--- title: Mark 20 Years of Harry Potter With A Magical Movie Marathon description: You can watch all the Harry Potter movies in a row at the Cinemark movie theaters canonical: https://time.com/5358592/harry-potter-movies/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-06T14:42:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:10.832Z og:title: Get Your Robe Because There's a Harry Potter Movie Marathon og:description: Watch all eight movies in a row at movie theaters near you og:url: https://time.com/5358592/harry-potter-movies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99791908566d0a67/6988e4560a4a2202b59d08ec/diagon-alley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3572 og:image:height: 2009 og:image:alt: Making Of Harry Potter Tour - London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Get Your Robe Because There's a Harry Potter Movie Marathon twitter:description: Watch all eight movies in a row at movie theaters near you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99791908566d0a67/6988e4560a4a2202b59d08ec/diagon-alley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Put On Your Best Dress Robe Because a Magical _Harry Potter_ Movie Marathon Is Happening > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by John Phillips/UK Press via Getty Images) John Phillips—UK Press via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 6, 2018 2:42 PM UTC _Harry Potter_ fans will want to buy some new dress robes, because there’s a party they will definitely want to attend. To mark the [20th anniversary](http://time.com/4824047/harry-potter-20th-anniversary/) of the movie adaptation of _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_, which introduced moviegoers to an ordinary little boy with an extraordinary scar whose life dramatically changed when an invitation came through his mailbox, Cinemark is putting on a massive—and, yes, magical—movie marathon. Grab your favorite Hufflepuff or [Ravenclaw buddies](http://time.com/4809884/harry-potter-house-sorting-hat-quiz/), because, according to [_PopSugar_](https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Harry-Potter-Movies-Back-Theaters-2018-45133443), muggles across America will be able to watch all eight [_Harry Potter_ ](http://time.com/5349058/harry-potter-underrated-characters/)films, plus [_Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them_](http://time.com/5199110/fantastic-beasts-2-plot-hole-reactions/) at Cinemark theaters later this month. 141 theaters across the United States will be showing the films during Cinemark’s [Wizarding World XD Week](https://www.cinemark.com/wizardingworld/), which will run from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. To make sure the fun is affordable for the whole family, tickets will cost just $5 per film and a $25 festival pass will give fans access to all nine movies, plus a few collectibles like a festival keychain and badge. While there may be no O.W.L.s in moviegoing, this cram session will definitely be a hoot. To buy tickets or passes and find out if theaters near you will be heading to Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, the Quidditch World Cup, and the rest of the world created by J.K. Rowling, visit [cinemark.com/wizardingworld](https://www.cinemark.com/wizardingworld/). Now, does anyone know the spell for getting popcorn, butter beer, and Junior Mints without leaving your seat? \[H/T [CBS](https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/08/05/harry-potter-marathon/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5358592/harry-potter-movies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5358592/harry-potter-movies/"},"headline":"Put On Your Best Dress Robe Because a Magical Harry Potter Movie Marathon Is Happening","datePublished":"2018-08-06T14:42:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:10.832Z","description":"Watch all eight movies in a row at the Cinemark movie theaters","url":"https://time.com/5358592/harry-potter-movies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99791908566d0a67/6988e4560a4a2202b59d08ec/diagon-alley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99791908566d0a67/6988e4560a4a2202b59d08ec/diagon-alley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Making Of Harry Potter Tour - London","caption":"Making Of Harry Potter Tour - London","creditText":"John Phillips—UK Press via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5358592/harry-potter-movies/","name":"Put On Your Best Dress Robe Because a Magical Harry Potter Movie Marathon Is Happening"}}]}] ```