‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Sets Highest Grossing Opening Weekend of All Time
Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” set the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. The series finale drew an estimated $168.55 million beating the The Dark Knight‘s record of $158.4 million.
“Deathly Hallows Part 2” also conjured the highest opening day record of $92.1 million last Friday and the highest midnight launch record of $43.5 million.
The Harry Potter franchise has now grossed $2.177 billion, and it’s about to break the record of Star Wars’ $2.218 billion to become the top-grossing franchise in history.
TOP 10 MOVIES AT THE US BOX-OFFICE
(July 15 to 17, 2011 – Weekend Estimates)
TW | LW | Movie | Weekend Gross | Gross-to-Date | Week |
1 | N | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | $168.5M | $168.5M | 1 |
2 | 1 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $21.25M | $302.8M | 3 |
3 | 2 | Horrible Bosses | $17.63M | $60.0M | 2 |
4 | 3 | Zoo Keeper | $12.3M | $42.35M | 2 |
5 | 4 | Cars 2 | $8.34M | $165.32M | 4 |
6 | N | Winnie the Pooh | $8M | $8M | 1 |
7 | 5 | Bad Teacher | $5.2M | $88.5M | 4 |
8 | 6 | Larry Crowne | $2.57M | $31.63M | 3 |
9 | 7 | Super 8 | $1.92M | $122.24M | 6 |
10 | 11 | Midnight in Paris | $1.89 | $41.79M | 9 |
Note: Debuting movies are highlighted in yellow.
Figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo
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