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LOS ANGELES: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” smashed the all-time opening weekend record with a $168-million haul, beating the last Batman film “The Dark Knight” by $10 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.
The eighth film in the Harry Potter series had already eclipsed all others by raking in a whopping $92.1 million in opening day sales.
“Deathly Hallows Part 2,” the action-packed finale to one of the most successful movie franchises of all time sees the boy wizard Potter take on the evil Lord Voldemort in a climactic showdown, the second of two movies based on the final Potter book by British author J. K. Rowling.
“The Dark Knight,” the last of Batman's film adventures, which featured the late Heath Ledger in his final most acclaimed role, had previously held the opening weekend title with a $158-million take upon its release in 2008.
The latest Potter movie, which stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson reprising their lead roles, had earlier pushed past single-day records previously set by “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which took $72.7 million in 2009.
