Two Movies Enter the Billion Dollar Box-Office Club

Both Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon have both crossed a significant hurdle this past weekend, entering the billion dollar box-office club! They are the 9th and 10th entries into this list of movies, respectively. The list includes Avatar, Titanic, and many more. I realize that this group probably doesn't seem as special anymore as 2 movies have made it in over the last few days, but they were also expected to make a ton of money, and there aren't any more movies expected to do as well as them until next summer's The Dark Knight Rises.

Have you seen either of these movies? If so, do they deserve a spot on the prestigious list of films? Sound off in the comments!

'Captain America' Steals a Little Bit of the 'Harry Potter' Magic

Fine, fine, you can rub it in, my dear Harry Potter has been pushed out of the number one spot. I have to admit it, I haven't actually seen Captain America yet, but I hope to this week.


Based on studio estimates, Captain America made $65.8 million, only $100,000 ahead of May's Thor. In second place was my beloved Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 made another $48 million, bringing it's domestic total to $274.4 and it's worldwide total to $834,582,000. I hate to jinx it, but it is highly unlikely that this film won't cross the billion dollar mark, especially after it opens in China next month.


Here's how the rest of the weekend went down (in millions):


1. Captain America: The First Avenger - $65.8
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $48.1
3. Friends with Benefits - $18.5 mil
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $12
5. Horrible Bosses - $11.7
6. Zookeeper - $8.7
7. Cars 2 - $5.7
8. Winnie the Pooh - $5.1
9. Bad Teacher - $2.6
10. Midnight in Paris - $1.9

'Harry Potter' Shatters Nearly Every Box-Office Record that is Possible to Break in Just One Weekend

Don't deny it, deep down you knew this would happen. Harry Potter has rightfully taken Twilight's place as the franchise with most domestic box-office records... in just one weekend! I absolutely love Harry Potter and really don't care for sparkly vampires, so this comes as welcome news to me (sorry, twi-hards). In just three days, Deathly Hallows Part 2 has broken the records for the following: (previous record holders are in parentheses or brackets)

• Most money made from pre-ordering tickets (Fandango, Yahoo! Movies, etc.)
• Most money made through midnight showings (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
• Most successful first day (domestic) [The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]
• Most successful weekend (domestic) [The Dark Knight]
• Most successful weekend (international) [Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]
• Most successful weekend (worldwide) [Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince]
• Most successful weekend (England and Australia)
• Most successful IMAX weekend (domestic) [Alice In Wonderland]
• Most successful IMAX weekend (worldwide) [Transformers: Dark of the Moon]

Wow. My hands practically ache from typing all of that. You have to admit, all of those records in just three days is pretty impressive. Can the movie make a billion dollars? Will it dominate the world? Can Twilight top Harry this fall or next summer? Will The Dark Knight Rises get revenge on him for stealing their most successful weekend record? Can Harry keep the record all for himself? Am I asking way too many unnecessary questions? Of course!