Half-Blood Prince has broken a record for the best international IMAX opening, grossing $3.6 million from 62 screens. In the US the film took $429,000. On July 29th the film will open in a further 161 theaters in the States.

“Warner Bros. is thrilled with the opening weekend numbers and setting a new IMAX international record,” says Veronika Kwan-Rubinek, President of Warner Bros. Pictures International. “These results are a testament to the long and flourishing partnership we have had with IMAX, with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince marking the 19th feature title our companies have released together.”

“The worldwide excitement around this title has been incredible, and we’re so happy to be able to reach fans with another – our 4th, in fact – amazing Potter IMAX Experience,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “Warner Bros. has created an unrivaled franchise with the Potter films, and we are grateful to them as well as David Heyman, David Baron and David Yates for enthusiastically supporting The IMAX Experience.”

Thanks Oclumencia

Matthew Lewis and Bonnie Wright attended the Polish premiere and press conference today!  Photos from the Press Conference are now online, see them here at Lewis Lovers!  I also have more Holland and London Bus Tour and Belgian Premiere photos at Lewis Lovers!

London Tour – x5
Holland Tour – x14
Belgian Premiere – x13

Reuters is reporting that Half-Blood Prince has made a total of $396.7 million internationally in the first five days of release, breaking Spider-Man 3’s record from two years ago!

Go Half-Blood Prince! 😀

The US Daily (among many other sites) is reporting that Half-Blood Prince’s 5 day total for ticket sales is $159.7 million.

But while “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” crushed its rivals at the box office, the wizard fantasy failed to match the performance of the year’s biggest movie, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which earned $201 million during its first five days last month.

It outpaced its predecessor, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” whose five-day tally came in at $139.7 million two years ago. That movie ended up making $938 million worldwide, making it the seventh-biggest movie of all time before accounting for inflation.

Thanks to Oclumencia we have some new High Res behind the scenes photos from Half-Blood Prince, you can see them here in the gallery!

(we did previously see 2 of these in MQ but they are now in glorious High Res)

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly (July 24th) has a few pages with Harry Potter in them.  One page is “The Must List: The Top 10 Things We Love This Week” and Half-Blood Prince is NUMBER 1!!!  They also have a short (2 page) review of Half-Blood Prince, they give the film an A- .

In addition there is a spread on Emma’s fashion choices for the promotional tour with grades for the outfits! (I put this in as 2 separate pages as well as the spread together)

See all the scans here in the gallery!

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