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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has taken a magnificent $101.4m in its opening weekend in the US.
Last week's number one Chicken Little fell to third place with weekend earnings of $14.8m, behind the week's second highest new entry, Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
The J.K. Rowling adaptation's success sets a new record for a November opening, ahead of 2001's The Sorcerer's Stone which debuted with $90.3m. It is also the second-biggest opener of the year, following Revenge of the Sith.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $101m
2. (-) Walk the Line - $22.4m
3. (1) Chicken Little - $14.8m
4. (3) Derailed - $6.5m
5. (2) Zathura - $5.1m
6. (5) Jarhead - $4.8m
7. (4) Get Rich or Die Tryin' - $4.38m
8. (6) Saw II - $3.9m
9. (7)The Legend of Zorro - $2.3m
10. (10) Pride and Prejudice - $2.11m
Last week's number one Chicken Little fell to third place with weekend earnings of $14.8m, behind the week's second highest new entry, Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
The J.K. Rowling adaptation's success sets a new record for a November opening, ahead of 2001's The Sorcerer's Stone which debuted with $90.3m. It is also the second-biggest opener of the year, following Revenge of the Sith.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $101m
2. (-) Walk the Line - $22.4m
3. (1) Chicken Little - $14.8m
4. (3) Derailed - $6.5m
5. (2) Zathura - $5.1m
6. (5) Jarhead - $4.8m
7. (4) Get Rich or Die Tryin' - $4.38m
8. (6) Saw II - $3.9m
9. (7)The Legend of Zorro - $2.3m
10. (10) Pride and Prejudice - $2.11m
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