Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hit The Box Office

harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-hit-the-box-office Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth film in the Harry Potter film series of 2009. In this year this flim or moive hit the Box Office The film based on the sixth book was originally scheduled to be released on 21 November 2008, but was pushed back to 15 July 2009.The screenplay was written by Steve Kloves, and David Yates directed the film.The film is 153 minutes long, making it the third longest Harry Potter film of the series.

The film broke the record by earning $22.2 million in 3,000 theatres. It beat previous record holders The Dark Knight Moive which was earned $18.5 million during its midnight runs only a year earlier, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which made $16.9 million in 2005. Half-Blood Prince opened in the same Wednesday slot that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix did in 2007, which grossed $12 million in midnight runs, on its way to $139.7 million in its five-day debut in the US.The film grossed $58.2 million on its opening day in North America, the second-highest Wednesday opening of all-time behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It is also the fourth-highest single-day gross of all time, and the highest for a film in the Harry Potter franchise so far. It earned an additional $46 million overseas for a worldwide total of $104 million, breaking the record for highest single-day worldwide gross, previously held by The Dark Knight.On 20 July, the film’s $394 million haul broke the record for biggest ever worldwide 5-day opening, surpassing Spider-Man 3’s $382 million. This makes the film the fastest to reach the $350 million mark in worldwide box office of all time. It also took in $159.7 million in the US in five days, surpassing all of its predecessors by a wide margin and achieving the sixth-largest ever 5-day opening in the US.In the UK, the film grossed £19.75 million (equivalent to about $38.13 million), the highest opening for both the series and releases of 2009.To date, the film is reported to have made $184 million in North America and $421 million worldwide.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hit The Box Office

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