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Harry Potter Casts Spell On Box Office

By Evil Beet Gossip • on July 20, 2009

Is anyone surprised that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has made a ton of money already? The movie took in $79.5M this weekend (domestically) and $159.7M since Wednesday’s release. In addition, overseas sales totalled $237M.

It’s ironic, because Huffington Post characterizes this chapter of the Harry Potter franchise as a movie “with some of the best reviews of any Harry Potter” yet, everything I’ve heard from friends and family haven’t been so positive. A lot of “I liked it, but …”

Anyway, Bruno — remember him? — plummeted from an opening weekend of $30.6M to just $8.4M this weekend. Put away your calculators, that’s a 73% drop

Here’s the weekend’s top (I Love You, Beth Cooper sold tickets?):

1. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” $79.5 million.

2. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” $17.7 million.

3. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” $13.8 million.

4. “Bruno,” $8.4 million.

5. “The Hangover,” $8.32 million.

6. “The Proposal,” $8.3 million.

7. “Public Enemies,” $7.6 million.

8. “Up,” $3.1 million.

9. “My Sister’s Keeper,” $2.8 million.

10. “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” $2.7 million.