Ah, so you prefer to be against a movie sight unseen.

I don't expect the legs to be that well for HP even without lesser competition. Still though with such huge numbers I think it has a shot to clear $850m mark and if it really over performs then $900m is possible from OS markets. I don't see how this will make more than that.

You keep watching a TV show you don't like? I assume no. You declare it crap and move on.

I watched Heroes almost until the end, even though it wasn't good starting in Season 2 (I watched two more seasons).

Besides, if someone were telling that the TV show greatly improved, I'd give it another look before simply dismissing it.

That's different, season 1 of Heroes was great, you already invested in it, you wanted to see how it ends and was hoping it could turn around (yeah, i was there, too).

There are a bunch of people that'll tell you HP3 is the best in the series, HP4 isn't considered bad either as far as i know, both did nothing for me. I don't like the world Rowling created, the story didn't grab me and the films do a bad job of explaining some things to non book readers.

You haven't met Luna Lovegood, who is the most adorably amazing thing ever created by man or nature. I'm pretty sure your opinion will change immediately to one of reverence for Rowling when you see Luna's name uttered for the first time.

Eh. Haterzzzz still gonna hate.

STUPEFY!!!

Domestic: $202,483,000 34.2%
+ Foreign: $390,000,000 65.8%
= Worldwide: $592,483,000

$35 mln Tuesday

Great number for Tuesday, it is a beast OS.

I am little surprised with a decrease on Tuesday, since Tuesdays these days are having cheaper tickets and thus more audience. Great number though, it looks like this will make more than $800m WW after the 2nd weekend, can't see how it misses $1b WW in 3 weeks.

Maybe the typhoon in Japan caused some people to watch it later?

Edit: Maybe a typhoon and this caused the big drop...

From BOM

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distrib ... 92.article

The UK generated $4.5m (£2.8m) for $47.4m (£29.8m);

Germany: $3.3m (€2.3m) for $32m (€22.7m);

France: $3m (€2.1m) for $30.2m (€21.5m);

Japan: ($2.5m (¥201.5m) for $32.4m (¥2.6bn); and

Australia: $2.1m (A$2m) for $31.4m (A$29.4m)



So it dropped from 8 to $2.5 million in Japan.

Yeah Japan had a big holiday so most of the drop was because of Japan.

Monday was Umi no Hi (Potter increased from Sunday), so the drop is expected. Wednesday was Ladies Day (tickets are half price for females), so it'll pick back up again.

Potter should be around 4.2 billion yen ($53 million) after Sunday in Japan. Highest 10-day total ever in USD, and first film to ever gross over $50 million after 10 days.

You don't know what you're missing out on. 7.2 is fantastic, i'm starting to question whether i should see it again, this time in 2D.

Speaking of 2d and 3d....i know when The Hobbit comes out, i'll be seeing both 3D and 2D and alternating between them....let's hope it's good

Rises to #62 on the WW charts and sits right behind Fast Five....

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

50 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $649.4 $310.7 47.8% $338.7 52.2% 2002^
51 Kung Fu Panda P/DW $631.7 $215.4 34.1% $416.3 65.9% 2008
52 The Incredibles BV $631.4 $261.4 41.4% $370.0 58.6% 2004
53 Hancock Sony $624.4 $227.9 36.5% $396.4 63.5% 2008
54 Ratatouille BV $623.7 $206.4 33.1% $417.3 66.9% 2007
55 Iron Man 2 Par. $622.1 $312.4 50.2% $309.6 49.8% 2010
56 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $618.6 $229.1 37.0% $389.6 63.0% 1997
57 The Passion of the Christ NM $611.9 $370.8 60.6% $241.1 39.4% 2004^
58 Mamma Mia! Uni. $609.8 $144.1 23.6% $465.7 76.4% 2008
59 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa P/DW $603.9 $180.0 29.8% $423.9 70.2% 2008
60 Fast Five Uni. $602.3 $209.2 34.7% $393.1 65.3% 2011
61 Casino Royale Sony $594.2 $167.4 28.2% $426.8 71.8% 2006
62 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $592.6 $202.6 34.2% $390.0 65.8% 2011
63 War of the Worlds Par. $591.7 $234.3 39.6% $357.5 60.4% 2005
64 Tangled BV $590.7 $200.8 34.0% $389.9 66.0% 2010
65 Men in Black Sony $589.4 $250.7 42.5% $338.7 57.5% 1997
66 Kung Fu Panda 2 P/DW $586.9 $160.3 27.3% $426.6 72.7% 2011
67 Quantum of Solace Sony $586.1 $168.4 28.7% $417.7 71.3% 2008
68 I Am Legend WB $585.3 $256.4 43.8% $329.0 56.2% 2007
69 Iron Man Par. $585.2 $318.4 54.4% $266.8 45.6% 2008
70 Night at the Museum Fox $574.5 $250.9 43.7% $323.6 56.3% 2006
71 The Hangover Part II WB $562.4 $252.0 44.8% $310.4 55.2% 2011
72 Armageddon BV $553.7 $201.6 36.4% $352.1 63.6% 1998
73 King Kong Uni. $550.5 $218.1 39.6% $332.4 60.4% 2005
74 Mission: Impossible II Par. $546.4 $215.4 39.4% $331.0 60.6% 2000
75 The Day After Tomorrow Fox $544.3 $186.7 34.3% $357.5 65.7% 2004

I personally think it's dropping really well. The domestic market is holding up much better than the past Potter flicks, it's definately gunning for $400m and matching it with both TDK and Pirates 2 at this stage.

That's insane, Potter is definately back to winning ways in Japan. No way this is going to drop below $100m. It'll be gunning for Hp3.

That's insane pace right across the board, it'll be at $600m by the end of this weekend for sure.

Harry Potter breaks IMAX global box office record

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has scored the biggest IMAX opening weekend ever, taking $23.5m on 394 global screens, for a per-screen average of $60,000.

The UK was among a number of territories that set new records for the highest-grossing title of an IMAX digitally re-mastered film. Top IMAX runs include the London BFI, which generated $190,000 in IMAX box office sales

In the US and Canada, IMAX grossed $15.5m on 274 screens over the opening weekend.

As well as the UK, Japan, Brazil and Costa Rica all set new records for the highest-grossing title of an IMAX digitally re-mastered film.

Other highlights include:

-UK box office of $1.1m on 15 screens for a per-screen average of $75,000

-Russian box office of $621,000 on 16 screens for a per-screen average of $38,800

-Australian box office of $354,130 on five screens for a per-screen average of $70,800

-French box office of $243,500 on five screens for a per-screen average of $49,000

-Netherlands box office of $196,000 on three screens for a per-screen average of $65,300

Harry Potter breaks IMAX global box office record

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has scored the biggest IMAX opening weekend ever, taking $23.5m on 394 global screens, for a per-screen average of $60,000.

The UK was among a number of territories that set new records for the highest-grossing title of an IMAX digitally re-mastered film. Top IMAX runs include the London BFI, which generated $190,000 in IMAX box office sales

In the US and Canada, IMAX grossed $15.5m on 274 screens over the opening weekend.

As well as the UK, Japan, Brazil and Costa Rica all set new records for the highest-grossing title of an IMAX digitally re-mastered film.

Other highlights include:

-UK box office of $1.1m on 15 screens for a per-screen average of $75,000

-Russian box office of $621,000 on 16 screens for a per-screen average of $38,800

-Australian box office of $354,130 on five screens for a per-screen average of $70,800

-French box office of $243,500 on five screens for a per-screen average of $49,000

-Netherlands box office of $196,000 on three screens for a per-screen average of $65,300

Deathly Hallows Part 2 is more than likely to pass Prisoner of Azkaban in USD, in my opinion.

It would require a gross of 9.7 billion yen, and that figure is pretty much locked up. And, if the dollar stays this terrible throughout the fall, it could reach Chamber of Secret's total of $142 million. A 50/50 chance at the moment I think.

I'd even go further, saying there is a chance it becomes the highest grossing Harry Potter film, surpassing Sorcerer's Stone's $153 million (according to BOM, but that's disputed). Just over 12 billion yen is needed for that to happen right now, and with a multiplier of almost 7 (probably a tad bit high, though On Stranger Tides will finish with a multiplier of 6 even with it's late legs cut short by Harry Potter 7.2 and Transformers 3/Cars 2 later this month), it's sealed.

It would be incredible that after every film since the Sorcerer's Stone has decreased from it's predecessor, the final film ends up the highest grossing (in USD, of course). It'd just barely gross half of what Sorcerer's Stone did in yen, and with less than half the attendance.