--- title: IMAX Will Screen Harry Potter Movies Ahead of Fantastic Beasts description: Harry Potter fans needing a refresher in magic will be able to get a crash course with the IMAX re-release of the films in theaters. canonical: https://time.com/4517021/harry-potter-movie-theaters/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T21:03:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:38.308Z og:title: Now You Can Re-Watch the Harry Potter Movies in Theaters og:description: Accio! og:url: https://time.com/4517021/harry-potter-movie-theaters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd5e4bdc040acb8a/6988a8825f570f7fcbb22c1d/harry-potter-imax-week.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: harry-potter-imax-week og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now You Can Re-Watch the Harry Potter Movies in Theaters twitter:description: Accio! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd5e4bdc040acb8a/6988a8825f570f7fcbb22c1d/harry-potter-imax-week.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now You Can Marathon All 8 of the _Harry Potter_ Movies in Theaters For a Week > Sponsored content. 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Trailer for 'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' from Comic-Con._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 3, 2016 9:03 PM UTC  (Credit: IMAX)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 3, 2016 9:03 PM UTC [Harry Potter fans](http://time.com/4417901/harry-potter-cursed-child-time-turners-time-travel/) in need of a refresher in the world of magic before the release of [_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ ](http://time.com/4511454/fantastic-beasts-trailer-september/)will be able to get a crash course in wizarding when IMAX re-releases all eight of the films for a week. Beginning on October 13th, fans can see all of the films in the _Harry Potter_ franchise in IMAX at participating theaters; the screenings will also include an exclusive sneak peek at _Fantastic Beasts_. This will be the first time that the first two films in the series will be screened in IMAX, since neither _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_ and _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ were not initially shown in that format. 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