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Deadline is reporting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is opening to an eye-popping $90-100 million Friday. This estimate from Warner Brothers includes the incredible $43.5 from midnight showings. This destroys the single-day record of $72.7 million by Twilight Saga: New Moon on Friday, November 20, 2009. Even adjusted for inflation, this is like a major league batter hitting in 75 straight games, breaking Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game streak. In addition, overseas markets are grossing almost the same number so far.
Disney’s Winnie the Pooh is flopping and should generate a few million dollars worse than the modest $9 million weekend estimate.
More details Saturday morning.
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MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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