'Potter' conjures up $159.7 million in 5 days (WOWIES)

[DainBramaged]

Harry Potter has returned with some princely returns at the box office. The new big-screen adventure "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" took in $79.5 million domestically over opening weekend and $159.7 million since debuting last Wednesday.

That's the second-highest start ever for a movie premiering on Wednesday, trailing the $200 million five-day opening for last month's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

The sixth movie about the young wizard came in $20 million ahead of the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which grossed $139.7 million in its first five days two years ago.


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[MadBadger]

1. This has got to be the biggest Box Office YEar yet.

So Many movies are crossing the 150 million dollar mark with such ease

[DainBramaged]

2. You'll like this chart

DOMESTIC GROSSES


Rank Title Studio Lifetime Gross Year^
1 Titanic Par. $600,788,188 1997
2 The Dark Knight WB $533,345,358 2008
3 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^
4 Shrek 2 DW $441,226,247 2004
5 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 1982^
6 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $431,088,301 1999
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $423,315,812 2006
8 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2002
9 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $380,270,577 2005
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $377,027,325 2003
11 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 2004
12 The Passion of the Christ NM $370,782,930 2004^
13 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $363,867,000 2009
14 Jurassic Park Uni. $357,067,947 1993
15 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL $341,786,758 2002^
16 Finding Nemo BV $339,714,978 2003
17 Spider-Man 3 Sony $336,530,303 2007
18 Forrest Gump Par. $329,694,499 1994
19 The Lion King BV $328,541,776 1994^
20 Shrek the Third P/DW $322,719,944 2007
21 Transformers P/DW $319,246,193 2007
22 Iron Man Par. $318,412,101 2008
23 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $317,575,550 2001
24 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $317,101,119 2008
25 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring NL $314,776,170 2001^

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

[Lorax7844]

3. man fuck Transformers, I wanna puke when I see it making all that money

[DainBramaged]

4. (sigh)

:eyes:

[mvd]

5. I saw it because I grew up with them, but it was just ok

Sounds like T2 is worse. One thing in Transformers that I liked is how they made Optimus Prime.

[Lorax7844]

6. I grew up with them too

the cgi sux, I hate that you can't tell the difference between robots when they are fighting. Visibly, the whole movie is a mess.

I wanted to like it, even bought the first one on dvd before watching it. What a waste of money!

ARG, screw you Michael Bay and Spielburg