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by Nicole Pedersen Posted:November 21st, 2010 at 8:52 am
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 1 is the Hagrid-sized hit everyone expected it to be; although its three day estimate – at this point – won’t put it into the top five All-Time releases as was previously projected. They really missed the mark and came in sixth instead. Warner Brothers will have to be content in the knowledge that they have topped their previous Harry Potter record and bide their time until Part 2 comes out in July.
| Title | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Harry Potter 7A | $125,100,000 | $125.1 |
| 2 | Megamind | $16,175,000 | $109.4 |
| 3 | Unstoppable | $13,100,000 | $41.9 |
| 4 | Due Date | $9,150,000 | $72.6 |
| 5 | The Next Three Days | $6,750,000 | $6.7 |
| 6 | Morning Glory | $5,430,000 | $19.8 |
| 7 | Skyline | $3,430,000 | $17.6 |
| 8 | Red | $2,467,000 | $83.5 |
| 9 | For Colored Girls | $2,400,000 | $34.5 |
| 10 | Fair Game | $1,470,000 | $3.7 |
The estimated $125.1 million from the 4,125 theatres screening Deathly Hallows 1 does put the latest Harry Potter film at number six on that All-Time list (replacing Shrek the Third) which ain’t too shabby. That is on top of scoring the fifth-biggest single-day opening on Friday with $61.2 million and the third-biggest midnight launch with $24 million.
It’s a lot to keep track of but here’s what Warner Brothers would like you to focus on: The weekend take for Deathly Hallows 1 has definitely broken the previous Harry Potter franchise record of $102.6 set by The Goblet of Fire in 2005. It also easily dispatched the $77.8 million that the Half-Blood Prince conjured in July of 2009. Most important of all, the sum total of Potter has now surpassed the Star Wars films to become the most lucrative franchise in the universe… until Lucas starts making with the 3D re-polish, that is.
The other thing to remember is that the Thanksgiving Holiday does not properly start until next week. Many Potter fans who were unable to catch Deathly Hallows this weekend will turn up during the week (with families in tow) while still others will take advantage of their time off to double and triple-dip – unless the delights of Burlesque lure them into another theatre? This is one film with staying power, is my point. In fact, from now until Deathly Hallows 2 launches in July the studio will be telling viewers that this is the cinematic event of their lifetime – the end of an era. And, you know what? For once they won’t be lying.
Here’s a list of how things stand now for All-Time Debut Weekends:
- The Dark Knight – $157.4 mil
- Spider-Man 3 – $151.1
- Twilight Saga: New Moon – $142.8
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – $135.6
- Iron Man 2 – $128.1
- Harry Potter 7A – $125.1
And that is where I would like to end but I am obliged to mention that Russell Crowe has a new movie out this week as well. It is called The Next Three Days and here are its stats: from a launch in 2,564 theatres the thriller brought in an estimated $6.7 million. That is roughly one third of what Unstoppable brought in last weekend. I’m trying to lay off the snark because I heard that someone involved with this film has a bit of a temper…
On a more positive note, you may have noticed that the Bush-era drama Fair Game made it into the top ten this week. The film expanded its platform to 386 locations in its third week and brought in an estimated $1.4 million or $3,800 per-screen.
Next week Thanksgiving arrives with a big, sloppy mess of movies all crowding into theatres on Wednesday the 24th. As I mentioned, I expect Harry Potter to remain strong with its only real competition coming from the Disney-does-Dreamworks release Tangled.
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Tangled is not ‘Disney-does-Dreamworks’, it’s ‘Disney-does-Disney’ with a Dreamworks style of marketing.
Big opening indeed for HP7…however u kind of feel that nateor a film pitched as ‘motion picture event of the generation’ …its a slight underperformance, if thats the right word for it, specially a 37% fri-sat fall. One thought that there was definately about 10-15% more score possible. Ot ne got that feeling while watching the film…it seemed as if they were just teeing up for the final one in this film…and holding back things from the book.
nevertheless, a entertaining film and it has done well on expected lines…remains to be seen where it ends up..the foreign tally WILL be huge for sure.
Hahahahahahahahaha! Skyline was beat out by Morning Glory! Hey Strause Bros. you guys suck even more!
i think a lot of people was turned off by the way DHpart1 turned out. I loved the movie but i’ve talk to people who didn’t like it. they said it has no resolution(i keep telling them it’s a PART 1), they said they were many times where nothing was happening like a Potter version of Clooney’s spy film-The American. and i agree, it is in some ways, a difficult film. BUT THAT’S THE IDEA. they’re supposed to be finding it hard to find theses Hocruxes. they’re supposed to be frustrated that Dumbledore didn’t leave specific instructions on what to do.
i think this is a very good film, maybe even a great film. and it deserves a Nod come Oscar time. it’s better than a lot of movies this year. it may be for Potter fans only, but come on, why would you watch a 7th part of a movie series or a book series if you’re not fan of the book or the movies. i’ll argue that you don’t have to read the book to be amazed by the film. you just have to have watched all of the films prior to the release of this film. it requires a HP marathon a week before if you want some confusion to be gone. and as for the other confusion, like what is the mirror Harry is holding, you can just ask the person beside you. a friend or a family member who might have read the books. one question doesn’t really hurt you in experiencing a great film. Come on, as if we understand all of Inception from its first viewing.
Like I’ve said before have Harry and Ron kiss and it would get an instant best picture nominaton and sweep the Mtv movie awards. Same with any movie.
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