The (23)_____ Harry Potter movie shattered box office records in the US and Canada, taking $168m over its opening weekend.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 made $92.1m on its opening day. The (24)_____ opening weekend record was held by Batman film The Dark Knight, which took $10m.
The Potter film is the eighth movie in the hugely (25)______ franchise. Fans around the world (26)______ for hours to be among the first to see the film, which was based on the second part of JK Rowling’s seventh and final book in the series.
Most cinemas were showing the film in 3D, which slightly increased the ticket (27)______ . The (28)______ Potter film series has so far earned more than £4bn worldwide, not including the final film’s (29)______ so far. Internationally, the film had taken $157.5m by the first Friday. “A billion dollars was (30)_____ going to happen,” said Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. It has been 16 years the first movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was (31)_____ . It made stars of its young (32)_____ , Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.