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JULY 15, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Yahoo! News
This shouldn't be a surprise to fans but with only five days of release behind it Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has garnered
over $330 million from worldwide sales.
Domestically the movie has grossed $140 million since opening last Wednesday, making it the number one movie this weekend in the U.S. where it made $77.4 million. Overseas the movie reaped more than $190 million.
By comparison, in its first five days the movie is $30 million ahead of Goblet of Fire and over $40 million ahead of the last summer Potter release, which was Prisoner of Azkaban. Still, the fifth moive in the franchise didn't make as much in total as the previous movies for weekend tallies.
Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. said:
We're in the middle of summer, and we just said why not, because kids are out of school. It certainly turned out to be the right decision.
Order of the Phoenix did more business in five days than each of the first three Harry Potter movies did in their first full week, and it nearly matched the $146 million first week total of the fourth film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
UPDATE: The movie has also broken virtually every opening box office record at IMAX® theatres during its debut, contributing $7.3 million of the $140. The fifth movie also broke the record for IMAX's largest single day worldwide total at $1.9 million and posted a domestic opening per screen average of $80,500.
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Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1578
*sweet_angel_baby* says:
Wow, that's a lot! Hopefully it would live up to the other harry potter movie's total.
I'm thiking about seeing it maybe one more time...since i'm almost forgeting what happend in the movie exactly. I've got a horrible memory...or maybe it was a bit too fast paced for me?
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 11:52 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1862
Bright Eyes says:
That's incredible. More than double their budget of around 150 million. I'd be happy. And of course there's still however many weeks left of ticket sales. That's only 5 days worth!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 12:27 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1064
Ginny511 says:
Oh my god!!!!! My moms in on the couch rolling her eyes and saying of course anna its harry potter!! But 330 million WOOW!!!!!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 1:05 AM EST
Witch
Points: 670
draconifors says:
HOLLY MOLLY that alot of money!!!!!!
not surprizing though Harry Potter has a BIG reputation!!!!!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 1:31 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 472
hedwig86 says:
Wow thats amazing, but I knew it would! Although it wasn't what I thought it would be, I enjoyed it. I saw it twice and liked it better the second time, weird huh?!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 1:43 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1453
smart hermione says:
I liked this one, much better than goblet, anyway. I loved the grawp scene;)
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 6:02 AM EST
Prof. Alfred W. Mandoore
Points: 2445
JAYSTARR says:
This is bonkers, so much in five days, image keeping it on all summer.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 7:14 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1098
Tonks' Twin says:
WOW that's a disturbing amount!!!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 7:39 AM EST
Lips of an Angel
Points: 26390
3.1415926535 says:
HOLLLLLLYYY COOWWWW!!!!! That is soooooooooooooooooooo much money... to make in THREE days!!! *jaw drops* eheheheh :PPP
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 8:49 AM EST
Witch
Points: 937
thy_future_is_bright1 says:
Wow. That is a lot of money!
I'm surprised with how much money OOTP has made. I never knew how quickly the movie passed all of the other four.
The movie is excellent. I'm glad that it had made so much money.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 9:26 AM EST
Delusional Army Soldier
Points: 4399
ILoveHP! says:
I don't think the movie will earn more than Goblet actually. Because this film - people may think they're good, people will think they're boring. So this time around, it's really more of a matter of preferences really...
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 9:50 AM EST
Charms Mistress
(Moderator)
Points: 5162
Weesa says:
That's a lot of money in only five days. But then again this HP and the kids being out of school doesn't hurt either.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 10:38 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
(Moderator)
Points: 1687
jones_jj says:
Those really are some impressive numbers. Let's just hope that it continues to do well. It does seem like each movie has been doing better than the previous movie. This franchise is probably one of the most successful to hit the big screen ever.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 10:48 AM EST
The Dark Knight
Points: 5789
minister for magic says:
Wow big numbers.
However all the sequels are falling a bit shorter than what everyone was expecting them to make. Pirates didn't make as much as was anticipated.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 12:02 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2572
Mystique says:
Not surprising at all. After all, each movie is better than the last, so not surprising when each makes more than the last, no?
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 12:36 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2334
Chahat says:
I think they really released it strategically at a very good point. Kids are on vacations and anyways the its all time Harry Potter high with the last book only 5 days away!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 1:26 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1670
DumbledoresArmy says:
I hope we are number one. GO HP!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 1:43 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1070
azkaban_wannabe says:
Holy cow! That is a ton of money! WOW! That is great!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 1:48 PM EST
Witch
Points: 894
darkside rocker says:
Wow that is alot of money.................
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 2:21 PM EST
Witch
Points: 536
-Rebellion- says:
That's great! And the movie was amazing!! The best so far :D
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 2:39 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1916
Rita Marvolo says:
Merlin's Breard!
that's a lot of money...
Well... I just wish they spend it on a fenomenal recreatoin of the Half-Blood Prince.
The OotP was very good indeed, but it could be A LOT better.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 3:12 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1426
~Hermione says:
Wow! That's a lot. I think they deserve this money because the movie was really good.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 3:20 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 49
xXxXPoWeRoFmAgIcXxXx says:
That's a lot of money. They did a great work!
However, it wasn't surprising.. OotP is the best of all five movies, and lots of people already seen it, and many more will.
Film was amazing, and it's even more spectacular on IMAX (the sound and the final duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort in 3D are just amazing)..
Anyway, I bet 6th and 7th films will be as good as OotP.. Or even better :D
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 4:04 PM EST
Witch
Points: 885
Rachyracho says:
Of course it did really well. I'm sure there are quite a few fans who have already seen the movie more than once.
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 4:51 PM EST
Sirius's Veil Thrower
Points: 4655
SiriusBlacksGodDaughter says:
Holy crap! That's a lot of money! Man, this should teach Warner Bros to have all the movies come out during summer. That's why there was so much money in the first five days!
~Drish~
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 5:10 PM EST
Witch
Points: 640
Melian Potter says:
Sorry but numbers that big are just too big!
My brain doesn´t seem to really understand them.
Thanks for the info, though!
Posted Jul 16, 2007 at 6:12 PM EST
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