Weekend Box Office: Harry Potter Makes History

Weekend Box Office (Estimates)

July 15-17, 2011

#1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Weekend Gross/Total Gross
($168,550,000 // Debut)

#2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
($21,250,000 // $302,800,000)

#3. Horrible Bosses
($17,630,000 // $60,002,000)

#4. Zookeper
($12,300,000 // $42,352,000)

#5. Cars 2

($8,334,000 // $165,326,000)

Working its final movie mojo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 soared into the record books with the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. The series finale drew an estimated $168.55 million, dethroning The Dark Knight's $158.4 million.