Recession or not, the box office had a big summer, pulling in a total of $4.35 billion, a 5 percent increase over last summer.
The big winner this summer was Warner Bros., which earned just over $1 billion, 59 percent of which came from two films: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and the surprise hit comedy The Hangover.
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Paramount scraped up $848.8 million with only nine releases. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen did most of the heavy lifting, earning $400.7 million during its run, the highest of any other flick domestically this summer.
Fox and Disney, which both ...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince took in a spellbinding $79.5 million over the weekend and $159.7 million over its five-day debut. (Internationally, the wizardly Warner Bros. film also dominated the box office with a $396.7 million total take — the strongest start ever for a Harry Potter film.)
Exit polls showed loyal fans are standing by the franchise as they are maturing, with 60 percent of audiences comprised of ...
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The Half-Blood Prince is the king of the box office.
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The sixth installment of the boy-wizard flicks, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hauled in a record worldwide total of $104 million in its first day of release to post the best start ever for the franchise. The film grossed $58.2 million domestically and $45.9 million overseas on Wednesday, Variety reports.
Half-Blood Prince started strong out of the gate: It raked in ...
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The ABC special J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life, premiering Thursday at 8 pm/ET, sheds light on the beloved Harry Potter author's world and work by chronicling the 12 months leading up to the release of the seventh, final entry in the bestselling series: Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows.
ABC's inside look at Rowling's origins and career comes as the latest big-screen adaptation, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is enchanting fans in theaters, conjuring up $22 million in its first night at the box office.
Elizabeth Vargas, the host of A Year in the Life, sat with TVGuide.com to share a peek at its many revelations. Among the topics covered ...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is off to a magical start after earning a record-breaking $22.2 million in midnight showings Wednesday.
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Half-Blood Prince took the crown from last summer's The Dark Knight, which raked in $18 million in its early morning showings, according to Variety. The opening also outperformed ...
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