- #BOX OFFICE EARNINGS OF ALL HARRY POTTER MOVIES MOVIE#
- #BOX OFFICE EARNINGS OF ALL HARRY POTTER MOVIES SERIES#
#BOX OFFICE EARNINGS OF ALL HARRY POTTER MOVIES SERIES#
#BOX OFFICE EARNINGS OF ALL HARRY POTTER MOVIES MOVIE#
The movie has also become the third film to pass $1 billion in earnings due to a reissue, joining Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in 2012 and Jurassic Park in 2013.Īndrew Cripps, President, International Distribution at Warner Bros.
More than 8,000 theaters have now been reopened in the country. Helping boost the significant earnings was the fact that China eased theater restrictions in many areas over the weekend from 30% to 50% capacity.
The first was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which earned $1.34 billion during its initial release in 2011.Īs of today, the entire series has now grossed $7.77 billion. The achievement makes the beloved inaugural film in the Potter series only the second to hit the $1 billion mark. By comparison, upon its original release in China in 2001, Sorcerer’s Stone earned just $6.77 million. Overall, Sorcerer’s Stone closed the weekend with $13.6 million in earnings across 16,000 screens, and today, Deadline Hollywood announced that the movie has crossed the $1 billion threshold.
Upon the film’s rerelease Friday, it set a new single-day gross box office record in China’s post-COVID-19 era and then proceeded to break that record Saturday. Recognizing this, China pledged back in March that a special 4K 3D remastered version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone would be there to help welcome moviegoers back to theaters once it was deemed safe to reopen them. In these trying times, we’re all looking for a little more magic.