BoxOffice Mojo has been updating Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I‘s box office progress throughout the weekend.  As of today it has pulled in $125,120,000 in the US and $205,000,000 internationally!  They report the following:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 drew an estimated $125.1 million on approximately 9,400 screens at 4,125 locations, blowing past the franchise’s last pre-Thanksgiving debut and previous opening weekend gross high, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which earned $102.7 million out of the gate in 2005. New Moon still holds the November record with $142.8 million, while the other pictures ahead of Deathly on the overall chart are The Dark Knight ($158.4 million), Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($135.6 million) and Iron Man 2 ($128.1 million).

In terms of estimated attendance, Deathly Hallows Part 1’s start came in slightly behind the first movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Goblet of Fire. As a franchise, Harry Potter has grossed nearly $1.84 billion thus far, ranking second to Star Wars’ $1.92 billion (though it greatly trails in attendance). Within ten days, the Harry Potter franchise total should surpass Star Wars.

Included in Deathly Hallows Part 1’s weekend gross was the $24 million it made in its midnight/early Friday opening, which was the third biggest-grossing ever behind Eclipse and New Moon. Anticipation was so high that the Deathly Hallows Part 1’s $61.2 million Friday accounted for 49 percent of the weekend gross, charting as the sixth-largest Friday share of a weekend on record, though it wasn’t as front-loaded as New Moon (51 percent). Deathly Hallows Part 1 also played at a record number of IMAX venues (239), and they contributed an estimated $12.4 million, setting a new opening weekend benchmark for the format.

Distributor Warner Bros.’ exit polling indicated that 57 percent of Deathly Hallows Part 1’s audience was female and 56 percent under 25 years old, which was close to the last movie. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is scheduled to debut on July 15, 2011.

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