Box Office: Harry Potter Has Highest Opening Weekend Ever

Pulling in an estimated $169 million in Box Office receipts, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 set the record for an opening weekend in the United States. On top of that, the film pulled in an estimated $307 million overseas giving it $475 million total for its debut weekend.

Genre Films at the Box Office the Weekend of July 15-17 (Based on Early Estimates):
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Rank - 1 (LW - n/a) / Revenue - $168.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 97%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Rank - 1 (LW - 2) / Revenue - $21.2 MM / Fresh Rating - 36%
Zookeeper Rank - 4 (LW - 3) / Revenue - $12.3 MM / Fresh Rating - 13%
Cars 2 Rank - 5 (LW - 4) / Revenue - $8.3 MM / Fresh Rating - 35%
Super 8 Rank - 9 (LW - 7) / Revenue - $1.9 MM / Fresh Rating - 80%
Green Lantern Rank - 14 (LW - 10) / Revenue - $1.3 MM / Fresh Rating - 26%
X-Men: First Class Rank - 15 (LW - 13) / Revenue - $0.6 MM / Fresh Rating - 86%
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rank - 17 (LW - 15) / Revenue - $0.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 33%
Kung Fu Panda 2 Rank - 18 (LW - 16) / Revenue - $0.5 MM / Fresh Rating - 82%

Source: Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo / Fresh Rating - Rotten Tomatoes