Variety: Half-Blood Prince Takes in 20 Million at Midnight Showings, Beats Dark Knight Update: Now 22 Million
HBP Film
Posted by: sue
July 15, 2009, 11:44 AM
Well those sold-out showings at midnight certainly proved popular: Variety is reporting that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was a huge hit, "taking in as much as $20 million when opening at 12:01 a.m. Wedneday at the domestic B.O., according to early estimates.That
figure beats the $18 million earned in midnight runs by Warners’ very
own “The Dark Knight” and the $17 million earned by 20th Century Fox’s
“Star Wars: Episode III —Revenge of the Sith.” UPDATE: The AP reports WB has announced the actual total is 22.2 Million. Wow!
116 Comments
146 Points
That’s the way we Harry Potter fans work!
146 Points
That’s the way we Harry Potter fans work!
Am I the only * one who thought they absolutely butchered the story??? I mean (spoiler alert) they totally didn’t even show the last battle in the castle, and the BURNED DOWN THE BURROW!!! What the #@#%$&#$ was Steve Kloves thinking? The Elder Wand chilling in Dumbledore’s office right after the attack, the lack of a tomb or funeral scene… gah the cast was the best they’ve been but the story seemed kind of incidental to me.
350 Points
I personally was not happy….What was with Harry asking out that waitress????
57 Points
at the theater i was at, they told us that they sold about 950 tickets in advance for Order of the Phoenix. for Half-Blood Prince, they sold 1800 tickets in advance, which is the biggest advance ticket sale they’ve ever had. so cool!
337 Points
22 million thats a great night
16257 Points
wow! i wish i could have went at midnight. i hope i can go in the next few days.
29 Points
Woohoo, just back from seeing the HBP
29 Points
I went to a 16:00 showing here in Scotland. I was far more happy with this film than I was with OOTP!
20305 Points
didn’t see that one coming. rolls eyes
4452 Points
dang it!!! thats a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot of money!!!
217 Points
Blooody hell! 22 million dollars?! There’s no way twilight can compete with that, what are people thinking?!
217 Points
Blooody hell! 22 million dollars?! There’s no way twilight can compete with that, what are people thinking?!
I went to see this at the cinema earlier. They have a showing every 40 mins between 11am and 10pm but everyone has already sold out so I’ve had to book one for tomorrow.
135 Points
And that is just for the ticket prices. : ) Judging by the amount of people standing next to me at the concession stand at just the one theater I was at, the theaters did really well on their sales too. I have often wondered, though, if they shouldn’t be comparing the ticket sales between movies by a percentage rather than dollar number. Just as an example, I went to the midnight release of Twilight and the ticket price was only 4.95 (US dollars), but the showing I was at for HP last night was at the same theater, but cost twice as much. I am not sure if that is just due to rising ticket prices or what the studios establish as to what to charge, or if it is up to the theater to decide? I know the IMAX tickets will be even more than that, so when HP:HBP opens in wider release in IMAX the numbers will get even higher.
That’s the way we Harry Potter fans work!