LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter has cast his biggest box-office spell yet with a franchise record $125.1 million domestically over opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” also added $205 million in 54 overseas countries, bringing the film’s worldwide total to $330.1 million. But factoring in today’s higher admission prices, the latest movie had roughly the same size audience as the franchise’s best previous draws — “Goblet of Fire” and 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which launched the series.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Megamind” fell to second place with $16.2 million, raising its three-week total to $109.5 million. Russell Crowe’s thriller “The Next Three Days,” the weekend’s only other new wide release, debuted weakly at No. 5 with $6.8 million.
