Harry Potter and Company made all sorts of money — both here and overseas — over the five-day opening for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Earning a tremendous $140 million nationally and $330 million worldwide, this fifth movie in the Harry Potter franchise had the best five-day opening of a non-holiday movie ever. Order of the Phoenix is on track to be the highest-grossing of all the Harry Potter movies.
Despite the mesmerizing spell cast by Potter, other summer favorites didn't fall behind very much. Transformers held its own at No. 2 with $36 million, while Ratatouille stayed strong at No. 3. In fourth place was Live Free or Die Hard with License to Wed following behind. This doesn't appear to be the summer for torture porn, however, as Captivity opened to a dismal $1.5 million and came in at No. 12. This weekend it will be interesting to see if Harry Potter can bewitch his way to No. 1 even in the rotund face of John Travolta getting his groove on in Hairspray.
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Harry Potter was AMAZING!! I'd definitely say this one was my favorite thus far. I loved the scene in the beginning when they're on their broom sticks flying over the Thames... That was so beautiful!
1I'm waiting until all the kiddies have seen the movie before I go.
2^^ that's exactly why i saw it at midnight when it opened - less kids.
3We went on opening day and it really was not that packed. I loved this movie. I find it amusing to see how they all look so grown up - Ginny Weasley looks the most different from the last movie. Now time to wait for the book!!!
4I've already seen the movie twice!! I have set aside this weekend for nothing other than reading the Deathly Hallows... although I'm a little sad.
5I can't imagine anything being as good this summer as Ratatouille, which is adoooorable.
6I'm going to see the movie again but in IMAX this week. AHHH IM SO IN LOVE WITH HP!!!!
7Saw it, loved it, can't wait to see it again...but maybe I'll wait until after the 7th book comes out to see it again. The next time I see it will be on IMAX (they were sold out when I went yesterday so I had to watch it on the regular screen).
8Yay for Harry. I'm also really happy that Captivity didn't make much, which means that this could be the end of "porn horror" or whatever they call it? well a girl can dream, right?
9loved it! but wow, they really cut out about half of the book. if only they made the movie 3 hours long they could have gotten a lot more in!
they better not do that to #6!
10i find it interesting that Ginny is the only girl wearing pants. i think it says a lot about how she's so different from the other girls.
11Well Casey, Ginny also grew up with three or four brothers so I'm not suprise. I like her I wish she would get more speaking lines in the next movies. Did you noticed how she always kicked butt during their practice and even the battle scene in the Ministry place?
12Loved it!! This film kicked ass! I will definately be seeing it again sometime soon.
13i sat next to a kid at an imax 3d viewing and it was actually a lot of fun - hearing how excited he was about the movie and everything rather than all adults who just criticize everything (like i do, i know).
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