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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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Eternal Meatball Head
Points: 6171
BellaCullen says:
WOw! That is so much money! Thats smart about releasing in the summer! The kids have nothing to do...but I can't beleive it made that much in 5 days!
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:12 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1380
Chadick says:
Dang! That is a lot of money.
If only they could have made the movie much better. I would be ecstatic for them. I am very disappointed with it. They butchered the book (since when did they not? heh).
Oh well, better luck next time.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:22 PM EST
Squib
Points: 120
tatiweasley says:
Off course it did...I really liked this one...they did a good job =)
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:26 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1370
hellothere says:
Wow. That is a lot of money, but it's hardly that surprising though. It was twenty dollars for two people in the theater I went to. (A normal, non-Imax theater)
Chadick: I agree. When do they not butcher the book? It's not like it was unexpected.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:31 PM EST
Witch
Points: 983
crazywitch says:
Cool, thats an awful lot of money, but I guess it costs an awful lot of money to make them too.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:35 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 317
kels22 says:
Wow that's a lot of money.
Wonder how long it will stay in the top stop, as seeing few new movies that are suppose to be big are coming out soon. :)
lots of love,kels
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:35 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1881
DarkPhoenixRising says:
Thats freaking crazy!!! Can I have a few hundred thousand dollars to get by? thats a ton of cash!!!
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 4:46 PM EST
Long Way from Happy
Points: 2952
OEHFICE says:
Ooh, that's Awesome. Obviously, I'm not totally shocked, there was so much hype around this movie and it is summer when more kids are able to go to the movies. But it's still Awesome!
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:02 PM EST
Witch
Points: 755
harrypotter equalslife says:
Hah im not really surprised at all.
If it wasnt put out in the summer, there is no wayyy it would have made this much money already.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:03 PM EST
Seer
Points: 15207
Brittany Radcliffe says:
OH
MY
GOSH!
no wait...this doesnt surprise me.
here in Jacksonville they gave OOTP 4 out of 4 stars.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:09 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2363
Nataly says:
$330 million worldwide? That's a big amount of money but also very logical!! I am sure that is going to be even beger the next few days
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:14 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 439
bubblegum says:
WOW
Thats a lot of money i want some the film was great i cant wait for the book.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:20 PM EST
Witch
Points: 614
Harry_Hermoine_Fanz says:
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix rocks! The Half-Blood Prince should be making towards the number 1 when it's out!!
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:24 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2011
brenpotterfans says:
Well the article is right I'm not surprised at all about the amount of money Order of the Phoenix has made. I saw it and I liked it.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:38 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1255
TheSeventhHorcrux says:
Excellent, let's set some more records!!! I'm not surprised, with each successive movie, they'll make more and more for each one.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:54 PM EST
Points: 264
Saber says:
Very cool, I'm sure they'll least make twice as much if not triple.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 5:56 PM EST
Witch
Points: 633
filipipa says:
Well, this doesn't surprise me. After all the film is absolutely great, this is Summer we're talking about and there is only a week left until Deathly Hallows comes out!
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:04 PM EST
Witch
Points: 693
Marietta Edgecombe says:
Wow, that's insane.
Good job!
I shouldn't be so surprised though. In my opinion it's the best one yet.
:]
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:08 PM EST
Witch
Points: 861
star chaser says:
Wow, that's a lot of money. Not really surprising tho - everyone will be watching it, more than once.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:08 PM EST
Mrs. Draco Malfoy
Points: 27761
Arika Granger Malfoy says:
Weee! and $17 of that is from me!!
hahahahaha
woohooo! And I am gonna see it at least one more time!!!!!
:D
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:21 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 350
Puffskein16 says:
Woohoo! I already saw it twice! That's fantastic! Can anyone confirm if that is more than what Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End made?
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:28 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1005
HP_obsessor says:
WOAH!! That's soo cool! And it totally deserves it! It was a great movie and Dan's performance was remarkable!
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:49 PM EST
Witch
Points: 672
ObscurePotterReference says:
This article was very hard to read, it was not written clearly. It goes back and forth between not making as much money the first weekend as the other movies, and making more than all the other movies in the first week. What is the point of that, I'm still rereading it, because I'm sure I've missed something.
I just hope this movie makes more than Pirates.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:51 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 44
akeldama says:
I thought the movie was great! And a great idea to release it in the summer. I think more people are drawn to it since they are getting older and they a get a bit darker. Loved the movie. I'll most likely see a few more times in Imax.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 6:52 PM EST
Legilimens
Points: 3013
Extendable Ears says:
Those are pretty amazing numbers. I think that Phoenix is a better film the Goblet overall and it seems to be favoured by most fans. That's what franchises do: make heaps of money all over the world.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 7:03 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2572
Roswelladdict says:
I am happy for WB and Jo they deserve all the rewards they can garner from HP.
I wonder how it will do this coming weekend? Do you think the numbers will drop with all the HP fans out buying the final book. What if Harry dies? Will that hurt OoTp as well as the subsequent films? It is going to be interesting to see how things work out.
Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 7:11 PM EST
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