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Post by Meg on Jul 13, 2007 14:58:25 GMT
Harry Potter Broke a US Record....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office.
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" took in US$44.8 million in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday.
That included $12 million from screenings that started at midnight Tuesday.
The sequel from Time Warner Inc. unit Warner Bros. topped the previous Wednesday record of $40.4 million for 2004's "Spider-Man 2," according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
"In terms of box office, the law of diminishing returns does not apply to 'Harry Potter.' It seems to be getting better with age," said Paul Dergarabedian, Media By Numbers president, who noted that the July 21 publication of the seventh and final "Harry Potter" novel likely helped drive interest in the latest film.
"It has the effect of creating even more excitement for both properties," Dergarabedian said. "It's a synergistic match made in heaven to have the book and movie come out within a couple weeks of each other."
"Order of the Phoenix," the fifth installment of the movie franchise based on J.K. Rowling's fantasy bestsellers, has teen wizard Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) teaching classmates magic spells to defend themselves against the coming battle with the forces of dark Lord Voldemort.
The cast includes Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as Harry's closest school chums, plus Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson and Imelda Staunton.
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Jul 13, 2007 19:27:55 GMT
I really want to see this movie as soon as possible!! I hope next week, because my parents have holiday now, so we have more time to go.
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Jul 20, 2007 7:55:10 GMT
I went to this movie last week. It was nice, but don't expect too much if you have read the book.
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Post by emma23 on Apr 5, 2008 19:16:47 GMT
Yeah i heard about all that.. Is it true that the films are getting worse? and further apart from the books?
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Apr 5, 2008 19:36:24 GMT
I think so indeed. The books are really great and altho I get that they are hard to film, they can do it MUCH better!!
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Post by ~Doris~ on Apr 5, 2008 21:42:45 GMT
I saw it. It was a great movie. But of course, not as good as the book.
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Post by emma23 on Apr 6, 2008 14:34:26 GMT
Yeah i agree with that Even from the first film- they were always so adjusted and not as good.. generally all books are usually are better then the films though..
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Apr 6, 2008 14:39:57 GMT
Yeah, I know. There are only 2 movies so far that I have seen that aren't like that. The first one is "The DaVinci Code", the movie explained everything really good and I got it better as in the book. The second is "A Walk To Remember". The movie is so far from the book that it's great to watch the movie and read the book without compair it.
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