Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone backdrop
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie poster

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2001 PG 2h 32m Adventure, Family, Fantasy Warner Bros.

Let the magic begin.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$318M
Final
Opening Weekend
$90.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.52x
Opening → Total
Budget
$125M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$975M
$657M international
2001 Rank
#1
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 16-18 1 $90.3M $90.3M 3,672 $25K 1
Nov 23-25 1 $57.5M -36.3% $187.0M 3,672 $16K 2
Nov 30-Dec 2 1 $23.6M -58.9% $219.7M 3,672 $6K 3
Dec 7-9 2 $14.7M -37.7% $239.7M 3,672 $4K 4
Dec 14-16 4 $9.9M -32.7% $253.3M 3,422 $3K 5
Dec 21-23 6 $7.1M -28.5% $264.1M 3,311 $2K 6
Dec 28-30 6 $11.0M +54.8% $285.6M 3,186 $3K 7
Jan 4-6 9 $5.9M -46.0% $300.4M 2,681 $2K 8
Jan 11-13 10 $3.7M -38.0% $305.3M 2,170 $2K 9
Jan 18-20 12 $2.6M -29.6% $308.8M 1,851 $1K 10
Jan 25-27 20 $1.4M -45.8% $311.6M 1,202 $1K 11
Feb 1-3 20 $1.0M -27.9% $312.9M 907 $1K 12
Feb 8-10 25 $553K -45.2% $313.7M 505 $1K 13
Feb 15-17 27 $323K -41.6% $314.2M 311 $1K 14
Feb 22-24 30 $255K -21.2% $314.7M 206 $1K 15
Mar 1-3 30 $231K -9.2% $315.0M 215 $1K 16
Mar 8-10 32 $249K +7.7% $315.3M 228 $1K 17
Mar 15-17 40 $154K -38.3% $315.6M 172 $894 18
Mar 22-24 29 $346K +125.2% $316.0M 291 $1K 19
Mar 29-31 28 $252K -27.4% $316.4M 270 $931 20
Apr 5-7 30 $218K -13.5% $316.8M 160 $1K 21
Apr 12-14 36 $155K -28.8% $317.0M 111 $1K 22

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Columbus
ScreenplaySteve Kloves
Produced byDavid Heyman
CinematographyJohn Seale
MusicJohn Williams
Prod. DesignStuart Craig
StarringDaniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman
StudioWarner Bros.