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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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

Dark secrets revealed.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$302M
Final
Opening Weekend
$77.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.88x
Opening → Total
Budget
$250M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$934M
$632M international
2009 Rank
#3
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 17-19 1 $77.8M $158.0M 4,325 $18K 1
Jul 24-26 2 $29.5M -62.1% $221.3M 4,325 $7K 2
Jul 31-Aug 2 2 $17.9M -39.2% $255.7M 4,393 $4K 3
Aug 7-9 4 $8.9M -50.1% $273.8M 3,455 $3K 4
Aug 14-16 7 $5.1M -42.4% $283.9M 2,771 $2K 5
Aug 21-23 8 $3.5M -32.3% $290.2M 1,936 $2K 6
Aug 28-30 11 $2.5M -29.1% $294.3M 1,508 $2K 7
Sep 4-6 14 $1.8M -25.9% $296.9M 1,091 $2K 8
Sep 11-13 18 $908K -50.3% $298.8M 744 $1K 9
Sep 18-20 22 $427K -53.0% $299.6M 415 $1K 10
Sep 25-27 30 $272K -36.3% $300.0M 301 $903 11
Oct 2-4 35 $175K -35.5% $300.2M 190 $923 12
Oct 9-11 26 $408K +132.9% $300.7M 505 $808 13
Oct 16-18 24 $273K -33.1% $301.2M 356 $767 14
Oct 23-25 29 $182K -33.5% $301.4M 285 $637 15
Oct 30-Nov 1 34 $102K -43.6% $301.6M 201 $509 16
Nov 6-8 37 $85K -17.3% $301.7M 135 $627 17

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

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.