Harry Potter bewitches US cinemas

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;11&sol;harry-potter-bewitches-us-cinemas&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"Daniel Radcliffe&comma; Emma Watson and Rupert Grint's latest Harry Potter film has pulled in record audiences in its US opening weekend" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;11&sol;min-harry-potter-bewitches-us-cinemas&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Daniel Radcliffe&comma; Emma Watson and Rupert Grint's latest Harry Potter film has pulled in record audiences in its US opening weekend"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harry Potter has cast his biggest box-office spell yet making a franchise record 125&period;1 million US dollars &lpar;£78&period;24 million&rpar; over its opening weekend in the US&comma; according to studio estimates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows&colon; Part 1 also added 205 million dollars &lpar;£128&period;2 million&rpar; in 54 overseas countries&comma; bringing the film&&num;8217&semi;s worldwide total to 330&period;1 million dollars &lpar;£206&period;44 million&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In terms of US revenue&comma; Deathly Hallows&colon; Part 1 came in ahead of the series&&num;8217&semi; best previous debut of 102&period;7 million dollars &lpar;£64&period;23 million&rpar; for 2005&&num;8217&semi;s Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But factoring in the higher admission prices&comma; the latest movie had roughly the same size audience as the franchise&&num;8217&semi;s best previous draws &&num;8211&semi; Goblet Of Fire and 2001&&num;8217&semi;s Harry Potter And The Sorcerer&&num;8217&semi;s Stone&comma; which launched the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Deathly Hallows and those two earlier movies each sold around 16 million tickets in their first weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Overseas markets for Deathly Hallows were led by a 28 million dollars opening in Great Britain &lpar;£17&period;51 million&rpar;&comma; 21&period;8 million dollars &lpar;£13&period;63 million&rpar; in Germany&comma; 14&period;8 million dollars &lpar;£9&period;26 million&rpar; in Australia&comma; 14 million dollars &lpar;£8&period;76 million&rpar; in Japan and 12&period;3 million dollars &lpar;£7&period;69 million&rpar; in Russia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The movie audience has grown up along with young wizard Harry&comma; played by Daniel Radcliffe&comma; and his friends Hermione &&num;8211&semi; Emma Watson &&num;8211&semi; and Ron&comma; played by Rupert Grint&period; Distributor Warner Brothers reported that 25&percnt; of the audience for the new movie was aged between 18 and 34&comma; compared with only 10&percnt; for Sorcerer&&num;8217&semi;s Stone nine years ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When we started Harry Potter&comma; basically&comma; the audience was driven to theatres by their parents&period; Today&comma; those same kids are driving to the midnight shows themselves&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Dan Fellman&comma; head of distribution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69024efde8758">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; 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