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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009 PG 2h 33m Action, Adventure, Family Warner Bros.

Dark secrets revealed.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Box Office

Opening Weekend
$77.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$302M
Final
Worldwide Total
$934M
$632M international
Domestic Legs3.88x
Budget$250M
2009 Rank#3
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 17-19 1 $77.84M $158.02M 4,325 $18.0K 1
Jul 24-26 2 $29.46M -62.1% $221.30M 4,325 $6.8K 2
Jul 31-Aug 2 2 $17.91M -39.2% $255.67M 4,393 $4.1K 3
Aug 7-9 4 $8.93M -50.1% $273.85M 3,455 $2.6K 4
Aug 14-16 7 $5.14M -42.4% $283.88M 2,771 $1.9K 5
Aug 21-23 8 $3.48M -32.3% $290.24M 1,936 $1.8K 6
Aug 28-30 11 $2.47M -29.1% $294.26M 1,508 $1.6K 7
Sep 4-6 14 $1.83M -25.9% $296.94M 1,091 $1.7K 8
Sep 11-13 18 $908K -50.3% $298.84M 744 $1.2K 9
Sep 18-20 22 $427K -53.0% $299.58M 415 $1.0K 10
Sep 25-27 30 $272K -36.3% $299.97M 301 $903 11
Oct 2-4 35 $175K -35.5% $300.23M 190 $923 12
Oct 9-11 26 $408K +132.9% $300.70M 505 $808 13
Oct 16-18 24 $273K -33.1% $301.15M 356 $767 14
Oct 23-25 29 $182K -33.5% $301.42M 285 $637 15
Oct 30-Nov 1 34 $102K -43.6% $301.58M 201 $509 16
Nov 6-8 37 $85K -17.3% $301.71M 135 $627 17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDavid Yates
ScreenplaySteve Kloves
Produced byDavid Heyman, David Barron
CinematographyBruno Delbonnel
MusicNicholas Hooper
Prod. DesignStuart Craig
StarringDaniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon, Tom Felton
StudioWarner Bros.

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