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Harry Potter 6 Sets One-Day Worldwide Record

July 17, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince earned $104 million worldwide during its first day in theaters on Wednesday, setting a new record.

The film grossed $58.18 million in North America and $45.85 million overseas on Wednesday.

"Quite simply, we owe this record-breaking opening to the remarkable fans who have stood by us and who stood in line to be among the first to see 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,'" Warner Bros President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Horn said in a statement.

The previous "Harry Potter" movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, earned $937 million worldwide total.

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COMMENTS (80)

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July 17, 2009

That is quite a feat for this style of movie.

Posted by:

Hypnotik

July 17, 2009

Anyone knows which film held the previous worldwide record and how much? The Dark Knight? Transformers 2?

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CyberpunkCentral

July 17, 2009

HA Take that Transformers fanboys : P

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feed it

July 17, 2009

the best Harry Potter so far ($ made and movie itself)

Posted by:

Chris

July 17, 2009

I still think the best Harry Potter movie was the 3rd one Prisoner of Azkaban

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Rorschach

July 17, 2009

Congratulations!

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Patrick

July 17, 2009

The Dark knight Held The Record

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Jared

July 17, 2009

CyberpunkCentral what are you talking about this is the first day the parents gave the kids a choice ether Transformer's midnight showing that most kids today hardly know or care about or the other choice, the Harry potter midnight showing,in witch they are more familiar with Harry Potter and know more about. plus the parents thought that Transformers 2 was bound to be more violent so that's another reason why it did not git big at the midnight showing just the same as The Dark Knight so say take that to the fan when the movie has been out more then 4 weeks and out sales Transformers, thats if it dose.

Posted by:

bigjake

July 17, 2009

not a lot of kids know about Transformers, Jared? I'm going to say that you are very wrong about that...

Posted by:

red

July 17, 2009

"The Dark knight Held The Record".

No, it didn't. TDK opened in only a dozen markets at the same time as domestically.
I'm pretty sure Spider-Man 3 held the record.