Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 continues to astound as it posts the biggest single-day gross in box office history with an almost unimaginable $92.1 million in its Friday debut in 4,375 theaters. Potter 7, Part 2 takes the all-time single-day crown from The Twilight Saga: New Moon which earned $72.7 million in its debut on Friday, November 20, 2009 after posting the then second best midnight gross of $26,270,000.
The Friday gross includes record-breaking North American midnight grosses of $43.5 million from shows (in 3,800 locs) starting at 12:01am and $2 million in record setting IMAX midnight grosses. The film could break a Saturday record as well if it tops the $51.3 million generated by Spider-Man 3 on its second day of release, May 5, 2007. At this breakneck pace could a $160 million plus (or beyond) record-breaking opening weekend be in the cards? That remains to be seen, but one thing is certain, The Dark Knight and its July 2008 record opening weekend of $158,411,483 is possibly one day away from moving to the second spot on the all-time chart.
Note:
Friday 7/15/11 was a record single day gross for the industry with $117.0m (based on Estimates)
Previous was 11/20/09 (New Moon opening) $107.1m
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TOP SINGLE-DAY MOVIE GROSSES OF ALL-TIME
HOLLYWOOD.COM BOX-OFFICE
RANK Day of Release Day of Week Date Single-Day Gross
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2 (WARNER BROS.) – Opened 07/15/11
1 1 Friday 7/15/2011 $92,100,000
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (SUMMIT ENT.) – Opened 11/20/09
2 1 Friday 11/20/2009 $72,703,754
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (SUMMIT ENT.) – Opened 06/30/10
3 1 Wednesday 6/30/2010 $68,533,840
THE DARK KNIGHT (WARNER BROS.) – Opened 7/18/08
4 1 Friday 7/18/2008 $67,165,092
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (PARA) – Opened 6/24/09
5 1 Wednesday 6/24/2009 $62,016,476
TOP 5 OPENING WEEKENDS OF ALL-TIME – UPDATED THROUGH JULY 16, 2011
Hollywood.com Box-Office
Sorted by 3-day opening F/S/S
RANK TITLE DISTRIBUTOR 3-DAY OPENING RELEASE DATE
1 DARK KNIGHT, THE WARNER BROS. $158,411,483 Fri, 7/18/08
2 SPIDER-MAN 3 SONY $151,116,516 Fri, 5/4/07
3 TWILIGHT SAGA, THE: NEW MOON SUMMIT ENT. $142,839,137 Fri, 11/20/09
4 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST BUENA VISTA $135,634,554 Fri, 7/7/06
5 IRON MAN 2 PARAMOUNT $128,122,480 Fri, 5/7/10
