Harry Potter Ends Box Office History!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 soared into the record books with the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. The series finale drew an estimated $168.55 million on around 11,000 screens at 4,375 locations, dethroning The Dark Knight's $158.4 million. Deathly Hallows Part 2's first weekend flew past the previous franchise high of $125 million, posted by Deathly Hallows Part 1 last November, and it topped the franchise in terms of estimated attendance as well. While its opening gross also out-distanced The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($142.8 million), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($135.6 million) and the first Spider-Man ($114.8 million), Deathly Hallows Part 2's estimated opening attendance was less than those titles, ranking sixth overall. After conjuring the opening day record on Friday ($92.1 million), Deathly Hallows Part 2 saw the steepest Friday-to-Saturday drop on record for a non-holiday first weekend, falling 53 percent to an estimated $42.85 million. (imdb)

Box-Office US Summary
Issue Date : 15 July 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross
1         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $169M     $169M
2         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $21.2M     $303M
3         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $17.6M     $60M
4         Zookeeper (2011)     $12.3M     $42.4M
5         Cars 2 (2011)     $8.34M     $165M
6         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $8M     $8M
7         Bad Teacher (2011)     $5.2M     $88.5M
8         Larry Crowne (2011)     $2.57M     $31.6M
9         Super 8 (2011)     $1.93M     $122M
10         Midnight in Paris (2011)     $1.89M     $41.8M