Is anyone surprised that
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has made a ton of money already? The movie took in $79.5M this weekend (domestically) and $159.7M since Wednesday's release. In addition, overseas sales totalled $237M.
It's ironic, because Huffington Post
characterizes this chapter of the Harry Potter franchise as a movie "with some of the best reviews of any Harry Potter" yet, everything I've heard from friends and family haven't been so positive. A lot of "I liked it, but ..."
Anyway,
Bruno -- remember him? -- plummeted from an opening weekend of $30.6M to just $8.4M this weekend. Put away your calculators, that's a 73% drop
Here's the weekend's top (
I Love You, Beth Cooper sold tickets?):
1. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," $79.5 million.
2. "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," $17.7 million.
3. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," $13.8 million.
4. "Bruno," $8.4 million.
5. "The Hangover," $8.32 million.
6. "The Proposal," $8.3 million.
7. "Public Enemies," $7.6 million.
8. "Up," $3.1 million.
9. "My Sister's Keeper," $2.8 million.
10. "I Love You, Beth Cooper," $2.7 million. />Is anyone surprised that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has made a ton of money already? The movie took in $79.5M this weekend (domestically) and $159.7M since Wednesday's release. In addition, overseas sales totalled $237M.
It's ironic, because Huffington Post characterizes this chapter of the Harry Potter franchise as a movie "with some of the best reviews of any Harry Potter" yet, everything I've heard from friends and family haven't been so positive. A lot of "I liked it, bu...