Is anyone surprised that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has made a ton of money already? The movie took in $79.5M this weekend (domestically) and $159.7M since Wednesday’s release. In addition, overseas sales totalled $237M.
It’s ironic, because Huffington Post characterizes this chapter of the Harry Potter franchise as a movie “with some of the best reviews of any Harry Potter” yet, everything I’ve heard from friends and family haven’t been so positive. A lot of “I liked it, but …”
Anyway, Bruno — remember him? — plummeted from an opening weekend of $30.6M to just $8.4M this weekend. Put away your calculators, that’s a 73% drop
Here’s the weekend’s top (I Love You, Beth Cooper sold tickets?):
1. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” $79.5 million.
2. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” $17.7 million.
3. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” $13.8 million.
4. “Bruno,” $8.4 million.
5. “The Hangover,” $8.32 million.
6. “The Proposal,” $8.3 million.
7. “Public Enemies,” $7.6 million.
8. “Up,” $3.1 million.
9. “My Sister’s Keeper,” $2.8 million.
10. “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” $2.7 million.
I didn’t like the film at all, nothing goes on until the last 30 minutes and they make Dumbledore’s death look like anyone’s death, when he’s been probably the most important character of the book after Harry himself.
The film was really well made. A good balance of humor and drama, more of a focus on relationships, and some superb acting from the supporting cast. For fans of the book, however, the last 30 minutes were pretty disappointing. The entire ending was almost completely changed, and considering how excellent the rest of the movie had been, I know that for myself it just felt entirely anti-climactic. Honestly though, I don’t think the fans will ever truly be completely satisfied with any film anyone makes because the book series is just so fan freaking tastic its impossible to entirely recreate that magic on the big screen.
What’s up with these “Forgetting Sarah Marshal”, “John Tucker Must Die”, “I Love You Beth Cooper”-type movie titles. Do we need to get that personal? I mean, if you’re name is not Beth Cooper do you really care about seeing the movie?
YES. That’s exactly how I felt about the new HP! “I liked it, but…”. Get outta my head, Wendie!
Yep, I knew Bruno was just a bunch of hype.