Highlights
- The final Harry Potter movie has broken the record for the biggest first day box office sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates.
- The film's distributor, Warner Bros, reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $92.1m (£57m) in North America on Friday.
- The previous single-day record belonged to The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which made $72.7m (£45m) on its opening day.
- The Potter film is the eighth movie in the franchise. The seventh book in JK Rowling's popular series was split into two films.
<i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2</i> just broke the box office record for first day sales in North America, say studio spokesmen.
Warner Bros, who have produced the eight-part series, have released a statement saying that
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $92.1m in North America alone on Friday.
This honour previously belonged to
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which collected $72.7m (£45m) on opening day.
The seventh book in the series was split into two parts to accommodate the various elements to the highly detailed story. While all the previous seven movies were released in 2D,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was released in 3D in select theatres, thereby explaining the fluffier returns.
The
Harry Potter film series is a nearly $10 billion franchise, including sales from merchandising, ad-sales, etc., making it the most successful film franchise of all time.