Harry Potter breaks world record.

in TV by negrostotle — July 18, 2009 at 6:59 pm | 2 comments

Harry Potter. A young boy with a scar on his head on a mission…to break every movie record in history. Via the Associated Press,

The latest “Harry Potter” movie cast a $104 million spell over worldwide box offices during its first day in theaters, setting a new record for the boy wizard, distributor Warner Bros Pictures said on Thursday.

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth in the film series based on the popular books by J.K. Rowling, grossed $58.18 million in North America and $45.85 million overseas on Wednesday, the Time Warner Inc-owned studio said.

The U.S.-Canadian tally, which includes a record $22.2 million from midnight showings, marks the second-biggest Wednesday opening domestically.

Only last month’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” scored a bigger midweek first-day gross, with $62 million in domestic ticket sales on Wednesday June 24, according to Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst for Hollywood.com.

The latest “Harry Potter” also ranks as the fourth-highest single-day gross for a film release in North America, behind No. 1 “Dark Knight” ($67.1 million), No. 2 “Transformers: Revenge,” and third-place “Spider-Man 3” ($59.8 million).

Having seen both Harry Potter and the Transformers movie, I have to ask…what is everyone thinking? Transformers consisted of stereotypically bad Autobots (gold teeth? not being able to “read good”?) Decepticons that were humans? And Megan Fox running in slow motion.

One out of three maybe isn’t too bad, in retrospect. Below are pictures from various Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince openings.

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