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Potter Works Magic on Box Office
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Melissa Wilson
 
By Melissa Wilson
Published on 07/12/2007
 
To the surprise of no one, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" netted a huge amount of money for Warner Brothers for its opening day ...

Biggest Wednesday Opening Ever
To the surprise of no one, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" netted a huge amount of money for Warner Brothers for its opening day. Just from the midnight showings, the film took in $12 million, and rounded out the day with a tidy $44.2 million. As records go, this is the best opening ever for a Wednesday, and the fifth-largest opening ever on any day, according to Variety.  It also represents the highest-ever opening for a Warner film.  The film managed to take in $1.9 million on IMAX screens alone, besting the $1.8 million of "Spider-Man 3."  The overseas take was $29.9 million.  What does this mean to fan-on-the-street?  We're going to get the last two movies, without any doubt.

So how are you spending the last week before the Deathly Hallows release?