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NOVEMBER 27, 2005 at 3:51 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Various
Having celebrated the Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. the number one movie at the box-office was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The fourth movie in the series brought in over $81 million dollars, raising it's take in the U.S. to over $201 million, and over $408 million worldwide, putting it ahead of the previous movies.
This puts Goblet of Fire ahead of all previous Harry Potter movies according to BoxOfficeMojo
and ComingSoon.net.
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That clear-cut winner was once again Warner Bros' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in the series, which made another $81 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, as estimated $55 million over the weekend, bringing its total just over $201 million in just ten days. This puts it well ahead of the first installment of the Harry Potter series, which earned $187 million by the end of its second weekend four years ago, and the second movie Chamber of Secrets, which took a whole week longer to reach the $200 million mark. It is now the fourth fastest movie to reach that milestone behind the two Spider-Man movies and Star Wars: Episode III.
Reuters adds:
The top foreign markets for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire include Britain with $51.3 million, Germany with $35.5 million and Mexico with $13.6 million, all after two weekends, according to Warner Bros. Pictures.
In North America, Harry Potter sold an estimated $54.9 million worth of tickets in the three days beginning Friday. The 10-day haul of $201.1 million handily beats the comparable performances of the first three films, led by the $186 million tally for the first one, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Official returns will be released tomorrow afternoon.
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Witch
Points: 937
thy_future_is_bright1 says:
That is so cool. $400 million. I think that this might actually even beat OOTP and HBP when they come to the movies, unless they are just like this one. This movie is bringing in the money bags for W.B. I hope that the money keeps on going up for this moive, it is absolutley excellent!
Posted Nov 28, 2005 at 9:39 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 48
Me Jane, You Tarzan says:
Wow thats a lot.
I can not wait in till is see it.
Posted Nov 28, 2005 at 10:19 PM EST
Magical Me
Points: 8420
Nutty4Harry says:
Wow!! That is a heck of a lot of money! What do you say that they send a bit of it our way?
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 12:02 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 396
EbonyIvory says:
Over $400 mil world wide??? That is completly rediculous!!! Just think how more money it'll get when GoF opens completly over the world... THATS CRAZY!!!!! I have only got 2 more days to wait. I can't wait!!!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 1:29 AM EST
Obsessive Genius
Points: 3175
FeeLinG_bLuE says:
Hey! That's really great! I've seen it, and it is really good. Many people complain that it is way different from the movie, and things were cut out, but this is to be expected. There is no way that the movies can be exact to the book, and I think Warner Bros. has done a good job.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 2:03 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 347
quiet_daphne says:
Woo-hoo! It's not even Christmas Break, so hopefully more families will see it over break.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 2:23 AM EST
Gryffindor's Dark Lord
Points: 4430
Quidditch2008 says:
Nearly a half-billion dollars already; within the first two full weeks of its opening. Don't be surprised if it generates over $1 billion worldwide by the time it goes out of theaters.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 2:49 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1303
PotterGirlThru&Thru says:
Well, the film is sooooooooooo wonderful that I'm not surprised it made so much money, and I hope it will make more!!!
Go Harry Potter!!!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 3:32 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 677
Bill' says:
Cool! I hope it continue this way! I am gonna watch the film again next time but I won't buy the dvd who's comming out, I want to wait that all the gilms came out and then I'll buy the box. Now they have enough money, I hope they try to make the next film longer, the book is longer too so... would be normal. See you! Bill
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 4:08 AM EST
The Laughter Champion
Points: 3289
ArjunKumar says:
GoF is the best picture and the director has done a good job. I seen it twice and I wanna see it many times more. Its just brilliant.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 4:43 AM EST
Witch
Points: 821
Leeloomina says:
You just wait until tomorrow... GoF is (finally released in France! We'll help those numbers rise... Yeah!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 4:59 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2334
Chahat says:
Its great though not unexpected. The movie was pretty good especially for those who dont get the time to read but are really interested in Harry Potter series.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 5:37 AM EST
Witch
Points: 534
mrs radcliffe/potter says:
I know loads of people that say they "don't like harry potter"...but they completely loved this film, so i expect the next ones will only be getting better!!!hurray 4 GOF!!!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 6:36 AM EST
Delusional Army Soldier
Points: 4400
ILoveHP! says:
SPECTACULAR dude! Brilliant! I love it...
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 10:21 AM EST
Magical Sanitary Supplier
Points: 2518
5225 says:
Probably because the premieres are almost at the same time in most countries. So it is not really a surprise that this installment shall pass $400million.
Loving it, by the way..
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 12:42 PM EST
The Slytherin Slayer
Points: 9552
Mr. Big Shot says:
Wow, I have to admit that I did think that the PG 13 rating would hurt the franchise a little, but I knew the movie would do well, however I didn't know it would do this well, Congrats to the crew and actors/actresses!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 1:24 PM EST
Muggle Representative
Points: 9117
The Lime says:
I really hope it will continue this way, this is really good news. 408 million $ is really, really much! Harry Potter is awesome!!
Hehe..
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 1:37 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 628
Ronian says:
Yay GOF! Lets all go back to the theatre to watch it again and maybe it'll get 1 BILLION!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 5:18 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 87
Seamus79 says:
Thats crazy.I put forth some of that.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 5:54 PM EST
Student
Points: 225
iluvsnuffles_0815 says:
I am so excited, exspecially, because I am one of the millios that went to see it. I went to the midnight opening!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 6:38 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 20
Ms Riddle says:
All of these actors are totally earning their paychecks!! This movie was AMAZING!!!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 7:45 PM EST
Ethereal Fairy
Points: 3077
harrypotterfreak_4life says:
Quidditch_Chaser_USA, thanks for the compliment and me too I laughed so hard during that scene it was hilarious.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 7:59 PM EST
Auror
Points: 4081
RON's all up in heRmiONe says:
Wow, I can't believe how much GoF grossed. Acutally, yes I can. This movie was the best film ever! I can't believe it, yet I can. I hope that it makes more, it probibly will, because I am going to see it about 12 million times.
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 9:12 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1272
beexmyxescapee says:
wow...thats the most yet for Harry Potter movies...that is quite good for over a holiday weekend..yay for PG-13!
Posted Nov 29, 2005 at 9:52 PM EST
Witch
Points: 983
LuNaWaNaBe says:
That is amazing! The 4th fastest movie to reach $400 million in that amount of time!
Posted Nov 30, 2005 at 12:17 AM EST
Student
Points: 259
Scarlet1713 says:
Thats so cool that the movie surpassed 400 million but i really not all that surprised it was a awesome movie but who really is surprised.
Posted Nov 30, 2005 at 1:54 AM EST
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