Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1 saw the franchise’s highest opening weekend, as it clocked the second highest November opening weekend of all time. The film earned $125,120,000, just behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon‘s November record of $142 million opening weekend. It also sought the 5th highest one day total, earning $61 million on its Friday opening.
Megamind was in second this weekend with $16 million, bringing its three-week total to $109.5 million. It was $3 million ahead of Unstoppable‘s second weekend. That has now earned $42 million.
Russell Crowe thriller The Next Three Days had a mediocre opening weekend, earning only $6.8 million. It was a lowly fifth on the weekend that saw most of the money going toward Harry Potter.
Oscar-nom favorite 127 Hours expanded to 108 theaters, as it earned close to a million in its third weekend. Expect huge gains when it sees a wide release.
Next weekend (starting on Thanksgiving) pits some big contenders against one another. Musical Burlesque goes up against Dwayne Johnson in Faster, while Love and Other Drugs and the animated feature Tangled also open. Expect them to tangle with Harry Potter‘s second weekend. I look for Tangled to debut the highest, with a second place showing.
Check out the top 10: (Movie-weekend; total)
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1– $125,120,000 (debut)
2. Megamind– $16,175,000; $109,476,000
3. Unstoppable– $13,100,000; $41,962,000
4. Due Date– $9,150,000; $72,669,000
5. The Next Three Days– $6,750,000 (debut)
6. Morning Glory– $5,233,000; $19,865,000
7. Skyline– $3,431,000; $17,643,000
8. Red– $2,467,000; $83,574,000
9. For Colored Girls– $2,400,000; $34,540,000
10. Fair Game– $1,470,000; $3,379,000
Did you go to the midnight showing of HP? Me neither.