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VIOlater, what exactly are you on, and where can I get some?
90% on Rottentomatoes, A Grade on BoxOffice Mojo and an 82 or 83 on metacritic
Again, let me know what you're on and how much it costs
Update: Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince grossed a magical $58.4 million from 4,275 theaters as it opened Wednesday at the domestic B.O., which has it pacing well ahead of the $44 million earned by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on its opening Wednesday exactly two years ago. The fifth film grabbed a five-day opening gross of $139.7 million.
Forecasts for the five-day opening vary. Some are predicting "Half-Blood Prince" would post a five-day domestic opening of $125 million to $150 million, while others put it higher. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which grossed slightly more than $200 million in its five-day debut, posted an opening day gross of $62 million.
Early foreign release tracking has the sixth Potter adventure pulling in $45.8 million during yesterday's launch. Overall, Warner Bros. has a worldwide cume of $104.0 million after one day of release.
To read our positive review of "Half-Blood", click here.
Original Report: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Warner Bros. Pictures already has a box office record in the books. Variety reports the sixth installment pulled in the biggest midnight gross of all-time in earning $22.2 million as it unspooled in 3,003 runs at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
That figure beats the $18 million earned in midnight runs by Warners’ very own The Dark Knight and the $17 million earned by 20th Century Fox’s Star Wars: Episode III —Revenge of the Sith.
“Half-Blood Prince” opens in the same Wednesday slot that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix did in 2007, in which the fifth installment grossed $12 million in midnight runs on its way to a $139.7 million five-day debut. B.O. observers expect the boy—or rather, teenage—wizard to be as popular as ever, if not more so. It’s been two years since the last Potter pic, or the last book in J.K. Rowling’s series, creating a pent-up demand.
The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, David Bradley, Jessie Cave, Frank Dillane, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Helen McCrory, Natalia Tena, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Bonnie Wright. Director David Yates returns behind the camera based on a screenplay by Steven Kloves.
VIOlater, what exactly are you on, and where can I get some?
90% on Rottentomatoes, A Grade on BoxOffice Mojo and an 82 or 83 on metacritic
Again, let me know what you're on and how much it costs
Thanks a lot violater, you could have given a spoilers alert. Just don't tell me which teachers he blows. I was always curious how profesor snake got his name and I hope the movie won't leave me hangin.
Not a surprise this is raking in the dough!
The people that care the least about it beating TDK in any box office runs - Warner Bros.
TDK must go down and it must go down hard
I'm treating all my friends and family this weekend. My need for this has no limits
I enjoyed the movie. I wish it would have had a little more action, but still a great story and funny. Can't wait for the next one.
I don't mind if it beats TDK, I just sure as heck hope it beats Transformers 2.
Avatar will reduce everything to rubble shattering all records.December get here quickly!!!!!
Hey,I like HP I'm gonna see it in a few days.
Is it just me i had planned to take wife to an imax showing and i didnt see any in my area. I am sure i took her to a 3d imax last time something about big crystal balls dropping at the end.
I've been reading everywhere that this movie blows. Just like Harry Potter blows his Professors.