Jaap Buitendijk
But "Deathly Hallows," which opened early in a record 3,700 theaters, fell just short of "Eclipse's" record.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 conjured a lively $24 million in estimated box-office from a record 3,700 theaters in the U.S. and Canada offering midnight-Thursday performances of the action fantasy.
Its midnight box office fell just short of record territory. Last summer’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse rung up $30 million in witching-hour coin as part of its $68.5 million first-day tally on Wednesday, June 30. PHOTOS: Inside Harry Potter 7.
Midnight receipts for Hallows: Part 1 included $1.4 million from high-grossing Imax specialty venues. That is a record, surpassing Imax’s $1 million midnight contribution by Summit Entertainment’s Eclipse.
The first of two films based on the seventh and final book in the Potter literary series, Hallows: Part 1 is expected to fetch well more than $100 million through Sunday while posting the biggest-ever opening by a Potter movie. The PG-13 picture is playing in a total 4,124 domestic theaters this weekend. PHOTOS: The U.K. premiere of Harry Potter
The last Potter film – July 2009 opener Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – conjured $77.8 million during its first three days and $302 million in total U.S. and Canadian coin. The franchise marked its best opening to date in November 2005, when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire debuted with $102.7 million, and the $317.6 million fetched by the original Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone stands as its biggest domestic haul.
Many consider Hallows: Part 1 likely to register $400 million or more in domestic box office by the end of its theatrical run. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is set to debut next July 15, with plans to release the franchise-capping Part 2 in 3D. RELATED: Weekend box office analysis.
There’s only one other wide opener set for this weekend -- Lionsgate’s Russell Crowe starrer The Next Three Days. Helmed by Crash director Paul Haggis, the PG-13 action thriller that could fetch up to $10 million through Sunday.
hollywoodreporterIts midnight box office fell just short of record territory. Last summer’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse rung up $30 million in witching-hour coin as part of its $68.5 million first-day tally on Wednesday, June 30. PHOTOS: Inside Harry Potter 7.
Midnight receipts for Hallows: Part 1 included $1.4 million from high-grossing Imax specialty venues. That is a record, surpassing Imax’s $1 million midnight contribution by Summit Entertainment’s Eclipse.
The first of two films based on the seventh and final book in the Potter literary series, Hallows: Part 1 is expected to fetch well more than $100 million through Sunday while posting the biggest-ever opening by a Potter movie. The PG-13 picture is playing in a total 4,124 domestic theaters this weekend. PHOTOS: The U.K. premiere of Harry Potter
The last Potter film – July 2009 opener Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – conjured $77.8 million during its first three days and $302 million in total U.S. and Canadian coin. The franchise marked its best opening to date in November 2005, when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire debuted with $102.7 million, and the $317.6 million fetched by the original Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone stands as its biggest domestic haul.
Many consider Hallows: Part 1 likely to register $400 million or more in domestic box office by the end of its theatrical run. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is set to debut next July 15, with plans to release the franchise-capping Part 2 in 3D. RELATED: Weekend box office analysis.
There’s only one other wide opener set for this weekend -- Lionsgate’s Russell Crowe starrer The Next Three Days. Helmed by Crash director Paul Haggis, the PG-13 action thriller that could fetch up to $10 million through Sunday.
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1 comments:
Harry potter and the deathly hallows is one of this year best movie or box office....this is only the part one of this movie watch out for the next part of this movie in the 2011.
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