Variety report that
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is already gaining huge momentum at the box office, and will completely crush comic book movie
The Dark Knight's takings over the weekend in the US. While it's not a huge shock that the movie is doing this well, how do you think these record breaking figures might affect
Captain America: The First Avenger next week? Be sure to share your thoughts on that in the usual place, and here is an excerpt from the sites report.
The heck with Voldemort: Harry Potter’s about to take down Batman. As of 1 p.m. Pacific time Friday, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” had already collected $19.3 million in dayside domestic reciepts (including pre-sales), running briskly ahead of three-day box office champ “The Dark Knight,” which had collected $12.4 million at that same point in 2008.
If “Part 2” keeps that pace through Friday evening — galloping about 55% ahead of “The Dark Knight” — its first-day grosses (which include $43.5 in midnight sales) could far exceed $80 million, which would be a staggering opening-day record all unto itself. But the onslaught won’t end there. “Dark Knight,” which grossed $67.2 million on its opening day (including $18.5 million in midnights), currently holds the record for the biggest three-day domestic opening at $158 million. No way that survives the weekend.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is out now. And with an all star cast which includes Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Garly Oldman as Jim Gordon, Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake and Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate,
The Dark Knight Rises is set to be released on July 20, 2012!