies-ever-made |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Insider |language=en-US }}</ref> The special-edition two-disc DVD for ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' contained two sneak peeks of the film, while the US edition included an additional clip.<ref name="ootpdvd">{{cite video |title=Half-Blood Prince sneak peek<!--Correct name needed--> |medium=DVD |publisher=Warner Bros. |year=2007}}</ref> The first teaser for the film, with a length of 15-seconds, was shown alongside the [[IMAX]] release of ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Erik |last=Davis |url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/07/18/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-teaser/ |title='Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Teaser! |publisher=Movifone |date=18 July 2008 |access-date=16 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028113150/http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/07/18/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-teaser/|archive-date=28 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first full-length US [[teaser trailer]] was released on 29 July on AOL's [[Moviefone]] website.<ref>{{cite web |first=Erik |last=Davis |url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer/ |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer |access-date=16 December 2010 |date=29 July 2008 |publisher=Moviefone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028113231/http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/07/29/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer/|archive-date=28 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> An international teaser was released on 26 October and another teaser trailer was released later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Shawn |title='Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' Trailer, Shot By Shot: Going Off The Page |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1598019/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-shot-by-shot-going-off-the-page/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=MTV News |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516132417/https://www.mtv.com/news/1598019/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-shot-by-shot-going-off-the-page/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Another trailer was screened on the Japanese TV station [[Fuji TV]] during a screening of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' on 18 January 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-23 |title=New Japanese Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer Casts a Spell |url=https://movieweb.com/new-japanese-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-casts-a-spell/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=MovieWeb |language=en-US |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412044639/https://movieweb.com/new-japanese-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-casts-a-spell/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Scenes from the film were aired during [[ABC Family]]'s ''Harry Potter'' marathon, which took place between 5 and 7 December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |first=Joyce |last=Eng |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/ABC-Family-Airing-1000153.aspx |title=ABC Family Conjures Up Harry Potter Weekend |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=24 November 2008 |access-date=26 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122080625/http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/ABC-Family-Airing-1000153.aspx |archive-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> On 5 February 2009, the first three promotional teaser posters were released, featuring Dumbledore and Harry.<ref name="Thilk">{{Cite web |last=Thilk |first=Chris |date=2009-07-15 |title=Movie Marketing Madness: Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince |url=https://christhilk.com/2009/07/15/movie-marketing-madness-harry-potter-the-half-blood-prince/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Chris Thilk |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316150354/https://christhilk.com/2009/07/15/movie-marketing-madness-harry-potter-the-half-blood-prince/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Warmoth">{{Cite web |last=Warmoth |first=Brian |title=New 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' International Trailer Lands Online |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2431901/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-international-trailer-lands-online/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=MTV News |language=en |archive-date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413041807/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/10/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-international-trailer-lands-online |url-status=live }}</ref> On 5 March and 16 April 2009, new trailers were released by Warner Bros.<ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Jacks |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2431652/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-showcases-dark-adventure/ |title=New 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Trailer Showcases Dark Adventure |publisher=MTV |date=5 March 2009 |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306213759/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/05/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-showcases-dark-adventure/ |archive-date=6 March 2009}}</ref>

As with the previous films, [[EA Games]] produced a [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)|video game]] based on the film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/868/868508p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206030532/http://pc.ign.com/articles/868/868508p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2008 |title=EA announces Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 |access-date=26 April 2008 |date=22 April 2008 |publisher=IGN}}</ref> On 10 March 2009, it was announced that there would be a [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Video Game Soundtrack|video game soundtrack]], which was released on 17 March 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UIPNX0 |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Video Game Soundtrack |publisher=Amazon |access-date=10 March 2009 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511005313/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UIPNX0 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 27 March, six character posters were released: [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]], [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], [[Ron Weasley|Ron]], [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]] and [[Severus Snape|Snape]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Rachel |last=Josue |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2431844/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-character-posters-revealed/ |title='Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Character Posters Revealed |publisher=MTV |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=4 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225132448/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/01/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-character-posters-revealed/ |archive-date=25 December 2010}}</ref> A Japanese version of the international trailer was released, alongside the original one on 10 April.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/2431901/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-international-trailer-lands-online/ |title=New ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' International Trailer Lands Online |last=Warmoth |first=Brian |date=10 April 2009 |publisher=MTV|access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413041807/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/10/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-international-trailer-lands-online |archive-date=13 April 2009}}</ref> On 8 May, [[The CW]] aired a 30-second TV spot, which focused on the romantic side of the film.<ref name="Thilk"/><ref name="Warmoth"/> On 20 May, first clip from the film was released through ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]''{{'}}s official website, showing a love-struck Ron.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=New 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' Trailer Shows Lighter Moments Amid Dark Foreshadowing |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1599372/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-shows-lighter-moments-amid-dark-foreshadowing/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=MTV News |language=en |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518170350/https://www.mtv.com/news/1599372/new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-shows-lighter-moments-amid-dark-foreshadowing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Another clip of the film, showing Dumbledore visiting Tom Riddle's orphanage, was released on 31 May 2009, at the MTV Awards.<ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Jakcs |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2432374/exclusive-dumbledore-meets-young-voldemort-in-new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-clip/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Dumbledore Meets Young Voldemort In New 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Clip |publisher=MTV Movies Blog |date=31 May 2010 |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430024800/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/05/31/exclusive-dumbledore-meets-young-voldemort-in-new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-clip/ |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref>

===Theatrical release===
[[File:AlanHornJasonAlexanderMay10.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alan F. Horn]], the [[Warner Bros.]] president and [[Jason Alexander]], May 2010.]]
The film was released in many countries{{efn|The list of countries in which the film released include the United Kingdom, United States, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, India, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Japan}} on 15 July 2009.<ref name="date change">{{cite news |url=http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/releasedates/ |title=Official Release Dates |access-date=7 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101202542/http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/releasedates/ |archive-date=November 1, 2010}}</ref> It was originally set to be released on 21 November 2008, but was pushed back by eight months to 17 July, despite being completed.<ref name="hbp-release-moved">{{cite news |last=Child |first=Ben |date=20 November 2008 |title=Harry Potter film delayed eight months |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/15/harry.potter |access-date=5 May 2008 |archive-date=28 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228234007/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/15/harry.potter |url-status=live }}</ref> Warner Bros. executive [[Alan F. Horn]] noted that the move was meant "to guarantee the studio a major summer blockbuster in 2009," with other films being delayed due to the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7562557.stm |title=Potter film release date delayed |access-date=22 August 2008 |date=15 August 2008 |work=BBC News |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306183821/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7562557.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The box-office success of summer WB films ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' also motivated the decision.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-15-fi-potter15-story.html |title=Potter film pulls a vanishing act |access-date=6 June 2020 |date=15 August 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Geoff |last=Boucher |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002149/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-15-fi-potter15-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> An unnamed rival studio executive told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that the move was to "stop next year's profits from looking seriously underwhelming after the phenomenal success of ''The Dark Knight''," as "they don't need the money this year anymore."<ref name="ewrelease">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/08/14/news-flash-harr/|title=NEWS FLASH: ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' Bumped to Summer 2009 |first1=Sean |last1=Smith |first2=Jeff|last2=Giles |access-date=6 June 2020|date=14 August 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220341/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2008/08/14/news-flash-harr/ |archive-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> Dan Fellman, WB head of distribution, said that the studio had considered the date change for three to four weeks prior to the announcement, but gave it serious consideration a week before they came to their final decision.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.today.com/popculture/potter-film-pulls-vanishing-act-ew-cover-wbna26257478|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503180817/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26257478/ |url-status=live |archive-date=3 May 2011 |title=Potter film pulls vanishing act on EW cover |access-date=3 May 2010 |date=17 August 2008 |work=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref> Three months before its release in July, the date was again changed by 2 days from 17 to 15 July, so it could open on a Wednesday like most [[Tent-pole programming|tentpole]] summer movies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/15/half-blood-prince-opens-early |title=Half-Blood Prince Opens Early |publisher=IGN |date=15 April 2009 |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002149/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/15/half-blood-prince-opens-early |url-status=live }}</ref>

The date change was met with a heavily negative reaction by ''Harry Potter'' fans, as the ''Los Angeles Times'' noted: "Petitions were circulating, rumors were flying and angry screeds were being posted on Internet sites within minutes of the Thursday announcement."<ref name="latimes"/> The move was mocked by ''Entertainment Weekly,'' which had ''Half-Blood Prince'' on the cover on its "Fall Preview Issue". Despite each being owned by [[Time Warner Inc.]], ''Entertainment Weekly'' was unaware of the change until it was publicly announced by WB and noted that readers would now be in possession of a "[[Dewey Defeats Truman]] collectible".<ref name="ewrelease"/> Several days after the announcement, Horn released a statement in response to the "large amount of disappointment" expressed by fans of the series.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Sheridan |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/harry-potter-fans-angry-half-blood-prince-delay-article-1.317255 |title=Harry Potter fans angry over 'Half-Blood Prince' delay |access-date=6 June 2020 |date=22 August 2008 |work=The New York Daily News |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002352/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/harry-potter-fans-angry-half-blood-prince-delay-article-1.317255 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the date change, ''Half-Blood Prince''{{'}}s release slot was taken by [[Summit Entertainment]]'s ''[[Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight]]'' and [[Walt Disney Pictures]]' ''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 August 2008 |title="Twilight" moves into "Potter's" old date |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twilight/twilight-moves-into-potters-old-date-idUSN1552123220080816 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002349/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twilight/twilight-moves-into-potters-old-date-idUSN1552123220080816 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Valerie |last=Strauss |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111703055.html |title='Potter' Moves the Pieces |date=18 November 2008 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=5 May 2010 |archive-date=1 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501023859/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111703055.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The sixth film was simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3D everywhere but the United States, due to a conflicting agreement in which ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' was given a four-week window by itself in IMAX in that country. Therefore, the IMAX 3D version of the film was released on 29 July 2009 there.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/42976-harry-potter-6-confirmed-for-imax |title=Harry Potter 6 Confirmed for IMAX |access-date=6 June 2020 |date=15 March 2008 |publisher=ComingSoon.Net |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607003654/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/42976-harry-potter-6-confirmed-for-imax |url-status=live }}</ref> The film had been chosen to be screened at the 2008 Royal Film Performance on 17 November but was not shown.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 July 2008 |title=Royal screening for Harry Potter |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7531745.stm |access-date=29 July 2008 |archive-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730012739/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7531745.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Peter Hore noted he was "very disappointed" with Warner Bros' decision.<ref name="BBC"/>

With a runtime of 153 minutes, ''Half-Blood Prince'' is the third-longest film in the series, behind ''Chamber of Secrets'' (161 minutes) and ''Goblet of Fire'' (157 minutes).<ref>{{cite web |date=10 June 2009 |title=BBCF: ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/EA725E2B93024DBD802575D1005061E4?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427041554/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/EA725E2B93024DBD802575D1005061E4?OpenDocument |archive-date=27 April 2011 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/harry-potter-and-chamber-secrets-9 |access-date=21 May 2016 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |archive-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020234449/https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/harry-potter-and-chamber-secrets-9 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/harry-potter-and-goblet-fire-0 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628071434/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/harry-potter-and-goblet-fire-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Home media===
Like the previous films, a 1-disc and 2-disc special edition for the film was released on [[Blu-ray]] as a [[Digital Copy|digital copy]] and DVD on 7 December 2009 in the United Kingdom, and 8 December 2009 in the United States.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002CYIQYO Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits on DVD in United Kingdom on December&nbsp;7th] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430215117/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002CYIQYO |date=30 April 2011 }}.Amazon.com. Retrieved on 19 September 2009.</ref>
The Blu-ray and DVD include an 11-minute, 38-second feature on the new [[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Islands of Adventure)|Wizarding World of Harry Potter]] mini theme park, which opened on 18 June 2010 at [[Islands of Adventure]] in Orlando, Florida.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 January 2010 |title=THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER – AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT rated PG by the BBFC |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/50E3FDDF64EB51EA802576270055B344?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514105057/http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/50E3FDDF64EB51EA802576270055B344?OpenDocument |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=6 November 2010 |publisher=British Board of Film Classification}}</ref> These also include deleted scenes, with a running length of 6 minutes and 31 seconds, and a sneak peek of the next ''Harry Potter'' movie, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web |date=22 January 2010 |title=HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – DELETED SCENES rated U by the BBFC |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/3CAF461130E7427980257627002DC7A6?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514104945/http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/3CAF461130E7427980257627002DC7A6?OpenDocument |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=6 November 2010 |publisher=British Board of Film Classification}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Krystal |last=Clark |url=http://screencrave.com/2009-12-07/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-teaser-trailer/ |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Teaser Trailer |publisher=ScreenCrave |date=7 December 2009 |access-date=16 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427041732/http://screencrave.com/2009-12-07/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-teaser-trailer/ |archive-date=27 April 2011}}</ref> The Blu-ray and DVD of the film was also released in India, the Philippines, South Africa, Czech Republic and Israel on 16 November 2009.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 November 2009 |title=Big Home Video Releases 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on Blu-Ray, DVD & VCD |url=http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/entertainment/2009111637607.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120200925/http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/entertainment/2009111637607.htm |archive-date=20 November 2009 |access-date=6 November 2010 |publisher=India PRwire}}</ref> The Blu-ray and two-disc DVD editions in North America include a digital copy of the film.<ref name="HomeMedia">{{cite web |last=Tribbey |first=Chris |date=17 September 2009 |title=Warner Slots Sixth 'Harry Potter' for Dec. 8 |url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/warner/warner-slots-sixth-harry-potter-dec-8-17083 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106012722/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/warner/warner-slots-sixth-harry-potter-dec-8-17083 |archive-date=6 January 2010 |access-date=6 November 2010 |publisher=Home Media Magazine}}</ref>
In the United Kingdom, the DVD release became the fastest-selling DVD of the year, with an estimated 840,000 copies of the film sold in a few hours.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8405294.stm |work=BBC News |title=Potter film is top seller of year |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=21 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821050927/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8405294.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the US, the DVD made a strong debut at number one in both the DVD and Blu-ray markets, widely beating out any competition with sales of 4,199,622 copies. Worldwide DVD and Blu-ray sales of the film show that it is the fastest-selling film of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEmxZvps7fX8pt |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Soars Atop the DVD Sales Charts |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=6 November 2010 |work=MovieWeb |archive-date=18 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218052505/http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEmxZvps7fX8pt |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 14 June 2011, an Ultimate Edition was released simultaneously with the Ultimate Edition of the ''Order of the Phoenix'' film on both Blu-ray and DVD, containing new bonus features, documentaries and collectables.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WarnerBros.com {{!}} "Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix" And "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" Ultimate Editions On Blu-Ray And DVD June 14 From Warner Home Video {{!}} Press Releases |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/%E2%80%9Charry-potter-and-order-phoenix%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Charry-potter-and-half-blood-prince%E2%80%9D-ultimate |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.warnerbros.com |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412061722/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/%E2%80%9Charry-potter-and-order-phoenix%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Charry-potter-and-half-blood-prince%E2%80%9D-ultimate |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reception==

===Box office===
With an estimated budget of $250 million, it is one of [[List of most expensive films|the most expensive films ever made]] and the most expensive film in the ''Harry Potter'' film series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1231783425/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323085149/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1231783425/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter movies: production costs and global box office revenue 2017 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/323356/harry-potter-production-costs-box-office-revenue/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Statista |language=en |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323085149/https://www.statista.com/statistics/323356/harry-potter-production-costs-box-office-revenue/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=24 Most Expensive Movies Ever Made |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/gallery/24-most-expensive-movies-ever-made/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |language=en-US |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523075944/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/gallery/24-most-expensive-movies-ever-made/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Advance ticket sales on [[Fandango (ticket service)|Fandango.com]] for ''Half-Blood Prince'' surpassed advance ticket sales for ''Transformers 2'' at the same point in sale cycles. It is also in MovieTickets.com's top 25 advance sellers of all time.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 July 2009 |title='Half-Blood Prince' finds Potter crew closer to end |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/13/potter.preview/index.html |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726054620/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/13/potter.preview/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' broke the then-record for biggest midnight showings, making $22.8 million in 3,000 cinemas; ''[[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]'' bested this with $26.3 million in November.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-20 |title=The Twilight Saga: New Moon Breaks Midnight Showing Record |url=https://movieweb.com/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-breaks-midnight-showing-record/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=MovieWeb |language=en-US |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518034141/https://movieweb.com/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-breaks-midnight-showing-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-20 |title=THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Breaks All-Time Midnight Record with $26.3 million |url=https://collider.com/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-breaks-all-time-midnight-record-with-more-than-20-million-estimated/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413112246/https://collider.com/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-breaks-all-time-midnight-record-with-more-than-20-million-estimated/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Half-Blood Prince'' opened in the same Wednesday slot that ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' did in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/57179-update-harry-potter-6-pulls-in-record-22-2m-from-midnights |title=UPDATE: Harry Potter 6 Pulls in Record $22.2M From Midnights! |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607003657/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/57179-update-harry-potter-6-pulls-in-record-22-2m-from-midnights |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's box office run finished on 17 December 2009.<ref name="BOM" />

The film opened in 4,325 cinemas (rising to 4,455 three weeks later, becoming the largest number of cinemas until ''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'' surpassed it with the 4,468 cinemas in 2010);<ref>{{Cite web |title='Twilight' sets first day box office record |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2010/07/01/twilight-sets-first-day-box-office-record/28952663007/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |language=en-US |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417110329/https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2010/07/01/twilight-sets-first-day-box-office-record/28952663007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and grossed $58.2 million on its opening day at the top of the United States and Canadian box office, the third-highest Wednesday opening of all time behind ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=30 June 2010 |title=Weekend Briefing: 'Eclipse' Rises with Record Release, Midnight Launch |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2843&p=.htm |access-date=21 July 2010 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=21 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721172903/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2843&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> It is also the nineteenth-highest single-day gross of all time and the third-highest for a film in the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' franchise behind ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]''{{'}}s $91.1 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p.htm |title=Top Single Day Grosses |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=6 August 2011 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720184916/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'', which made $61.1 million.<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter7.htm Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421233844/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter7.htm |date=21 April 2019 }}. [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved 20 November 2010.</ref> It earned an additional $46 million overseas for a worldwide total of $104 million, breaking the record for highest single-day worldwide gross, previously held by ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-potter-1/new-harry-potter-movie-sets-world-opening-record-idUSTRE56G4E920090717 |title=New Harry Potter movie sets world opening record |publisher=Reuters |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=6 June 2020 |first=Jill |last=Serjeant |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002151/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-potter-1/new-harry-potter-movie-sets-world-opening-record-idUSTRE56G4E920090717 |url-status=live }}</ref>
By 20 July, the film had taken in $158.7 million in the US and $236 million from 85 other markets, for a worldwide tally of $394.7 million.<ref name="thr opening"/> This broke the record for [[List of biggest opening weekends|biggest-ever worldwide five-day opening]], surpassing ''[[Spider-Man 3]]''{{'}}s $381 million. In the US, it surpassed all of its predecessors by a wide margin, achieving the sixth-largest-ever five-day opening in that country.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dean |last=Goodman |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1953272020090719 |title=UPDATE 2-'Harry Potter' movie sets worldwide record |publisher=Reuters |date=19 July 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010 |archive-date=2 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902044642/http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1953272020090719 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film held this worldwide record for two years until it was topped by ''Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' ($483.2 million).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3212&p=.htm |title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Potter' Obliterates Foreign Records |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=6 August 2011 |archive-date=6 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806084248/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3212&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the UK, the film grossed £19.75 million (equivalent to about $38.13 million), the highest opening for both the series and releases of 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/jul/21/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-uk-box-office |title=Harry Potter conjures up biggest UK opening of the year |publisher=The Guardian FilmBlog |date=21 July 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010 |location=London |first=Charles |last=Gant |archive-date=14 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614165827/http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/jul/21/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-uk-box-office |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of the film's US and Canadian box office run, the total ticket sales of the film were $302.3 million;<ref name="BOM">{{cite Box Office Mojo |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |id=0417741 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> making it the third-most successful film in the franchise, after ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=vs-harrypotter.htm |title=Harry Potter Showdown<!-- Bot generated title --> |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=7 November 2010 |archive-date=18 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918085235/http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=vs-harrypotter.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the [[List of American films of 2009#Box office|third-highest-grossing film of 2009]] in these regions behind ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' and ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2009/?grossesOption=totalGrosses |title=2009 DOMESTIC GROSSES |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=8 May 2011 |access-date=6 August 2011 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203222634/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2009/?grossesOption=totalGrosses |url-status=live }}</ref> As with all of the previous films in the franchise, ''Half-Blood Prince'' proved to be extremely successful globally with an estimated non-US total gross of $632.1 million, totalling approximately $934.5 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tan |first=Cecilia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cn_rDwAAQBAJ&dq=half+blood+prince+worldwide+total+gross&pg=PT111 |title=The Binge Watcher's Guide to the Harry Potter Films - An Unofficial Companion |date=2020-06-15 |publisher=Riverdale Avenue Books LLC |isbn=978-1-62601-555-5 |language=en |access-date=14 April 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316150354/https://books.google.com/books?id=Cn_rDwAAQBAJ&dq=half+blood+prince+worldwide+total+gross&pg=PT111 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BOM"/> This made it the second-highest-grossing film of 2009, behind ''Avatar''. It is the fifth-highest-grossing film in the franchise, behind ''Philosopher's Stone'', both parts of ''Deathly Hallows'', and ''Order of the Phoenix''.<ref name=worldwide>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |title=All Time Highest Grossing Movies Worldwide |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=27 December 2010 |archive-date=22 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022040157/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was once the eighth-highest-grossing film of all time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lindsley |first=Craig W. |date=2010-06-16 |title=The Top Prescription Drugs of 2009 in the US: CNS Therapeutics Rank among Highest Grossing |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cn1000556 |journal=ACS Chemical Neuroscience |volume=1 |issue=6 |pages=407–408 |doi=10.1021/cn1000556 |pmid=22778834 |pmc=3368663 |issn=1948-7193}}</ref>

In South Africa, the film opened with the number-one position, grossing $789,176;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2009&wk=29&p=.htm |title=South Africa (Entire Region) Box Office, 17–19 July 2009 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=25 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725192413/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2009&wk=29&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> it maintained the number-one position during the second week, with a total of $242,336.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2009&wk=30&p=.htm |title=South Africa (Entire Region) Box Office, 24–26 July 2009 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=1 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801114737/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2009&wk=30&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
In Australia, the film broke records with a debut of $11.5 million. Opening at number one, it maintained a second week at number one with a total of $5.3 million (down 54%), and grossed a total of $24.2 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/?yr=2009&wk=30&p=.htm |title=Australia Box Office, 23–26 July 2009 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=1 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801114753/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/?yr=2009&wk=30&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
In France, the film debuted at $20.5 million from 949 cinemas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/france/?yr=2009&wk=29&p=.htm |title=France Box Office, 15–19 July 2009 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726093921/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/france/?yr=2009&wk=29&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In Japan, the film held the top spot in the box office rankings until the release of ''[[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]]'', which took the top spot in its first weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2009W32/?area=JP&ref_=bo_rl_table_7 |title=Japanese 2009 Weekend 32 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=10 August 2021 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811015449/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2009W32/?area=JP&ref_=bo_rl_table_7 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Critical response===
On review aggregator [[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 website's critical consensus reads, "Dark, thrilling, and occasionally quite funny, ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is also visually stunning and emotionally satisfying."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince|title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=15 July 2009 |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403125612/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Reviews |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=22 September 2020 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403143705/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince |url-status=live }}</ref> The film scored an 87 from professional critics at the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]; it is the first ''Harry Potter'' film to receive a Critic's Choice certificate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/movie/movie.php?id=2816|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430024815/http://www.bfca.org/movie/movie.php?id=2816|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2011 |title=BFCA: Half-Blood Prince |publisher=[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |access-date=26 November 2010}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |publisher=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first review of the film came three weeks before the official release: Paul Dergarabedian of [[Hollywood.com]] ranked the film with [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]] and called the film a possible [[Academy Award|Oscar]] contender. He highly praised the performance of Sir Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman and Daniel Radcliffe. He commented, "''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a tour-de-force that combines style and substance, special effects and heart and most importantly great performances from all of the actors young and not-so-young".<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Dergarabedian |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Mr_Potter_Meet_Mr_Oscar/5661142 |title=Mr. Potter, Meet Mr. Oscar? |publisher=Hollywood.com |date=26 June 2009 |access-date=26 June 2009 |archive-date=29 June 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629132007/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Mr_Potter_Meet_Mr_Oscar/5661142 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another early review came from Devin Faraci of the UK [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] [[CHUD.com|Chud.com]], who called the film the best in the ''Harry Potter'' series, and also in the year.<ref>{{cite web |first=Devin |last=Faraci |url=http://chud.com/articles/articles/20066/1/REVIEW-HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-HALF-BLOOD-PRINCE/Page1.html |title=REVIEW: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE |publisher=Chud.com |date=7 July 2009 |access-date=8 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708011643/http://chud.com/articles/articles/20066/1/REVIEW-HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-HALF-BLOOD-PRINCE/Page1.html |archive-date=8 July 2009}}</ref>

Andrew Pulver of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave a positive review, scoring it 3.5 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Pulver |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/04/harry-potter-half-blood-prince-review |title=Film review:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |work=The Guardian |date=4 July 2009 |access-date=4 July 2009 |location=London |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002205734/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/04/harry-potter-half-blood-prince-review |url-status=live }}</ref> Todd McCarthy of the trade magazine ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said that the film is "dazzlingly well made" and "less fanciful than the previous entries". He praised [[Alan Rickman]]'s performance, described [[Helena Bonham Carter]] as "mesmerising", and [[Jim Broadbent]] as a "grand eccentric old professor".<ref>{{cite news |first=Todd |last=McCarthy |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/features/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-1200506934/ |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review |work=Variety |date=5 July 2009 |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922054519/https://variety.com/2009/film/features/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-1200506934/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[BBC News]]'s Tim Masters praised the film's cinematography, visual effects, production design, acting and [[Darkness#Poetic|darker]] plotline.<ref>{{cite news |last=Masters |first=Tim |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8133379.stm |title=Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |publisher=BBC News |date=8 July 2009 |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=15 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715060021/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8133379.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''{{'s}} Kirk Honeycutt felt that the film's first half is "jerky and explosive", but in the second half, the film finds better footing. He also praised Nicholas Hooper's composition, Bruno Delbonnel's cinematography, and Stuart Craig's set design.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/harry-potter-blood-prince-film-93330|last=Honeycutt |first=Kirk |title=''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''--Film Review |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=5 July 2009 |access-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427041955/http://www1.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-film-1003990567.story|archive-date=27 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Chris Tilly of ''[[IGN UK]]'' commented on the length of the film, saying "while on occasion it drags, the 153-minute run-time never feels too long, thanks in no small part to the astonishing visuals and (largely) marvellous performances," and felt that it was the best film in the series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tilly |first=Chris |date=7 July 2009 |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/15/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-review |access-date=6 June 2020 |publisher=IGN |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607002151/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/15/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-review |url-status=live }}</ref>

However, Dave Golder of ''[[SFX Magazine]]'' found some aspects of the film to be a disappointment, mainly due to the large number of opportunities the director and screenwriter had sacrificed to devote "huge swathes of the film to subplots of Harry and his chums' teenage romances," but nevertheless found the film to be a large enjoyment, praising the performances of Broadbent and Rickman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2009/07/08/film_review_harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince/ |title=FILM REVIEW: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince |publisher=SFX |date=8 July 2009 |access-date=1 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030856/http://www.sfx.co.uk/2009/07/08/film_review_harry_potter_and_the_half_blood_prince/ }}</ref> ''[[Screen Daily]]'' commented, "David Yates and his team struggle to whip J.K. Rowling’s 608-page tome into a consistently thrilling cinematic experience", but praised the shooting of some scenes and Bonham Carter's acting.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hannigan |first=Fionnuala |date=6 July 2009 |title=''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' Review |url=http://www.screendaily.com/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/5003198.article |access-date=6 July 2010 |work=[[Screen Daily]] |archive-date=18 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918075445/http://www.screendaily.com/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/5003198.article |url-status=live }}</ref> [[David Stratton]], of ''Margaret and David at the Movies'', gave the film a 2.5 out of a possible 5 stars, remarking, "For non-readers [of the Harry Potter series] the films are now borderline incomprehensible", and that the film was "a little tedious" and "generally less interesting visually than its predecessors." He, however, praised the acting of Gambon and Broadbent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-19 |title=At the Movies: Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince |url=http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2616185.htm |access-date=2022-05-16 |website= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719081846/http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2616185.htm |archive-date=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The film was nominated for [[BAFTA Awards]] in Production Design and Visual Effects,<ref name=bafta>{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominations,949,BA.html |title=Film Awards Winners: 2010 |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=4 May 2010 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228014651/http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominations,949,BA.html |archive-date=28 February 2010}}</ref> and was in the longlists for five other categories, including Best Supporting Actor for [[Alan Rickman]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100215053543/http://static.bafta.org/files/long-list-0910-400.pdf Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010 – Long List]. Retrieved 5 May 2010.</ref> [[Bruno Delbonnel]] was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] at the [[82nd Academy Awards]].<ref name="academy awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html |title=Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards |work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|AMPAS]] |publisher=AMPAS |access-date=26 April 2010 |archive-date=11 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411210003/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also one of the final seven contenders for [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-01-07 |title=Seven films on Oscar's visual effects shortlist |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-effects-idUSTRE6060DH20100107 |access-date=2022-05-18 |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518164916/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-effects-idUSTRE6060DH20100107 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Half-Blood Prince'' is the only film in the series to be nominated for the Best Cinematography accolade at the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy Awards]].<ref name="academy awards" />

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! Category
! Result
! Recipient
! Source
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| [[82nd Academy Awards|2009 Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
| [[Bruno Delbonnel]]
|align=center|<ref name="academy awards"/>
|-
| [[Art Directors Guild Awards 2009|2009]] [[Art Directors Guild]] Award
| Excellence in Production Design For a Feature Film
| {{nom}}
| [[Stuart Craig]]
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADG Lifetime Achievement - STUART CRAIG |url=https://adg.org/awards/lifetime-achievement/stuart-craig/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adg.org |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922144816/https://adg.org/awards/lifetime-achievement/stuart-craig/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[63rd British Academy Film Awards|2010 BAFTA Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| {{nom}}
| Stuart Craig<br />[[Stephenie McMillan]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=bafta/>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]
| {{nom}}
| [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]]<br />[[Tim Burke (visual effects supervisor)|Tim Burke]]<br />[[Tim Alexander (visual effects)|Tim Alexander]]<br />Nicolas Aithadi
|-
| [[30th Brit Awards|2010]] [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts#Britannia Awards|BAFTA Britannia Awards]]
| Artistic Excellence in Directing
| {{won}}
| [[David Yates]] {{small|(for ''Harry Potter'' films 5–8)}}
|align=center|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bafta.org/losangeles/news/2011-britannia-awards,1904,BA.html |title=2011 Britannia Awards – John Lasseter & David Yates |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=14 December 2011 |quote=John Lasseter and David Yates are master creators of joy and imagination....Mr. Yates' contribution to the final four parts of the 'Harry Potter' franchise....delighted to honor these remarkable filmmakers with this year's Britannia Award. |archive-date=17 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917064617/http://www.bafta.org/losangeles/news/2011-britannia-awards,1904,BA.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 31st BAFTA Kids' Vote
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/bafta-kids-vote,149,BA.html |title=The BAFTA Kids' Vote |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=4 May 2010 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417231402/http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/bafta-kids-vote,149,BA.html |archive-date=17 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 [[Digital Spy]] Movie Award
| Best Family Film
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |first=Simon |last=Reynolds |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a179988/digital-spy-movie-awards-2009-the-winners/ |title=Digital Spy Movie Awards 2009: The Winners |publisher=Digital Spy |date=5 October 2009 |access-date=13 December 2010 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214125646/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a179988/digital-spy-movie-awards-2009-the-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2010 [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Award]]
| Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mpse.org/goldenreels/2010awards/2010featurenominees.html |title=2010 Golden Reel Award Nominees: Feature Films |publisher=Motion Picture Sound Editors |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716131219/http://www.mpse.org/goldenreels/2010awards/2010featurenominees.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]] [[Grammy Award]]
| Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture
| {{nom}}
| [[Nicholas Hooper]]
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| 2010 [[Irish Film and Television Awards|IFTA Award]]
| Best Supporting Actor
| {{nom}}
| [[Michael Gambon]]
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/news/IFTA_Announces_Nominees_for_the_7th_Annual_Irish_Film__Television_Awards/1155 |title=IFTA Announces Nominees for the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards |publisher=Irish Film Board |date=11 January 2010 |access-date=12 January 2010 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316150400/https://www.screenireland.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2009 ''[[IGN]]''
| Best Fantasy Movie
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2009/movies/best-fantasy-movie.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218171618/http://bestof.ign.com/2009/movies/best-fantasy-movie.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2009 |title=Movies Best Fantasy Movie 2009 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |publisher=IGN |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"|2010 [[2010 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| Best Movie
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |first=Marc |last=Malkin |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/180567/mtv-movie-awards-when-twilight-betty-white-collide |title=MTV Movie Awards: When Twilight & Betty White Collide! |publisher=E! Online |date=12 May 2010 |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104085954/https://www.eonline.com/news/180567/mtv-movie-awards-when-twilight-betty-white-collide |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Female Performance
| {{nom}}
| [[Emma Watson]]
|-
| Best Male Performance
| {{nom}}
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
|-
| Best Villain
| {{Won}}
| [[Tom Felton]]
|-
| Best Global Superstar
| {{nom}}
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|2010 [[National Movie Awards]]
| Best Family Movie
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmovieawards.com/nominees |title=Nominees |publisher=National Movie Awards |date=26 May 2010 |access-date=16 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504053537/http://www.nationalmovieawards.com/nominees |archive-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|Best Performance
| {{nom}}
| [[Rupert Grint]]
|-
| {{nom}}
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
|-
| {{nom}}
| [[Emma Watson]]
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[36th People's Choice Awards|2010]] [[People's Choice Awards]]
| Favorite Movie
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2010 |title=People's Choice Awards Nominees & Winners:2010 |publisher=[[People's Choice Awards]] |access-date=3 May 2010 |archive-date=9 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209231806/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Favourite Franchise
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter''
|-
| Best On-Screen Team
| {{nom}}
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]], [[Rupert Grint]], and [[Emma Watson]]
|-
| 2009 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Live Action Family Film
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter - Film History |url=https://www.hypable.com/harry-potter/film-history/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Hypable |language=en-US |archive-date=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140801003658/http://www.hypable.com/harry-potter/film-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2010 RAAM Awards
| Film of the Year
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>[http://www.raammanagement.com/cms/uploads/docs/1265273841.doc The 2010 RAAM Awards open the UK awards season]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 23 June 2010.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"|2010 RAFA Awards
| Alan Titchmarsh Show British Film of the Year Award
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmoftheyear.co.uk/film-awards-winners |title=Film Awards Winners – Film of the Year |publisher=Film of the Year |access-date=23 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430035044/http://www.filmoftheyear.co.uk/film-awards-winners |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref>
|-
| Classic FM Film Music of the Year Award
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|-
| Best Use of UK Locations in a Film
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|-
| Film of the Year sponsored by The List
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|-
| 2009 [[Satellite Awards]]
| Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2009.shtml |title=2009 14th Satellite Awards |access-date=23 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718092922/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2009.shtml |archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="4" |2010 [[36th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| Best Fantasy Film
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/Nominations_36th.doc |title=The 36th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations |publisher=[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films]] |format=.doc |access-date=3 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501130239/http://www.saturnawards.org/Nominations_36th.doc |archive-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
| Best Costume
|{{nom}}
| Jany Temime
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| {{nom}}
| [[Stuart Craig]]
|-
| Best Special Effects
| {{nom}}
| [[Tim Burke (visual effects supervisor)|Tim Burke]]<br />[[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]]<br />Nicholas Aithadi<br />[[Tim Alexander (visual effects)|Tim Alexander]]
|-
| rowspan="10"|2009 [[2009 Scream Awards|Scream Award]]
| Best Fantasy Film
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/awards/a/scream-2009.htm |title=Spike TV's Scream 2009 Awards Nominees and Winners |first=Rebecca |last=Murray |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=4 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905084207/http://movies.about.com/od/awards/a/scream-2009.htm |archive-date=5 September 2009}}</ref>
|-
| Best Fantasy Actress
| {{nom}}
| [[Emma Watson]]
|-
| Best Fantasy Actor
| {{nom}}
| [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| {{nom}}
| [[Rupert Grint]]
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
| [[Evanna Lynch]]
|-
| Best Villain
| {{nom}}
| [[Helena Bonham Carter]]
|-
| Best F/X
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|-
| Best Sequel
| {{nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|-
| Holy Shit! Scene of the Year
| {{Won}}
| "Death Eaters Attack London" Scene
|-
| Best Ensemble
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|-
| 2010 [[SFX (magazine)|SFX]] Awards
| Best Film
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/sfx_sci_fi_awards_2010_winners_best_film/ |title=SFX SCI-FI Awards 2010 Winers: Best Film |publisher=SFX |date=1 January 2010 |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104085953/https://www.gamesradar.com/sfx_sci_fi_awards_2010_winners_best_film/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2009 Switch Live Award
| Favourite Flick
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/events/live2009/awards.shtml |title=BBC – Switch – Switch Live – Awards |publisher=BBC |date=8 November 2009 |access-date=23 June 2010 |archive-date=2 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102140712/http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/events/live2009/awards.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|  [[Teen Choice Award|2009 Teen Choice Awards]]
| Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure
| {{Won}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Coppersmith |url=http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/story/Teen_Choice_2009_Winners_20090809 |title=Teen Choice Awards 2009: The Winners |publisher=Fox |date=10 August 2009 |access-date=23 June 2010 |archive-date=21 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621071446/http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/story/Teen_Choice_2009_Winners_20090809 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Teen Choice Award|2010 Teen Choice Awards]]
| Choice Movie: Fantasy
| {{Nom}}
| ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
|align=center|<ref name="teenchoice">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/06/14/first-wave-of-teen-choice-2010-nominees-announced/20100614fox01/ |title=First wave of a "Teen Choice 2010" Nominees announced |publisher=TheFutonCritic.com |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-date=5 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205012952/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/06/14/first-wave-of-teen-choice-2010-nominees-announced/20100614fox01/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy
| {{Nom}}
| [[Emma Watson]]
|align=center|<ref name="teenchoice" />
|-
| 2009 [[VES Awards]]
| Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
| {{nom}}
| David Basalla<br />Emily Cobb<br />Tania Richard
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/group/ves-member/ves-announces-nominees-8th-annual-ves-awards |title=VES Announces Nominees for 8th Annual VES Awards |publisher=Visual Effect Society |date=19 January 2009 |access-date=23 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507083206/http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/group/ves-member/ves-announces-nominees-8th-annual-ves-awards |archive-date=7 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 [[Young Artist Award]]
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
| [[Evanna Lynch]]
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms31.html |title=31st Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards |publisher=Young Artist Awards |date=11 April 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012070515/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms31.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="thr opening">{{cite news |last=DiOrio |first=Carl |title=Wiz bang: $396 mil |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=20 July 2009 |pages=1, 14 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7c23ccda60974aa22d1c6647ff9f15a3 |access-date=4 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063102/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7c23ccda60974aa22d1c6647ff9f15a3 |archive-date=31 August 2009}}</ref>
}}

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