For the second consecutive weekend, the first half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows returned to the 1st place spot by taking home another $50.3 million. While the performance represents a 60% drop among moviegoers from its first performance, it’s hard to see Warner Bros. Pictures being too worried about the large drop-off. After all, the studio has hauled in $220.4 million in its first 10 days of release (ranked 10th all time for that period of time) against a budget of just $130 million. It has likewise won the international race for the second weekend in a row by conjuring up another $113.2 million from 19,000 theaters in 62 foreign markets. With its $220.4 million domestic tally and the $389.2 million that Warner Bros. has received overseas, the studio has tallied up an amazing $609.5 mil in worldwide coin.
For their part, Disney made the holiday race close by introducing Tangled into 3,603 theaters and taking down the 2nd place spot with $49.1 million. Despite recent reports that Disney has planned to fade away from the fairy-tale brand that made them popular---attributed to the modern youth considering it too old fashioned---the studio still has an audience willing to shell out the cash. While they fell just one million shy of the top spot, Disney did end up with the highest average ($13,628). Adding on its early Wednesday numbers, the release has earned $69.0 million domestically and another $13.8 million from early foreign markets.
Sony’s Screen Gems found some success over the weekend as well by unleashing their musical Burlesque into over 3,000 theaters and tuning up $11.8 million as a result. If you’re including its 5-day tally, the film which featured Cher and Christina Aguilera found $17.2 million over the holiday.
Fox’s action adventure Unstoppable rolled down two places for the 5th spot by eating another $11.7 million in receipts. Its third frame has increased the domestic count to $60.7 million, still a sizeable distance from its $100 mil budget.
Rank | Movie | Weekend | Theaters | Average | Total | Budget |
1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I | $50.3 mil | 4,125 | $12,205 | $220.3 mil | $130 |
2 | Tangled | $49.1 mil | 3,603 | $13,628 | $69.0 mil | ---- |
3 | Megamind | $12.8 mil | 3,411 | $3,767 | $130.4 mil | $130 |
4 | Burlesque | $11.8 mil | 3,037 | $3,885 | $17.1 mil | ---- |
5 | Unstoppable | $11.7 mil | 3,183 | $3,691 | $60.7 mil | $100 |
6 | Love and Other Drugs | $9.8 mil | 2,455 | $4,012 | $14.0 mil | ---- |
7 | Faster | $8.7 mil | 2,454 | $3,548 | $12.2 mil | $24 |
8 | Due Date | $7.3 mil | 2,555 | $2,857 | $85.0 mil | $65 |
9 | The Next Three Days | $4.8 mil | 2,564 | $1,888 | $14.5 mil | $30 |
10 | Morning Glory | $4.0 mil | 2,441 | $1,651 | $26.4 mil | $40 |
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