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Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

No exact numbers for yesterday (the 15th) yet, but everyone is confirming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince did $58 million in it's opening day. Didn't beat this year's Transformers 2 or last year's The Dark Knight, but it could be on it's way to be the highest grossing entry in the series.

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Warner Bros. has reported an estimated $58.38 million opening day for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, perhaps slightly lower than expected given the incredible midnight business, but still the fourth-biggest day in history.

After earning $22.5 million in midnight screenings, Half-Blood Prince picked up another $36 million or so during the rest of the day. That figure is well below another Wednesday opener from this Summer, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which earned $46 million during the day after $16 million at midnight. The daytime numbers in that case were presumably helped by people getting off work early for the July 4 weekend. Last year's The Dark Knight earned $48.5 million during its first day, along with $18.5 million at midnight. In its case, daytime grosses were helped by it being a Friday.

The early message seems to be that diehard fans turned out in droves for the midnight screenings, but the majority of the audience is happy to wait a little to see the movie. Expect a drop in box office today (Thursday) to around $30 million and then an increase over the weekend. $200 million by the end of the day on Sunday still looks on the cards, but it'll be close.
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damn! I was hoping it would have beat out the opening numbers for the craptastic 'Transformers 2'
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Impressive. I wish I were excited to see it, but I'm just kinda 'meh' on the whole HP thing, even though I have enjoyed all of the films.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

I'm betting the higher than average numbers for this entry is due to the extra year the fans had to wait.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Well, that's it. The HP franchise is over; Twilight is the new rage.
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Go Pussy Potter GO!
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

I'm amazed the movies are doing as well as they are. This is the sixth movie in the series and it's still opening to solid numbers. I know there are a lot of fans of the books, but I know many who gave up on the series in its early stages.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by RichC2
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
Well, that's it. The HP franchise is over; Twilight is the new rage.
???

HP has 2 more movies to go and almost outgrossed Twilight's opening weekend in one day (and will likely beat Twilights entire run by the end of the weekend.)
Now, I might be wrong, but I do believe that was a satiric response to the doom and gloom surrounding a $58 million opening day.

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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
Well, that's it. The HP franchise is over; Twilight is the new rage.
Remind me to jump off a bridge before that happens.

(Thankfully, Potter should have Twilight's final gross beaten by Sunday.)

Originally Posted by Fanboy
Now, I might be wrong, but I do believe that was a satiric response to the doom and gloom surrounding a $58 million opening day.
Damn dude, that post was there for less than a minute before I altered it
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Originally Posted by RichC2
Damn dude, that post was there for less than a minute before I altered it
Ha. Just noticed you pulled the chute on that one.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by Boba Fett
I'm amazed the movies are doing as well as they are. This is the sixth movie in the series and it's still opening to solid numbers. I know there are a lot of fans of the books, but I know many who gave up on the series in its early stages.
Judging that Deathly Hollows sold 44 million copies, I think the movies will continue to do good.
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Originally Posted by sauce07
Judging that Deathly Hollows sold 44 million copies, I think the movies will continue to do good.
You mean, like, feed the hungry, house the homeless, heal the sick?
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

1 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Warner Bros.

4,275
N/A
N/A $58,175,412

-- / $13,608
$58,175,412 / 1
N/A
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by Boba Fett
I'm amazed the movies are doing as well as they are. This is the sixth movie in the series and it's still opening to solid numbers. I know there are a lot of fans of the books, but I know many who gave up on the series in its early stages.
It's not possible for it to gain new fans as kids grow up, books are released on paperback, the series is finished, the movies air on TV, the movies arrive on DVD, etc?
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
You mean, like, feed the hungry, house the homeless, heal the sick?
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Originally Posted by The Bus
It's not possible for it to gain new fans as kids grow up, books are released on paperback, the series is finished, the movies air on TV, the movies arrive on DVD, etc?
I've never read the books and I know a slew of people who haven't either but are still interested in the film franchise. I'm waiting for the crowds to die down a bit, but I'll be checking out a showing sometime in the next week or two. I also feel the films have been increasing in quality. While I'd still rank Azkaban as the best one yet, Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix (IMO) were a lot better than the first two entries. There are people out there who have never touched the books, but really enjoy the films. I'd argue to state the same about the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The same can't be said about a franchise like Twilight. For those who never read the (supposedly awful) novels, if you were someone coming into the film with no experience, you probably left the theater not wanting to see a second entry. That's a franchise that lives or dies by it's fans. It'll do big box office numbers for the (small) budget it's being made under, but it'll never reach cinematic popularity like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Numbers for Thursday via ShowBizData:

1. HARRY POTTER 6 WARNER BROS. 4,275 21,930,000 5,130 n/a 80,101,000
2. ICE AGE 3 FOX 4,102 3,503,414 854 -37% 134,304,581
3. TRANSFORMERS 2 PARAMOUNT 4,293 2,400,000 559 -48% 350,114,387
4. BRUNO: DELICIOUS JOURNEYS THROUGH AMERICA FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING HETEROSEXUAL UNIVERSAL 2,756 1,984,320 720 n/a 41,215,090
5. PROPOSAL, THE DISNEY 3,158 1,440,000 456 -32% 119,784,000
6. HANGOVER, THE WARNER BROS. 3,002 1,244,000 414 -28% 227,553,780
7. PUBLIC ENEMIES UNIVERSAL 3,336 1,203,050 361 -52% 71,890,970
8. MY SISTER'S KEEPER WARNER BROS. 2,444 627,000 257 -45% 38,672,902
9. UP DISNEY 2,201 590,000 268 -41% 276,416,000
10. I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER FOX 1,858 578,464 311 81% 7,596,376
11. TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3, THE SONY 1,116 111,605 100 n/a 62,011,051
12. WHATEVER WORKS SONY 320 95,000 297 n/a 3,635,000
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

That's about a 62.5% drop from Wednesday. Just for comparison, TF2 had a 53% drop on day 2, and the last HP film was 58.5%.
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Gees, Beth Cooper is D-E-A-D.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
That's about a 62.5% drop from Wednesday. Just for comparison, TF2 had a 53% drop on day 2, and the last HP film was 58.5%.
I'm not surprised with such a drop considering the large midnight showing.
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^ and lack of higher priced IMAX (til Wednesday) tickets.
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

I saw HP6 last night at a 9pm showing and it wasn't even close to being full. Probably more like 40% capacity. I know it's a Thursday but kids are out of school right now.

I also think there is going to be a fair amount of bad word of mouth which will hold it back. We'll see.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
Numbers for Thursday via ShowBizData:

1. HARRY POTTER 6 WARNER BROS. 4,275 21,930,000 5,130 n/a 80,101,000
2. ICE AGE 3 FOX 4,102 3,503,414 854 -37% 134,304,581
3. TRANSFORMERS 2 PARAMOUNT 4,293 2,400,000 559 -48% 350,114,387
4. BRUNO: DELICIOUS JOURNEYS THROUGH AMERICA FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING HETEROSEXUAL UNIVERSAL 2,756 1,984,320 720 n/a 41,215,090
5. PROPOSAL, THE DISNEY 3,158 1,440,000 456 -32% 119,784,000
6. HANGOVER, THE WARNER BROS. 3,002 1,244,000 414 -28% 227,553,780
7. PUBLIC ENEMIES UNIVERSAL 3,336 1,203,050 361 -52% 71,890,970
8. MY SISTER'S KEEPER WARNER BROS. 2,444 627,000 257 -45% 38,672,902
9. UP DISNEY 2,201 590,000 268 -41% 276,416,000
10. I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER FOX 1,858 578,464 311 81% 7,596,376
11. TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3, THE SONY 1,116 111,605 100 n/a 62,011,051
12. WHATEVER WORKS SONY 320 95,000 297 n/a 3,635,000
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Re: Weekend Box Office 7/15 - 7/19: Everyone Watches Harry Potter Pull Out His Wand

Originally Posted by bunkaroo
I also think there is going to be a fair amount of bad word of mouth which will hold it back. We'll see.
Well the current DVD review poll shows that the majority of posters who have seen it like it. The critic reviews seem quite high, and I heard a lot of clapping at the end of the midnight showing. I don't see it having a bad word of mouth, maybe not great, but all the Potter fans will want to see it. My girlfriend has already seen it twice and I plan to see it again.

Find out in a few weeks I guess.
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