Harry Potter Soars to a New Single Day Record

I'm not surprised:

As a Warner Bros exec tells me, "Unbelievable night!" Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 flew to $92.1M in the U.S. and Canada today (including that record-setting $43.5M from midnight showings). That crushes the record for best single-day box office. As for the weekend, "almost impossible to say how big other than the biggest ever," gushed a rival studio exec. The film could break a Saturday record as well if it tops the $51.3M generated by Spider-Man 3 on its second day of release. HP's franchise finale is definitely on the way to the biggest 3-day weekend ever: perhaps as much as $180M which would beat the other gold standard Dark Knight's $158.4M by a lot. And the good news just keeps coming. Part 2 scored an overall CinemaScore of 'A'. Overseas, the franchise finale brought in $82.5M cume from 43 countries for Wednesday and Thursday. That makes for a worldwide total take of at least $174.6M so far.

I watched Harry Potter 7a last night on pay-per-view to get ready for 7b sometime in the next few days. I've enjoyed the whole series (and read the books) and it sounds like the reviews for the finale are terrific.