<\/a>The final Harry Potter movie has broken the record for the biggest first day box office sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates.
\nThe film’s distributor, Warner Bros, reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $92.1m (\u00a357m) in North America on Friday.
\nThe previous single-day record belonged to The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which made $72.7m (\u00a345m)\u00a0on its opening day.
\nThe Potter film is the eighth movie in the franchise.
\nThe seventh book in JK Rowling’s popular series was split into two films.
\nFans around the world queued for hours to be among the first to see the film.
\nThe entire Potter film series has so far earned more than \u00a34bn worldwide, not including the final film’s takings so far.
\nIt has been 10 years since the first movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released.
\nIt made stars of its young cast, Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.<\/p>\n

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The final Harry Potter movie has broken the record for the biggest first day box office sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates. The film’s distributor, Warner Bros, reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $92.1m (\u00a357m) in North America on Friday. The previous single-day record belonged to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1933,896,4923],"yoast_head":"\n