Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Looks Set To Crush The Dark Knight!

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Looks Set To Crush The Dark Knight!

The final Harry Potter movie has not only beaten The Dark Knight's opening day takings, but also looks set to beat it's record breaking first three days at the US box office! Hit the jump for details...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 15, 2011 03:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
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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!



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Dynamo
Dynamo - 7/15/2011, 3:55 PM
Not surprising. Lot of Wizard fans out there.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 7/15/2011, 3:56 PM
BULLSHIT
ALmighty1080
ALmighty1080 - 7/15/2011, 4:03 PM
lol why is it that this wilding guy always posts antiDC news.
TayDee
TayDee - 7/15/2011, 4:05 PM
how is this anti dc news
Lert
Lert - 7/15/2011, 4:08 PM
...and the TDKR will crush HP next year.. its all good for WB nontheless
hervatting
hervatting - 7/15/2011, 4:09 PM
The saga that never failed at the box office would fail at it's very end , yeah right.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 7/15/2011, 4:09 PM
Let the competitive, immature fanboy comments begin!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/15/2011, 4:12 PM
I post Anti-DC news because Marvel know that my articles are so important, they'll change the opinions of the masses and cause all future DC projects to fail.

superotherside
superotherside - 7/15/2011, 4:12 PM
hmmm... doubt it idk... hope Captain America will hit number 1 when it comes out... but I'm not sure if it will be able to... fingers crossed just the same!
batmanrises
batmanrises - 7/15/2011, 4:15 PM
Who gives a shit lol
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey - 7/15/2011, 4:17 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! NO GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY????!!!! Just kidding. lol. Really who cares. Doesn't really matter. The Dark Knight Rises and Avengers will probably do way better anyway. And even if they don't, who cares. Besides, sales shouldn't matter to us fanboys as much as good reviews and good movies that we enjoy. Heck, good reviews don't even matter. What matters is what you think of the movie. Of course, sales do matter to the film makers. lol.
SugarYumYum
SugarYumYum - 7/15/2011, 4:18 PM
No surprise there. This is going to open with 200+ million domestically easily.
REDSTORM
REDSTORM - 7/15/2011, 4:21 PM
WB hands the record over to WB. It's a shame they can't be too consistent though.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/15/2011, 4:21 PM
Potter films are massively front loaded. Even if it breaks the record this weekend, it'll likely have a steep fall next weekend, so Cap still has a chance to open #1. Of course, it doesn't really matter if it does or not, but it is fun to speculate, I know.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 7/15/2011, 4:21 PM
Both Harry Potter and TDK are produced by Warner Brothers, it's a win win for them. Only stupid fanboys see this as "anti-DC" because their perspectives are narrow minded at best!

The Harry Potter films have been the most successful film series of all time, yet the first film remains the biggest grossing at the box office. This one may actually be the one to finally surpass that first movie and make it over the 1 billion mark!
CaptainTall
CaptainTall - 7/15/2011, 4:22 PM
Called it.
RunDTC
RunDTC - 7/15/2011, 4:22 PM
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DIE POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RunDTC
RunDTC - 7/15/2011, 4:22 PM
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DIE POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/15/2011, 4:23 PM
LMAO tea, that gif is awesome. :D But what am I gonna do? Between plotting the downfall of Green Lantern by reporting that it's a flop, and now this, my cover as a secret agent for Marvel is close to being blown!
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 7/15/2011, 4:23 PM
THEY SHOULD NOT! of have captain america come out the same time as harry potter,they should of done it earlier or later (obvi) but it will get raped by harry potter
Fantine
Fantine - 7/15/2011, 4:25 PM
Ah but the Dark Lord is now vanquished...but next year a Dark Knight will rise and beat all.
Minotauro
Minotauro - 7/15/2011, 4:27 PM
This is some important news josh, there was a time when you brits were pumping out relevant articles, now? Not so sure. ;)
Fantine
Fantine - 7/15/2011, 4:30 PM
Its going to beat Avatar :( And i liked Avatar.
SageMode
SageMode - 7/15/2011, 4:30 PM
The only reason HP is being compared to TDK is because of how commercially successful TDK was as far as Gross Earnings at the box office. im sure if Iron Man made more than that, this article would be "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Looks Set To Crush Iron Man"
oreilly
oreilly - 7/15/2011, 4:31 PM
Harry Potter won't "SHATTER" The Dark Knight's opening weekend record. The Harry Potter movies have a knack for dropping significantly from it's opening day numbers (eg. Harry Potter 7 Pt 1 went from $61.7 million to $38.2 M to $25.1 M for its opening weekend). Harry Potter might beat The Dark Knight, but it won't blow it out of the water. I'll make my prediction whether it will or not after we get Friday's complete results.
patriautism
patriautism - 7/15/2011, 4:33 PM
Poor Captain America.. I love Potter, but the person or people who decided to release it a week after Potter, well they're stupid..
nuck82
nuck82 - 7/15/2011, 4:37 PM
BECAUSE JOSH LOVES HIM SOME CYCLOPS!!!! MARVEL FOR LIFE!!
capcyclopsftw
capcyclopsftw - 7/15/2011, 4:39 PM
Tea - I called Almighty once and he said he was "new" to comics! Haha
Minotauro
Minotauro - 7/15/2011, 4:39 PM
Kes - You must be the biggest tool on this site, if you buy into your own logic that you post here.

Harry Potter's box office is a relevant as the shit I put in the toilet, and so is your comment.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 7/15/2011, 4:40 PM
Why do some choose to make everything Marvel vs. DC? Sometimes I really wonder about the psyche of those that post here. I'm wasn't sold on X-Men First Class and I am still not sold on TDKR. Does that mean I am anti-Marvel and anti-DC? What the hell am I doing here? :-P
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 7/15/2011, 4:40 PM
Why do some choose to make everything Marvel vs. DC? Sometimes I really wonder about the psyche of those that post here. I'm wasn't sold on X-Men First Class and I am still not sold on TDKR. Does that mean I am anti-Marvel and anti-DC? What the hell am I doing here? :-P
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 7/15/2011, 4:41 PM
...plus I can't edit my typo and delete the extra post that appeared to not post. What am I doing here??? :-p
SuperDan89
SuperDan89 - 7/15/2011, 4:42 PM
Good, just means the cinema going audience are putting the bar higher ready for TDKR to break all box office records next year.

Avengers?...it will be the year of the Bat!
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