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Article: Fifth 'Harry Potter' film casting a box-office spell.(Arts & Entertainment)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2007
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Byline: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter remains a box-office charmer.
The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" conjured up a $77.4 million debut to lead the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That raised the movie's total domestic gross to $140 million since opening Wednesday.
"Order of the Phoenix" also has taken in an additional $190.3 million in 44 other countries where it began rolling out Wednesday.
"Transformers," the DreamWorks-Paramount sci-fi tale that was the previous weekend's No. 1 movie, slipped to second place with $36 million, lifting its ...