Wow, no one has mentioned that HBP has already grossed as much as twilight did during it’s 19 weeks run. Now, twitards, tell me who owns who!!???

Oh my god. You know, when numbers get that big I can’t even comprehend them! It’s a huge number, but it means nothing to me except “holy crap that’s a lot of money!!”. ;)

This is so cool.

I am disappointed at the bandwagon mentality support for this film. As HP fans, we should be critical of anything that falls short of the mark, and I felt this film fell significantly short of the mark on delivering the breath and scope of the 6th book. It appears that Warner Brothers is betting on the sheep mentality of the HP fans, and threw out this actionless substitute for the public to dribble over. [And as far as competing with Transformers Action – it isn’t even in the ball park.]. I do appreciate that the actors demonstrated their true skills by saving this film which butchered the ploy and action that I so enjoyed from the book. The movie cut so much from the plot that few people other than potter fans could have made heads or tails about plot.

I hope that the next film will worthy of the name HP, and not like this catastrophe.

I’m with Eeyore, the numbers don’t make much sense. Especially when comparing with movies from previous years. For one thing, there’s inflation – it costs more to see a movie now than it did even two years ago when OOP came out. When I saw that, a matinee showing was $7, for HBP it was $8.50. My landlord, who is 81, remembers when it cost a quarter to see a movie!

It would be interesting if someone would do a comparison between the HP films and other high-grossing movies of the past – Star Wars, for example – with the numbers used being either the actual number of people attending, or box office receipts adjusted for inflation.

I’m delighted that HBP is doing well – I’ve seen it twice myself. I loved it – think it’s the best yet. The kids’ acting just gets better and better, and Jim Broadbent was magnificent as Professor Slughorn.

Good job cast and crew!
I’m sure HP will do better than Transformers in the long run.

WOW! Transformers may get whooped!

That’s a lot of money. Wouldn’t be amazed if their using it as toilet paper lol.

We all knew they would make a ton of money.

“As HP fans, we should be critical of anything that falls short of the mark” hws

As real Potter fans, whe are used to the changes between the books and the movies. Real Potter fans know that a 2hr movie cannot contain everything that happens in 600 pages, but i bet you think you are the first person to point out that the funeral was cut…

GOOOD JOB HBP! that’s outstanding

That is a huge opening half week, once again it is huge outside the US.

I’d like to see a comparison too Harpsichordian. As ticket prices go up every year, it would be nice to see which film came out top when all the figures are adjusted for inflation/ you look at actual number of seats. That’s why in the All Time World Wide Box Office Titanic is No. 1 but if adjusted for inflation it’s actually Gone With the Wind.

No, no, no. Half Blood Prince has already beaten Transformers 2. Worldwide it has. Domestically, transformers beat it for the 5-day opening, but worldwide, Harry Potter has the spot. :)

Wow…amazing to hear but not totally surprised. I will be adding to it of course when it comes to IMAX in my area. And the movie is wonderfully done too!