G-Force earned $32.1 million in the United States and Canada, pushing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince down to second place. Photograph by: G-Force , Disney LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A trio of animated secret agent guinea pigs broke the spell of the new Harry Potter movie to take the top spot at the North American box office, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. "G-Force," a Disney live action and computer-generated animation family feature, earned $32.1 million in the United States and Canada, pushing "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" down to second place with $30 million in its second weekend. The sixth movie in the boy wizard franchise dropped 61...
Showing: Most recent articles Freebies for families: Cheer on the Red Sox and the kids eat free! Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Being a Red Sox fan just got a little bit more exciting for families with young children. Any time our beloved Boston baseball team wins a... Keep Reading » Rainy day activities: Is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince appropriate for kids? Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Parents may be wondering whether or not the new Harry Potter movie entitled, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is appropriate for their......
NEW YORK - Even after a half-dozen films, Harry Potter continues to prove he's a sorcerer in the dark. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth movie installment of J.K. Rowling's book series, took in more than $158 million at the box office over its first five days, a sum that's a little lower than initial estimates but still a much bigger haul than its predecessor. The last movie, "Harry...
Box office | LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter continues to work box-office alchemy, turning his latest adventure into an overnight blockbuster. The sixth...
EDINBURGH, Scotland – Jump on a broomstick (or a plane) and head to the United Kingdom to visit landmarks associated with Harry Potter. With the latest film installment in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," now in theaters, the Scotland-based travel-search...
LOS ANGELES---- Harry Potter continues to work box-office alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight blockbuster. The sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," took in $79.5 million domestically over opening weekend and $159.7 million since debuting last Wednesday, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros. on Sunday. » PHOTO GALLERY Weekend box office Here are estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters. 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.....$79.5 mill. 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.....$17.7 mill. 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.....$13.8 mill. 4. Bruno.....$8.4 mill. 5....
The sixth Harry Potter movie worked its charm at North American theaters, selling an estimated $159.7 million worth of tickets during its first five days of release Photograph by: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Bros. LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Reuters) - The sixth "Harry Potter" movie worked its charm at North American theaters, selling an estimated $159.7 million worth of tickets during its first five days of release, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said on Sunday. 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:...
The latest "Harry Potter" movie cast a $104 million spell over worldwide box offices during its first day in theaters. Photograph by: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Warner Bros. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The latest "Harry Potter" movie cast a $104 million spell over worldwide box offices during its first day in theaters, setting a new record for the boy wizard, distributor Warner Bros Pictures said on Thursday. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth in the film series based on the popular books by J.K. Rowling, grossed $58.18 million in North America and $45.85 million overseas on Wednesday, the Time Warner Inc-owned studio said. The U.S.-Canadian...
Six members of Germany's biggest 'Harry Potter' fan club pose as they wait for the German premiere of the movie 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' on Wednesday in Berlin. The film is the adaptation of the penultimate book by author J.K. Rowling in the long-running series about the magical life of the young schoolboy. Photograph by: Marc Mueller , AFP/Getty Images LOS ANGELES - British boy wizard Harry Potter conjured his magic at box offices again, as the sixth film in the popular movie series earned a record $22.2 million at Wednesday midnight showings in the United States. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" from Warner Bros. beat the old record for Wednesday midnight...
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Garrett Hubbard, USA TODAY A feat of Harry Potter technology: The flying Ford is grounded, and on display, in Chicago. FLIGHTS, HOTELS AND MORE From (city or ) To (city or ) Leave Return Where (city or ) Check-in Check-out Guests 1 2 3 4 Rooms 1 2 Where (city or ) Pick-up...
Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | Warner Bros./AP British actor Daniel Radcliffe has played boy wizard Harry Potter since 2001's Sorcerer's Stone. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long school break has been kind to Harry Potter. After a two-year gap since the last film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood opened with a whopping $58.2 million domestically in its first day, distributor . said Thursday. Half-Blood Prince also conjured up $45.8 million in 33 other countries where it opened Wednesday, among them Great Britain, France, Germany, Australia and Japan. That gave the film a worldwide total of $104 million. Domestically, the movie had the best single-day haul yet for...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A long school break has been kind to "Harry Potter." After a two-year gap since the last film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened with a whopping $58.2 million domestically in its first day, distributor Warner Bros. said Thursday. "Half-Blood Prince" also conjured up $45.8 million in 33 other countries where it opened Wednesday, among them Great Britain, France, Germany, Australia and Japan. That gave the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A long school break has been kind to "Harry Potter." After a two-year gap since the last film, "Harry Potter and...
A Harry Potter actor admitted growing cannabis today. Jamie Waylett, 19, who plays Vincent Crabbe in the popular films, pleaded guilty to growing 10 plants in tents at his mother's home....
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harry Potter has conjured up a record-breaking witching hour. Warner Bros. says Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince took in $22.2 million domestically from midnight screenings. That breaks the record set by another Warner blockbuster, "," which grossed $18.5 million from midnight showings last summer. The sixth installment...
LOS ANGELES – Harry Potter has conjured up a record-breaking witching hour. Warner Bros. says "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood...
Emma Watson talks about life after Harry Potter, including her plans to attend college and resume a "normal" life. Photograph by: Brad Barket, Getty Images NEW YORK - When you think of the three actors who grew up making the Harry Potter film series, Emma Watson comes to mind as the over-achiever just like her Hermione Granger character. Daniel Radcliffe, who defines Harry Potter, gets by as the hyper-ambitious yet exceedingly polite counterpoint while Rupert Grint tends to be even more laid back and way less anxious than his Ron Weasley. Typically, the 20-year-old Watson rejects some Granger parallels, but she finds it increasingly more difficult to do that on the academic front. Radcliffe,...
NEW YORK – Speak to many 12-year-old fans about the various filmmakers behind the "Harry Potter" films and you're likely to realize that the auteur theory is alive and well. Yes, the belief that a movie is ultimately authored by its director applies even to the billion-dollar franchise spawned by J.K. Rowling's best-sellers. The films have had four directors, and the fingerprints of each are evident to Potter fans, young and old alike. Despite the turnover, Hogwarts finally has its filmmaking headmaster: David Yates. Just as he helmed the last "Harry Potter" film, he directs the latest, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which opened in theaters Wednesday. Yates is also in the...
Other Voices. Selected excerpts from reviews of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Compiled by Canwest News Service. With Half-Blood Prince, again we have a stalwart, satisfying visualization of the Rowling cosmos. - Richard Corliss, Time Magazine Dazzlingly...
ONCE condemned by the Pope for undermining the soul of Christianity, Harry Potter has been forgiven. In 2003, two years before he was elected Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, then a Cardinal and head of Vatican doctrine, said J.K.Rowling's stories of the boy wizard threatened to corrupt an understanding of Christian faith among the impressionable young. "It is good that you explain the facts of Harry Potter," he wrote six years ago to a critic of the books, who argued that they were anti-religious and encouraged the occult, "because this is a subtle seduction, which has deeply...
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